Firchau: Language Arts (Week of March 5)

READING/WRITING

Students will share the tanka they created in applying their knowledge of figurative language.

The students will also respond to informal writing prompts.

GRAMMAR

The students will work on Daily Language activities each day in class.

SPELLING

There are no spelling assignments this week. We will spend time in class reviewing words that are commonly misspelled in the students' writing.

Idioms.

Not to beat a dead horse, but there is a HUMONGOUS list of idioms HERE!

Firchau: Language Arts (Week of March 19)

READING / WRITING
Figurative Language (hyperboles, idioms, metaphors, similes, personification, and alliteration) will be the focus the next two weeks. The students will read "The Bunyans," a short story in Literacy Place. This story gives the students opportunities to identify specific types of figurative language in context. We will analyze the author's use of figurative language as we discuss the author's purpose and the mood the author sets. Finally, the students will apply their knowledge of figurative language by creating tanka.


Find out more about tanka, its form and history, by clicking here.


The students will also create quick, written responses to various in-class prompts.


Check your student's agenda for daily assignments.


SPELLING
No spelling this week.