Gage Grammar

Today we worked on suffixes and contractions.

Link to Gage Grammar lesson 5 and 6

Vocab #4 and Everyday Edit

Tomorrow Vocabulary #4 is due as well as the Statue of Liberty Every Day Edit

Vocab #4 Handout
ELL Vocab #2 Handout
Everyday Edit- Statue of Liberty

Vocab #3/3 Elements Story due Wednesday October 24

Students are to write a story using 12 of the 20 vocabulary words from list #3 (see October 9th posting).  They are to select three elements from the list below.  The story should be between 2-4 pages double spaced.

We have spent Thursday and Monday in the computer lab typing this out, it will be due on Wednesday October 24.

Please click here to refer to the proper MLA formatting and apply it to your work:
MLA Style 

Story Ideas

1.  A stolen ring, fear of spiders, and a sinister stranger
2. Identical twins, a party invitation, and a locked closet
3. An annoying boss, a bikini, and a fake illness

20 Vocab words (Chose any 12)

1. applicant
2. apprehend
3. arbitrary
4. ardent
5. ardor
6. arraign
7. arrangement
8. atrocity
9. attendance
10. attentive
11. artisan
12. ascertain
13. assail
14. asset
15. assimilate
16. assistant
17. assurance
18. attorney
19. audacious
20. audible

Book Forms

This post is for students who are completing book forms at home and require extra sheets.  All six book forms are due November 30.

Fiction book forms
Non-Fiction Book form

Grammar Lesson

On Friday last week and yesterday we worked on finishing the following grammar.

Gage Grammar exercises 1-4

This Week in LA

Hello all,

I am posting for this week for what is happening in LA.

Tuesday: Silent Reading, New Vocabulary List #3, ELL vocab list #1 (English second language learners).  The test will be next Thursday.

Wednesday: Silent Reading, Commercial Presentations to the class

Thursday: Silent Reading, Finish presentations if needed, Grammar Work

Friday: Silent Reading, Vocabulary definitions and sentences due, grammar work or journal writing