Ms.+Townsend

Language Arts

= = =Welcome to the 4th Nine Weeks = ="If dreams die, Life is like a broken wing that can not fly." Langston Hughes =

We will be reading a novel in Social Studies this nine weeks titled __The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.__ There will be activities done in class after every three chapters read.
__ Language Arts __ Students will have a Choice Board project to do on the book "Tears of A Tiger" They will choose at least two choices from the board. However, there is ONE choice that counts as (2), students know which one that is.The project will be due on April 30 for 3rd, & 7th period and May 1 for 4th & 5th period. Parents please look over the project so that you may discuss their choices with them.

Daily Grammar Practice will be a year long practice with grammar

Monday: Identify and label the parts of speech for each word.
**Tues**:Underline the simple/entire subject once, underline the simple/entire predicate twice, place parentheses around the prepositional phrase if there is one, object of preposition and direct and indirect objects

**Wed**:Label whether the sentence is simple(SS) or compound(CS) and if it is Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative,or Exclamatory. They will place brackets around the dependent & independent clauses.


 * Thurs**: Using proofreaders marks


 * Friday**: Diagram the sentence

__AIG Language A__rts (Keep reading to make your AR goal).
AR goal for AIG is 40 points for 4th nine weeks.

In class activities on the novel __The Boy In The Striped Pajamas__
//**__ Language Arts __ We will be working with Reading skills also in preparation of the EOG in May. **// //** DGP sentence for the week. **// //** The last day for AR points is June 1st, 2012 **// //**__ DGP/Keep reading to make AR goal __**// All students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th periods should have at least 35 __//**AR points by the end of the 4th nine weeks,**//__ so they should keep reading and taking tests. They will receive a grade for their average and the points they receive toward the goal for the nine weeks.All students reaching their AR goal will be rewarded in a special way.(**click on the link below)**

*The next formal LIBRARY day will occur the first week in May ( Wed. & Thurs.). They may however visit the library during homeroom and whenever a teacher will allow them to go.

Tutoring on Tuesdays has been canceled until further notice because of afterschool remediation.from 2:30-4:00.