Concrete Poem Fun!!

What is a concrete poem?

http://www.short-story-time.com/kids-concrete-poems.html


You can make your own on a word document:

OR, you can create one online:

http://www.wild-about-woods.org.uk/elearning/concretepoetry/

Verb practice

Irregular Verbs:

http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/50.asp http://www.englishpage.com/irregularverbs/interactiveirregularverbs4.htm http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/par2_quiz.pl/irregular_quiz.htm http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2030 http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/participles1.html

Perfect and Progressive tense:

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/perfectpast/spin%20wheel%20present%20past%20tenses.html http://kidseslgames.com/grammar%20games/Present%20Perfect/presentperfect1.html http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/

This week's vocabulary

Voc. literary terms

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New vocabulary and research pointers!

Voc. lincoln bio

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Things to remember as you complete your research paper:

• Did you state your thesis clearly in your introduction AND conclusion?
• Did you state your main ideas clearly in each of your body paragraphs?
• Does each of your main ideas match your thesis (topic)?
• Did you write any numbers out if they are less than ten? Example: two not 2
• Did you say the person’s name at the start of each paragraph?
• Did you write dates out correctly: March 4, 2011 not 4 March 2011
• Did you use professional words in your essay?
  Take out words like: got, a lot, I think, cool

This week's vocabulary

The landlord’s granddaughter vocab.

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SALT Trip info!!

Here is the official itinerary for SALT trip:

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Ancient City: God’s heart for history
7:20 Morning Anthem (benches in HS commons)
7:30 Devotion (HS Multipurpose Room)
8:05 Prepare for busses
8:15 Busses depart for Ancient City
9:10 Arrive at Ancient City
10:00 Tour of Ancient City
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Get on Busses
12:45 Head back to ICS
1:45 Arrival at ICS
1:50 Day 1Wrap-up (HS Multipurpose room)
2:20 Students dismissed to go home by normal route


Thursday, February 24th
Safari World: God’s heart for creation
7:20 Morning Anthem (benches in HS commons)
7:30 Devotion (HS Multipurpose Room)
8:05 Prepare for busses
8:15 Busses depart for Safari World
9:10 Arrive at Safari World
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Get on Busses
12:45 Head back to ICS
1:45 Arrival at ICS
1:50 Day 2Wrap-up (HS Multipurpose room)
2:20 Students dismissed to go home by normal route


Friday, February 25th
Senior Home in Bangkhae District:
God’s heart for us

7:20 Morning Anthem (benches in HS commons)
7:30 Devotion (HS Multipurpose Room)
8:05 Prepare for busses
8:15 Busses depart for Bangkhae District
9:10 Arrive at Senior Home
9:30 Activities with seniors (talent show, interviews)
11:00 Serve lunch to elderly
12:30 Lunch at the mall (could be a bit later)
2:30 Arrive at ICS
2:40 Supervised Free Time (ping pong, games, etc.)
3:40 Wild, Crazy, Wacky Group Games
4:40 The Amazing Race: ICS Style
5:40 Dinner
6:20 Wrap-Up/Devotions
7:00 Students are picked up by parents and go home

**Any student not staying until 7:00pm must check out with Miss Holly and must have prior parent approval.

SALT trip student packet, in case you want to see it again OR you lose any part of yours:

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1hsFNemS3MD8jJyiz4S1comhMSHqmfA1n0D6xloQ0Sw0

*You will have to fix the format if you decide to print it! Sorry!

Biography Projects!!!

Don't forget, rough drafts are due for ALL classes on Tuesday, March 1st!

Double-check...Do you have:

• a powerful statement in your introduction and conclusion?
• a clear thesis sentence that is an opinion?
• your thesis stated in the introduction AND conclusion?
• three clear main ideas in your body?
• a topic sentence for each body paragraph (2-4)?
• a transition sentence for each body paragraph?

It's best if rough drafts are typed (easier for me AND you)...and it should DEFINITELY BE DOUBLE-SPACED!!!

Research PowerPoints you might find helpful:

Research powerpoints2

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Blog issues

Hi all, I have heard that many people have had trouble lately using the LA blog. So sorry! I am working on trying to fix the problem now. I changed the background, hoping somehow it has something to do with it. But I'm not sure.

Are there any tech-savvy people out there who have some insight on this? Any thoughts or ideas would be helpful! Thanks!

This week's vocab. AND research project slides!

Vocabulary...only five words this week!

A glory over everything vocab.

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And research powerpoints!!

Research powerpoints1

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Biography Project: Step One

Hello students and families! This quarter, students will be completing a biography project on a significant, famous person. Most students have already selected their person and should be searching for reliable sources to use in research.

Here is some other important info on the project:

-5 paragraph essay

-About a well-known person

-3 or more sources cited in a correct bibliography
*at least one should not be from the Internet
*No Wikipedia, blogs, or other unreliable sources

-Project length: about one month

Here is a link to the biobliography/source card handout students received in class!

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1gkz729rLiraIFJ44R_9gzW_rVSComlyfvKievI7sc68

Behavior points and vocabulary

The following students have had exceptional behavior all quarter long. In the past three weeks, they have not lost a single behavior/participation point:

6M Iron Kids: Bill, John, Mil, Nina, Paula

6T Tsunamis: Drew. Anna, Anvi, Sarah C., Yohan

6H Cobras: Emily, Jean, Lila, Mew, Michelle

Extraordinary job, 6th graders!

This week's vocabulary (and announcements slide!)...

Voc. the land i lost

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Vocabulary...and some other announcements!

Vocab. for brother

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This week's vocabulary...

Vocab. storm

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Christmas Break Poetry

Nonstop Travel

Exhausted, happy, fast, nonstop

enjoying the trip, jumping in the snow, making snowballs, feasting

Too fun, I just can't explain it, not boring as I thought

By Min

Christmas Break

playful graceful, cheerful, careful

riding bikes, playing outside, getting presents, studying hard

Now that the break is over, my happiness is gone.

By Sarah C.

Click on the Language Artists tab to read more!!!

*Students volunteered to share their poems on the blog

Vocab. Homework Help!

Here are some helpful hints for using each vocabulary word correctly in a sentence:

1. Adversity – He faced much adversity in his life.
Faced adversity, experienced adversity, full of adversity

2. Intimidated – The dog was intimidated by his owner.
Intimidated by…

3. Appealed – The movie appealed to me, because I like love stories.
Appealed to…

4. Vain – The vain student always volunteered to be in front of the class.
vain _[noun]_ or [noun] was vain

5. Repelled – I was repelled by the disgusting smell of rotten fish.
Repelled by…

6. Melancholy – After the sad movie, everyone was rather melancholy.
melancholy _[noun]_ or [noun] was melancholy

Autobiography/biography – use as nouns
First-person/third person – The story was written in first-person.

Vocabulary for Week of January 10th!

Vocab. jan. 10

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