Homework: Paragraph of the week. Please look over with your child and help them in the editing process. Two drafts must be turned in-one rough draft and one final draft in blue or black ink. It may be typed. Due Friday.
Paragraph of the Week: For this week you will be writing a descriptive paragraph on Halloween. It will be due on Friday. Halloween makes us think of frightening entities and haunted houses. Brainstorm a list of things you would hear, see, touch, and smell in a haunted house. Then use the following topic sentence to start your paragraph:
Accepting the dare to enter the haunted house on Halloween night was not the wisest choice I had ever made, but I took a deep breath and pushed open the massive old doors.
Carefully describe what the interior of the house was like, your reactions to it and what might happen next.
Checklist:
- 10-15 sentences
- topic sentence/summary sentence
- notes taken (bubble map)
- finished final copy (blue/black ink or typed
- Signature of an adult, on this sheet who helped you proofread your work.
- Both pages (this page on top and final copy).
Monday and Tuesday: Finish Witches
Grades: Comprehension questions for units 10-21 and Test over Witches.
Wednesday: Begin Unit 2 in Springboard text
Thursday: Activity 2.2 in Springboard text
Friday: Activity 2.3 in Springboard text
