Ms. Pritchett's E/LA Class

The Final Round-Up

We are almost done! Yippee!

Monster unit test has been moved to this Monday 05/11

Magazine assignments have been given and congrats go out to our Co-Editors

1st Period- Brittany Pradere

2nd Period- Myrna Rios

3rd Period- Adaeza Okwu

6th Period- Deja Smith

7th Period- Kristen Rann

Here are due dates which are subject to change:

Letters to advice column and advertisements were due 05/08- late penalty for those received Monday

Letter to editors will be due at the end of the day Tuesday 05/12

First draft of articles due Thursday 05/14

Final drafts due Monday 05/18

I look forward to reading some great magazines.

Monster 05/01-05/08

Sections 1 & 2 questions/definitions were due 05/01

Section 1 & 2 quiz on 05/01

Expect another quiz early in the week

Section 3  and Character Relationships (see attachment) will be due 05/06 or 05/07

Download Monster Task 3 Questions

Download Monster chart

Test over the novel 05/08

Monster Weekly Timeline- 4/27-5/01

Events of the week:

Complete reading of Monster Part I

Questions from Section 1 and 2 due Thursday(see attachments for copies)

Download Monster Task 1 Questions

Download Monster Task 2 Questions

Quiz over Section 1 and 2 Friday

EXTRA CREDIT Opportunities

As mentioned earlier, bringing in a pack of cardstock laminated paper is worth 10 points. Here are other options:

1) Donate up to four used magazines for 5 points a piece.

2) Donate your own copy of the novel Monster for 20 points.

3) Completing each assignment for the magazine by deadline will get you 10 additional points on the overall project grade.

4) Donate up to two packs of white or color copier paper for 10 points.

Final Language Arts Project- The Magazine

Our last big project will be a class magazine.  Students will be assigned dfferent articles and areas to cover for the magazine.  There is a need for fancy paper! Students can donate packs of card stock laminated paper for 10 points.  This paper is available at Staples, Office Max, or any other office supply store.

I would like for every student to have a final copy, but it can get expensive.  If any parent has an economical source for printing color copies please let me know.  Each magazine will be at least 30 pages front and back. Otherwise, we will look into seeing how much Kinkos charges for the publication.

Students, think about the area you would like to work on. Here are the sections and positions available.

• Co-Editor in Chief
• Sports Editor and 2 additional contributing writers
• Advice Columnist
• Feature Editor with one additional writer
• Horoscope Editor
• Review & Critic Editor with 2 additional contributing writers
• Beauty and Fashion Editor- with 5 additional contributors
• Celebrity Columnist (2)
• Food Editor with one additional writer
• Travel Editor with one additional writer
• Home Decor and Entertaining Editor with one additional contributor
• Cover Designer
• Table of Contents
• Advertising Editor
• Comic Strip and Game Editor (2)

Can we pass the CRCT? Yes, we can!

All classes will continue to practice different areas covered on the test. 

We will have Spelling 22 this week with the quiz on Thursday 04/16 and take a break from spelling until after the testing. 

We will begin reading the novel Monster by Walter Mosely next week. A class copy will be used to read during class.  Students may purchase their own copy to use if they desire. Review questions and quizzes will be given periodically.

April 13th-20th

Class will continue to focus on CRCT review.  The first three attachments are reviews covered before spring break.  I have also included Agreement, Comparison forms, and Principal Parts of Verb notes previously given that can be used for studying. We will pick up with agreement and verbs upon our return. Have a great break!

Download Sentence Review Sheet

Download Organizational Review II  

Download Organizational Test Review

Download Principal Parts of Verbs2

 Download Verb Tense Notes

Download Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs

Download Agreement Notes II

CRCT Review

Use the following webistes to practice critical CRCT areas in Language Arts.

Download Hyperlinks-to-related-sites-3

Download Verbs-sites-1

Download Sites-for-practice-using-homonyms-1

Here's a new verb presentation to help with reviewing!