Myths & Legends

I am attaching the following handouts for students for the next project we are working on:

Apocalypto Letter for Parents
Myths & Legends Stories
Lesson Plan and Story Planner Handout
Comic book page 1
Comic book page 2
Comic book page 3

Jack & Jill Story Due Tomorrow

• Both rough copy and good copy of the Jack & Jill story is due tomorrow. 
• Students are expected to underline the five sentences where they used commas.
• Students are to highlight the ten verbs they added to improve their writing.
• MLA format is expected.  MLA formatting link
• Email your paper to Ms. Reiffenstein if you are unable to print, click here for my email.

Colons, Semicolons, and Elipses

Students had the following assignment due last week. They were to write:two sentences using semicolons(;), two sentences using colons(:), and two sentences using ellipses (...) Colons, Semicolons, and Ellipses Handout

Jack and Jill Story Rubric

Today was the last day for editing students' Jack and Jill stories. The rough copy is for marks and is a part of the rubric. Students had to demonstrate the use of ten descriptive verbs and the use of commas in five different sentences.

Here is the rubric they will be marked on:

Jack and Jill Story
Name: ___________________ Class: _________ Date: _________________
Rough Copy
• Ten descriptive verbs added and identified in a colour other /10 marks
than the story is written in.
• Added commas to five different sentences in another colour /10 marks

Good Copy
• Creative Content /8 marks
• Grammar and Spelling /10 marks
• Proper MLA formatting /5 marks
Total /43 marks

Tomorrow will be our only day in the computer lab to type up good copies of stories.

Comma practice and homework

Today in class students worked on a sheet called Practice with Commas. The sheet is due tomorrow. We will be taking up part one in class. Part two will be taken in for marks on Thursday. Students will have to complete only one example for each of the questions. They will only have to write four sentences on a separate sheet of paper.

Practice with Commas handout

Missing Homonym Story

I'm missing a number of Homonym stories from students who told me they were going to complete theirs over the break. I've given them until tomorrow to have them completed for class. If they are not finished when they arrive to class the student will be calling home to inform a parent that they have not handed in this assignment.

Here are the initials of students that have not handed in their stories:
8-22 HA, TA, HB, CB, ED, MHY, ML, PL, JR, HS, JS, PL, GW, IY, AZ, SZ
8-26 JA, NH, NJ, SK, FL, VM, AM, MS, AU, NW

If students are experiencing printer problems they can email me their assignment. My email is dlreiffenste@cbe.ab.ca

Jack & Jill Story

I've told students they can write the rough copy story for homework tonight or they will have half of class tomorrow to complete instead of silent reading.

To write the story students have to answer the following questions in their story, each section is a paragraph.

Jack and Jill went up a hill
-What time of day is it?
-Where are they?
-What is the mood?
-Describe the hill
-Explain why they are going up it?

Here is an example:
It was a cold, wet, dark night. The clock struck 12. Jack and his friend Jill were looking for treasure. They had found a map in Jack’s grandfather’s basement. The treasure was supposed to be at the top of a hill. Jack packed his hiking gear and they headed up the dark moonlit trail.

To fetch a pail of water
-Why do they need water?
-How are they going to get it?
-Where are they going to get it from?
-Does the setting change?
-Does the mood change?

Jack fell down and broke his crown
-Is it a real crown Jack breaks or is it his head (concussion, coma)?
-How did the conditions change?
-Why did he fall?
-Where did he fall?
-What was Jill's reaction?
-Where did Jack end up?

Jill came tumbling after
-Did it happen immediately following Jack, at the same time, or later?
-What happened to her?
-Why did Jill fall?
-what was the end result?