Update

We have spent the last several classes on the Jabberwocky poem. Yesterday both classes orally presented their own remix of the poem to the class. I have updated the LA marks on our school website. Please email me if you do not know your child's password.

Jabberwocky Poem

Today in class we discussed:

Adjectives: describe nouns
examples: Green, happy, messy, short, furry
Adverbs: Describe an action, usually ends in ly
examples: quickly, modestly, stupidly
Nouns: Person, place, or thing
examples: cat, Calgary, school, boy
Verb: Action words
examples: run, jump, skip

We read some Mad libs where students had to provide words to fill in the blanks to create a nonsense story. If you would like to see them or play them online you can visit:
Mad libs

We read the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll students were asked to identify the adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs and replace them to create a poem that made sense.

Link to handout:
Jabberwocky Poem and handout

Summer Poem and Library Days

The due dates for your poem based on the "Summer" poem we read in class this week (Available in previous blog post)are listed below. The good copy should be on white paper, between 15-20 lines long and be illustrated and coloured by hand:

"Summer" Poem
8-26 Due Friday September 15
8-22 Due Monday September 19

LIBRARY DAYS
8-22 GOES TO THE LIBRARY ON DAY 2 PERIOD 3
8-26 GOES TO THE LIBRARY ON DAY 5 PERIOD 2

Monday September 12

This week I've assigned a "Get to Know You" handout for students.
For the next couple days we will be working on the poem "What Shall I Pack?"

Links to Handouts:
Get to Know You
Get to Know You Page 2
What Should I Pack? Poem

A-Z Story

On Tuesday with 8-26 and Wednesday with 8-22 we began writing a short story. Each sentence of the story was to begin in order with the letters of the alphabet.

8-26 A-Z Story is due Wednesday September 7
8-22 A-Z Story is due Thursday September 8

Here is a link to the handout if needed:
A-Z Story Handout

Welcome Students and Parents!

I have created this blog for you to find out information pertaining to students in Language Arts 8-22 and 8-26 for the 2011-2012 school year. My plans are to provide frequent updates on homework, assignments, projects, quizzes, and tests. Please feel free to email me at dlreiffenste@cbe.ab.ca if you have any further questions.