Mrs. Fifield's Lovely Language Arts

Grades are now updated!  You will notice that I put in your Unit 1 Baseline grade, but I saved it as "uncalculated."  This means that it should show up when you look at your grades, but it is not factored into your grade.  The post test WILL be factored in.  I also added two points to anyone who turned in BOTH the essay and the book in a bag within the first two days of school.  You will see those two points added to the book in a bag grade (52/50 points).

Over the past two days, we have begun studying similes and metaphors by reading "All Summer in a Day," by Ray Bradbury.  We also began our exploratory journals with the poem, "How to Eat a Poem," by Eve Merriam.  A-day students received homework today, as follows.  B-day students will receive this homework tomorrow (A-day: due Monday, B-day: due Tuesday):

1.  Finish your extended response reflection for "All Summer in a Day."  The prompt is as follows...

What do you think Margot will do once the other children let her out of the closet?  How will she feel?  Be specific!  How would you feel if you had waited for something for so long – and you wanted it so much that your life nearly depends on it – only to have that thing taken away from you?

Your papers should NOT look like this:

Margot will be sad and mad.  I would be sad and mad because that would not be fun.

2.  Complete the Similes and Metaphors handout that you received in class.
3.  As always, add to your reading logs by reading every day.

Here is a copy of the reading log, via scribd.com:

Reading Log for Mrs. Fifield
http://www.scribd.com/doc/105141162