TEK: write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions ELPS: 5B- write using newly acquired basic vocabulary and content-based grade-level vocabulary Write in cursive this idiom and what this Idiom means. “Pick up your ears” To listen very carefully. Wednesday October 29 {TEK: 18; ELPS: 1E}

TEK: 17Ai- more complex active and passive tenses and verbals ELPS: 5Ei- employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content-area writing Look at this model sentence: Among the company was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty-five. What is the appositive phrase in this sentence? Where is the appositive phrase located? Wednesday October 29 TSW use a mentor sentence to correctly write an appositive phrase.

TEK: 17Ai- more complex active and passive tenses and verbals ELPS: 5Ei- employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content-area writing Look at this model sentence: Among the company was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty-five. Okay, now let’s sequence it- 1.Where 2.Who 3.Appositive phrase Wednesday October 29 TSW use a mentor sentence to correctly write an appositive phrase.

TEK: 17Ai- more complex active and passive tenses and verbals/ELPS: 5Ei- employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content-area writing Model sentence: Among the company was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty- five. So you write this one now to unscramble and imitate it- a)She was near the statue. b)She was an obvious tourist. c)She was an oriental lady. d)She had a Kodak camera. Wednesday October 29 TSW use a mentor sentence to correctly write an appositive phrase.

TEK: 17Ai- more complex active and passive tenses and verbals/ELPS: 5Ei- employ increasingly complex grammatical structures in content-area writing Model sentence: Among the company was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty- five. So you write this one now to unscramble and imitate it- Near the statue was an obvious tourist, an oriental lady with a Kodak camera. Wednesday October 29 TSW use a mentor sentence to correctly write an appositive phrase.

Tuesday October 28 TSW define “irony” and determine its different forms Make a new front page in your journal- Title: Irony NotesIrony Notes

Wednesday October 29 TSW write a short poem using “Knock, Knock” poem as a mentor text. Work on your Free Verse Poem. Journal Check Test tomorrow after pictures and before SSR! Remember, any “Re-do” work must be turned in within 5 school days of receiving the grade. After 5 school days, no more Re-do.

Tuesday October 21 Advisory Period You must have prior written approval from a teacher before I let you leave Advisory Class. Go to thefuelonline.com and vote for the Lip Dub song for this year! Join some UIL teams! Literary Criticism or Current Events, be a part of Rocket Pride READ OR DO HOMEWORK! STAY QUIET! I will need Handbook Forms, Federal Forms, GT Forms

TSW use the STAAR Rubric to revise and edit a short answer response. 1.Add to your journal the chart below. This is how your short answer responses will be scored and graded. TEK: 7- [ELPS: 1H- Monday September 22 TEK: 7- author’s use of sensory language} [ELPS: 1H- develop and expand repertoire of learning strategies; 4J- demonstrate English comprehension and expand reading Score PointGrade Nothing0