Shermanator+Language+Arts

​**Homework: Homework will be deleted the following Monday afternoon. Be sure to check this page when you are absent for updated reading and writing assignments.**

**__//Week of May 10, 2010//__:**


 * Monday:**

Field Day!!

Literature Circle Jobs due 5/12
 * Tuesday:** 


 * Wednesday:**

New Reading Assignments - Follow your calendar - due 5/13 **Thursday:**

Literature Circle Jobs due 5/14


 * Friday:New**

New reading assignment - Follow your calender - due 5/18

**Final essays must be submitted in the following order:**
 * 1) **Title Page (link below)**
 * 2) **Essay**
 * 3) **Bibliography**

**Targets:**


 * Body Paragraphs (2nd, 3rd, and 4th) should have 7 sentences.


 * Multiple Modifiers
 * Variety of Sentence Structures: complex, compound, and simple
 * Precise Word Choice
 * Examples
 * 3rd Person Perspective
 * Correct Spelling and Conventions





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Movies for our Unity and Diversity Unit are listed below:__//

"What is Race" Movie

"Remnants of a Troubled Time" Movie

 Figurative Language - There will be an online quiz on all the idioms we cover. Be sure to pay close attention to meanings and origins!

New Question:** In honor of Thanksgiving, give this question a try. What does the term "talk turkey" mean? Where does it come from? Post your ideas on the discussion board by Wednesday, November 18, before school. Then check in Wednesday evening for the movie and multiple choice question.

Wednesday, - READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING! Here's the answer! Be sure to click on the link and follow the assignment directions. You need to login with your first initial and entire last name. When you have finished viewing the video and answering the question, click the "complete" button.

Talk Turkey Video and Quiz  Red Herring Video and Quiz

Frog in the Throat Video

FUN WEBSITES

Guys Read Diary of Wimpy Kid Homepage Percy Jackson