Research Papers Over Break

Students may turn in papers via email over break, and I've received a couple. The problem I'm seeing already is that students need to turn in double spaced papers. They need to proofread. Finally, students need to also send the works cited page. These need to be sent via email attachment before Christmas. Thanks and have a wonderful holiday!

Dec. 17, 2009

Today we will complete our next vocabulary assignment. We will work on adverbs. And, finally, we will work on reading two scenes of Romeo and Juliet. Have a wonderful Christmas vacation!

Dec. 16, 2009

Sorry, I missed my first day of posting so I'm making up for it:) We worked on papers the entire class. The students learned a conclusion. They learned to write works cited page. They learned to cite information in their essays. These are topics that they will struggle with so feel free to help them if you can or direct them to the internet for any of these topics or email me with questions. It is important that they learn not only the writing process but also to cite information in their papers and to write a works cited page.

Snooooow Daaaaaaaaaaaaaays! 12/14/09

Well, we are going to try to catch up as fast as possible. The students are going to be writing introductions and paragraphs of support this week. We will read a scene of Romeo and Juliet per class if time. We will try to work on some adverb work as well. My goal for the students is to be able to type up their papers over break. I may even give out extra credit if students email me their papers over break. Stay tuned:)

Dec. 7, 2009

Today we took vocabulary quiz 7. We also wrote the thesis and started the introduction for our papers. If we have days off, please ask kids to be thinking of how they would write the body of their essays.

Dec. 7, 2009

I think I've missed a day in this snow. My apologies. We are trying to research specific info for the students' papers. We took our spelling quiz too. I'm not sure that the papers will be due before break, but we are trying to keep them moving in that direction.

Dec. 2, 2009

Today we started our research! We read Act 2.3 in Romeo and Juliet. We received a list of adverbs that don't end in "ly" so the kids should be studying that. Also, we have a spelling quiz over the next two days. Be sure to ask the kids what they are researching and who their scientist is :)