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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Corven's Language Arts Class-Week of December 12th and 16th

READING
We continue reading through the novel Mr. Popper's Penguins. The focus of our reading will be over chapters 10 - 15. The students will continue researching types of penguins this week in class. They will share their research in class next week.

WRITING
Last week the students learned the correct way to punctuate dialogue. This week they will apply what they learned about the use of quotation marks as they narrate a scene from The Snowman. The narrations will be due on Monday, December 19th. There will be time in class this week for the students to work on this writing assignment.

GRAMMAR
The students will complete Daily Language activities each day in class.

SPELLING
The following 10 spelling/vocabulary words from Mr. Popper's Penguins will be assessed on Tuesday, December 20th.
        cease, sulking, mopey, stupor, solemn, indulgence, novelty, sparing, pompous, debris