Fifth Week

September 21-25, 2015

The Week Ahead:

MONDAY: September 21

 * Personal narrative

    - Students read and analyze a 4 essay and learn from the style of the student author.

    - Students continue writing their personal narrative.

    - This will be turned in as a final draft on Wednesday, Sept. 23.

  * Revising and editing review will continue 

  * Touch up on complex sentences: students write and analyze some examples.

TUESDAY: September 22

  * Revising and editing review continues.

  * Touch up on subject-verb-agreement: emphasize the rule - When the subject is singular, the verb must be singular; when the subject is plural, the verb must be plural.

  * All present tense verbs that are in third person singular always end in S.

  * All present tense verbs that are in third person plural DO NOT end in S.

WEDNESDAY: September 23

  * Revising and editing review continues.

     EARLY RELEASE

THURSDAY: September 24

  * Revising and editing review continues.

  * Personal narrative essay format of STAAR test is introduced to students.

FRIDAY: September 25

  * Revising and editing review continues.

CREATIVE WRITING

BIRDING Essay Contest

VETERANS POETRY Contest