Research manners in a country different from your own. What is considered polite and how does it differ from our customs? Post your report in the form of a comment on our blog. Be sure to keep track of your sources and include them.

Required Course Reading

Please read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and be prepared to discuss/write about this story on Monday, October 21. The story can be found @ http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/halloween/kids-short-stories/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow.html

Wanted: Haunted Ideas

On the hunt for creative ideas to "haunt" our hall! Please post any and all suggestions, so we can make this Halloween the spookiest of all.... :)

Check out this link. It focuses on simple, compound, and complex sentences. Remember, for tomorrow's test, you only have to worry about simple and compound sentences, not complex. You'll also be asked to identify simple and compound subjects and verbs. I expect you all to do very well on this if you have paid attention in class. :) 

http://eslbee.com/sentences.htm

Test tomorrow

Don't forget our test tomorrow!! Please remember to study. You can expect to see sentences where you must identify prepositional phrases, objects of prep phrases, and distinguish between adjective and adverb phrases. Remember, if you have a pronoun as the object of a prep phrase, you must use the objective case.

Objective pronouns:

Me
Him
Her
Us
Them
Whom
You
It

Adjective phrases modify nouns and pronouns
Adverb phrases modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

Questions answered:

Adverb- When? Where? How?
Adjective- which one? What kind? How many?

At the end of the day this is but one test of many; therefore, don't stress please. :)

-Mrs. S

Assignment

Please notice we have a new page labeled Discussion Board. Check it out for there is an assignment posted. I forgot to add the deadline which is September 3rd.

Hey guys! Our quiz over commonly used prepositions is rescheduled for Wednesday the 28th! Spread the word. :) 
-Mrs. S

Hey guys! I created a spot on our blog to showcase some of the poetry you have written. To view poetry... check out comments below. If a certain piece "speaks" to you, feel free to let the author know by commenting yourself. You are doing a fantastic job. Keep it up!

Now class, let's be silent,
Oh, and my first class rule.. never be violent.

And also.... No walking, talking,
cheating, or eating!

Hands to yourself,
And you stay off my personal shelf!

Do NOT let your mouth leak,
Raise your hand before you speak.

No laughing or fun,
or you will be DONE!

If you break one of my rules,
I will dump you in the swimming pools!

Now just remember these simple rules and we
might have a tiny bit of fun,
And one more thing your work is finished
not done.

~ Anonymous

I'm sitting here eating my dinner.
Knowing that I'm a sinner.
Everybody sins
Don't feel light as 
a pin.
Ask for forgiveness
and God will forgive.
Live everyday like there's no
Tomorrow
Even though you have sorrow.
~Anonymous

Teachers are nice
and teachers are mean
but when they get mad
They'll blow off their steam.
~ Anonymous

Summer is an awesome season
with warm weather and no school.
We get to hang out with our friends
and go to the beach and the pool.
~ Anonymous 

Choose, describe, and provide an example of a genre in literature. It does not have to be one we've read thus far. Complete this assignment independently. You must comment on two of your classmates' posts. This will be a graded assignment. Have fun with it!! :)

Collaborate with the members in your group and summarize what you have read so far in Helen Keller A Photographic story of a life. After your summary, include a prediction.

Discussion Questions for Number the Stars.

What's Going On?

Compose a short description/summary for chapters 1-4 in Number the Stars. Include in your summary at least one prediction (something you think might occur in the future). Please respond to this post in the form of a "comment".

Share a book you've read and enjoyed lately.

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