7B:
Nicole: Dulce De Leche
Ivan: Pastelitos/ empanaditas
Enrique: Square Cheese
Carolynn: Eggs
Lia: Sanwichitos
Aldo: Tostones
Manuel: Juice
Delmira: Croquetas/ plates
Isabella: Hot chocolate / salami
Francisco: Napkins / forks / cups
Jorge: Plates / cups
Ailyn: Bread
7A:
Amelia Castro: Pumpkin Pie
Diego: Cookies
Karla: Juice
Edgar: Forks / knives / spoons
Pamela: Mashed potatoes
Yasser: Yaniqueqes
Victor: Turkey / Batata Mash (?)
Jose Carlos: Cups/ dessert (little) plates
Laura: Pastelon / Real knife and fork to serve
Oscar: 2 chickens
Juan: Donuts
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
Magic Muffins
6B ONLY:
Imagine Clara and Marc did eat the magic muffins, what would happen to them? Use your imagination and write it like a short fictional story with characters and dialogue, not just an answer to a question.
6A: Complete final Haiku's on separate paper.
Imagine Clara and Marc did eat the magic muffins, what would happen to them? Use your imagination and write it like a short fictional story with characters and dialogue, not just an answer to a question.
6A: Complete final Haiku's on separate paper.
Teacher sinks half-court shot, wins $20,000
Read the following article, http://tweentribune.com/tween56/teacher-sinks-half-court-shot-wins-20000, and respond by writing 3 multiple choice questions about it.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Haiku
Based on the chapter "Lightning Strikes" in our book, "The Van Gogh Cafe," write a Haiku poem.
Haiku: Japanese poetry based on nature.
Poem structure: LINE ONE: 5 syllables
LINE TWO: 7 syllables
LINE THREE: 5 syllables
Begin your poem by defining a topic (in this case your topic will be a place you like to go in nature), and writing 10 words that relate to this place. Mark each word with the amount of syllables it has. Use these words to create your Haiku.
TOPIC: __________________________
WORDS:
1. Example (3 syllables)
2. _______ (#)
3. _______ (#)
4. _______ (#)
5. _______ (#)
6. _______ (#)
7. _______ (#)
8. _______ (#)
9. _______ (#)
10. _______ (#)
HAIKU
Title: _____________________________
Line 1 (5 syllables)
Line 2 (7 syllables)
Line 3 (5 syllables)
Haiku: Japanese poetry based on nature.
Poem structure: LINE ONE: 5 syllables
LINE TWO: 7 syllables
LINE THREE: 5 syllables
Begin your poem by defining a topic (in this case your topic will be a place you like to go in nature), and writing 10 words that relate to this place. Mark each word with the amount of syllables it has. Use these words to create your Haiku.
TOPIC: __________________________
WORDS:
1. Example (3 syllables)
2. _______ (#)
3. _______ (#)
4. _______ (#)
5. _______ (#)
6. _______ (#)
7. _______ (#)
8. _______ (#)
9. _______ (#)
10. _______ (#)
HAIKU
Title: _____________________________
Line 1 (5 syllables)
Line 2 (7 syllables)
Line 3 (5 syllables)
Fictional short story
Finish your fictional short story. Make sure to incorporate at least five forms of figurative language.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Finish figurative language in song lyrics assignment
Log onto google drive to finish and share with me (a.lluberes@mcschool.edu.do) your find the figurative language in song lyrics assignment. Don't forget to write the reflective the paragraph at the end!
You can access the file here if you need to:
http://mrsllu.blogspot.com/2013/11/mobile-lab-find-figurative-language-in.html
You can access the file here if you need to:
http://mrsllu.blogspot.com/2013/11/mobile-lab-find-figurative-language-in.html
My Happy Place final poem
Finish your final draft of "My Happy Place" poem on a separate sheet of paper.
7B: Write down 3 questions you would like to ask Helene, my Norwegian friend about Christmas in Norway.
7B: Write down 3 questions you would like to ask Helene, my Norwegian friend about Christmas in Norway.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Mobile lab: find the figurative language in song lyrics
Save the following file into your google drive account with YOUR NAME in the file title. Follow directions listed on the document and share with me (a.lluberes@mcschool.edu.do) when you finish.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J2UyZlIwrcctcTyF1MmB_udWZCyEYxlTeXJux1PWMmQ/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J2UyZlIwrcctcTyF1MmB_udWZCyEYxlTeXJux1PWMmQ/edit?usp=sharing
Monday, November 18, 2013
My Happy Place
Finish the 6 part drawings of your happy place that we began in class, and write one sentence for each drawing using figurative language (six sentences altogether). Don't write your poem yet, we will work on it in class. Below is a list of the figurative language we discussed in class.
Imagery: Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste).
ex: A host of vibrant, golden daffodils;
Beside the icy lake, beneath the giant trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the sweet, cool breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine in the blackest night
And twinkle on the endless Milky Way
The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their decent to the ground.
Alliteration: The repetition of a single letter in the alphabet, or a combination of letters.
ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers.
She sells seashells by the seashore.
Metaphor: A form of comparison that directly compares two unlike things.
ex: My baby sister's a doll.
All the world’s a stage.
Simile: Comparing two things using like or as.
ex: Love is like the sea.
As shiny as diamonds.
Onomatopoeia: A single word, or group of words that sounds like the thing it refers to
ex: Six burgers were sizzling on the grill.
Baripity baripity went the old truck.
Personification: Speaking of something that is not human as if it had human abilities and human reactions.
ex: I could hear Hawaii calling my name.
The blizzard swallowed the town.
Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration used to emphasize a point.
Ex: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
I’m so hungry I could eat a cow.
Figurative Language
ex: A host of vibrant, golden daffodils;
Beside the icy lake, beneath the giant trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the sweet, cool breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine in the blackest night
And twinkle on the endless Milky Way
The giant tree was ablaze with the orange, red, and yellow leaves that were beginning to make their decent to the ground.
Alliteration: The repetition of a single letter in the alphabet, or a combination of letters.
ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers.
She sells seashells by the seashore.
Metaphor: A form of comparison that directly compares two unlike things.
ex: My baby sister's a doll.
All the world’s a stage.
Simile: Comparing two things using like or as.
ex: Love is like the sea.
As shiny as diamonds.
Onomatopoeia: A single word, or group of words that sounds like the thing it refers to
ex: Six burgers were sizzling on the grill.
Baripity baripity went the old truck.
Personification: Speaking of something that is not human as if it had human abilities and human reactions.
ex: I could hear Hawaii calling my name.
The blizzard swallowed the town.
Hyperbole: An extreme exaggeration used to emphasize a point.
Ex: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
I’m so hungry I could eat a cow.
Idiom: Groups of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary meaning of the words.
ex: “Put a lid on it!” The teacher shouted.
That test was a piece of cake.
ex: “Put a lid on it!” The teacher shouted.
That test was a piece of cake.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Write your own story starter
Write a 1 sentence story starter of your own on a blank page in your notebook. We will be adding to this story in class.
Remember, tomorrow we will be presenting the projects again, so bring in anything you might need to present that's not already in the class.
Remember, tomorrow we will be presenting the projects again, so bring in anything you might need to present that's not already in the class.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
VNB: Describe yourself using imagery
If you didn't finish in class, complete the personalization the cover of your new visual notebook.
In the first page of your VNB, write your first visual entry. On top, draw yourself, or an image, a place, a thing, that represents who you are. Below your sketch, describe yourself in 1-2 paragraphs using figurative language and imagery. I want to be able to VISUALIZE what you read by hearing your words.
In the first page of your VNB, write your first visual entry. On top, draw yourself, or an image, a place, a thing, that represents who you are. Below your sketch, describe yourself in 1-2 paragraphs using figurative language and imagery. I want to be able to VISUALIZE what you read by hearing your words.
Magical ellipsis short story
Go to http://thestorystarter.com/ and choose a story starter that inspires you (you may slightly edit it if you would like). Write a short story using the story starter that you choose. Make sure to make magic a theme in your story, and end it with an ellipsis...
Friday, November 8, 2013
Buy a sketch book for Monday!
For Monday, please bring in either a notebook sized sketchbook or a notebook with plain white pages and no lines.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Ellen Raskin response
Refer to the Ellen Raskin website that we were exploring in class today to write a 2 paragraph response about the wonderful author of The Westing Game. In your response, answer the following questions:
1. What process do author's go through when they write a novel?
2. Why is editing important?
3. Describe some changes that Raskin made in characters and ideas as she wrote the novel.
4. If you could interview Ellen Raskin, what would you want to ask her?
http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/authors/raskin/intro.htm
1. What process do author's go through when they write a novel?
2. Why is editing important?
3. Describe some changes that Raskin made in characters and ideas as she wrote the novel.
4. If you could interview Ellen Raskin, what would you want to ask her?
http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/authors/raskin/intro.htm
Bridge to Terabithia: Book vs. Movie
Use the comparison chart you made in class today to write your opinion, in 1-2 paragraphs, of the book versus the movie. Support your opinion with the details in your chart.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
The Westing Game Test/ Final Project
Our final test for the Westing Game will be on Tuesday, November 12th. Refer to vocabulary list in the Sybil Pulaski blog entry.
The final project will be due on Friday, November 15th. Below is a list of project ideas:
The Westing Game: Final Project
Grading Rubric
The final project will be due on Friday, November 15th. Below is a list of project ideas:
The Westing Game: Final Project
Choose one or create your own:
1. (2 people) Create a board game including events, places and characters. Include a booklet explaining the rules.
2. (1 person) Create 5-10 diary entries from one character.
3. (2 people) Illustrate (with one caption per illustration) a "character changes" chart using: Angela, Grace, Chris, Mr. Hoo, Turtle and Jake Wexler. Use different time periods: October 31st, November 15th, 25 years later.
4. (2-3 people) Make a 3D model of Sunset towers and/or the Westing Mansion. Include characters and written explanation.
5. (1 person) Create an original book jacket with your own plot synopsis/ reviews.
6. (2 people) Create a book trailer for your novel using Animoto, Photostory, or Windows Movie Maker. Include details from the story but do not spoil the ending. Watch book trailers on other novels to give you ideas.
7. (3 people) Videotape one scene or make a trailer for a Westing movie.
8. (1 person) Change the story by creating your own character.
9. (1 person) Re-write one chapter.
10. (1 person) Write your own ending.
Grading Rubric
Creativity (3)
Relates to book/ shows insight/ understanding (3)
Class productivity (3)
Planning/ organization (3)
Presentation (3)
Study for Terabithia test!!
Study for Terabithia test tomorrow. There will be questions from the entire book, and a vocabulary section with the following words:
- consolidate
- mope
- splurge
- awkward
- trickle
- complacent
- make a spectacle
- unison
- anxious
- dignity
- hesitate
- horrid
- stranded
- gradually
- whimpering
Friday, November 1, 2013
Sybil ending with 10 vocabulary words
7B: Read chapter's 26 & 27
7A: Choose 10 of the following vocabulary words and create and alternate ending involving Sybil Pulaski.
- Woozy
- Obituary
- Prop
- Scrumptious
- Ritual
- Petrified
- Distraught
- Impractical
- Vague
- Amnesia
- Incriminating
- Distort
- Manipulate
- Elope
- Loathe
- Blackmail
- Meticulous
- Paranoia
- Ravings
- Condemn
- Vicious
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