Units of Study
What is the current unit?
What type of reading/writing are we learning about?
Informational reading/writing.
Explanatory reading/writing.
Where can you keep your journal?
Small black shelf
Front of the room
How many points do you lose by turning in work late?
0 (Zero)
There is no late penalty
None unless specifically warned
What are you expected to do when class starts and the intro music is playing?
Fill out agenda.
Sit at your assigned table group.
Turn in late work.
Check your phone and take care of business.
What is an ancient "English", Anglo-Saxon way of getting someone's attention?
HWAET!
What unit did we finish learning about right after Thanksgiving?
What unit was before the current one?
Storytelling reading/writing.
Narrative reading/writing.
Where are the pens, pencils, and lined paper kept?
In the cabinet
Where can you find no-name assignments?
In the red tray
Up front by the whiteboard
What classroom behaviors did we agree on for the year?
See poster at front of the room.
What are two different types of poetry?
Visual
Acrostic
Found
Collage
Sonnets
Limericks
Odes
Freeverse
What type of writing did we learn about before the storytelling unit?
Poetry/Poems
Where can you find the homework (REACH) assignments?
By the clipboards.
By the turn-in tray
When is the latest that an assignment can be turned in?
The end of the quarter.
Or later if you have a special approved plan.
When is it never acceptable to be on your phone?
When the teacher is actively providing instruction.
When other students are presenting.
When we are in test-mode.
When you've been asked to put it away.
What are three different parts of speech?
Noun
Pronoun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective
Conjunction
Interjection
Preposition
What are two (2) things we learned or reviewed in the very first unit?
Two things from the Launching Unit.
Parts of speech
Fragments
Simple sentences
Compound sentences
Complex sentences
Punctuation (Commas, periods, semi-colons)
Commonly misspelled words
Capitalization
What three things should always be in the supply bags?
Scissors
Glue
Highlighters (green, pink, yellow, and orange)
How many missing assignments can you have for the prizes each quarter.
Zero.
What are two good reasons to ask to use your phone?
To look up a definition.
To research a topic.
To play a Kahoot.
To check grades.
To talk to family members.
To listen to music.
To use the calculator.
100 points per correct answer
How many sentences are in a chunking paragraph?
How old is Ms Lynch?
What is the room number for this class?
How many lines are in a Haiku?
8
26
22
3
What type of reading and writing will we learn about in the next unit?
Argumentative
Persuasive
Half credit: Debate
What are three "supplies" or "materials" in the room that you cannot use without asking or being told to use?
Hall passes
Light switches
Microwaves
Document Camera
Ovens
Teacher chairs
Silverware and other kitchen tools
How many REACH assignments are due at the end of the quarter AND when are they due?
Full points: two (2) are due Jan. 24
Half credit for a partially correct answer.
On Fridays we work on our reading and writing stamina/endurance. What are three of your options during the silent work time?
Read.
Free write.
Write about the visual prompt.
Complete assignments/REACH work for this class.
Use Duolingo.
Listen to music while doing one of the other options.
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
The words used.
Simile uses: like or as.
Metaphor uses: is, was, were, are