Language+Arts

Reading Log (Please use every night!)
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Persuasive Paragraph Activity
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Persuasive Writing Commercials:
Ms. Wood's Example: media type="file" key="A Day in the life of our High School leaders....wmv" width="203" height="161"

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Reading Response Questions: Please look here if you need the questions to answer in the discussion tab.
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[[image:target.jpg width="52" height="36"]]Targets We've Hit:

 * multiple paragraphs
 * using the appropriate plan
 * two-sentence introduction with topic and position
 * personal accounts (in one sentence!)
 * sentence structure: simple, compound in the predicate, compound, & complex
 * using appropriate pronouns & first person point-of-view
 * correct paragraph structure
 * tense maintained
 * two-sentence conclusion restating the topic and position
 * use of imagery
 * use of multiple modifiers
 * proper nouns capitalized correctly with no stray capitals
 * sentences capitalized with correct end punctuation throughout
 * proper use of commas (in a series, in a compound sentence, as an aside)
 * higher level punctuation (semi-colon, hyphen, quotations)
 * proper use of contractions (apostrophe placement)
 * subject/verb agreement
 * staying on topic
 * writing four or more detail sentences
 * specific vocab (no "stuff" or "things" or "nice" or "cool")
 * use of figurative language

Resources
Visual Thesaurus - Offers a visual to help link synonyms and antonyms of words.

Lingo To Word - Translates any lingo (i.e.-txt msg lgwg) to English and vice versa.

Fluency Practice - Fry's 500 Most Frequently Read Words - Words pop up on the screen for students to read for 3 seconds. As they work through the list with greater fluency, the words stay on the screen for 2 seconds, 1 second, and .75 seconds. Helps build fluency and automaticity with word recognition.