Language Arts: I love Christmas cookies

Monday, December 12, 2011

I love Christmas cookies

Christmas cookies

Xylophone
Missing of school
Angels
Santa Claus
Candy cane
Ornament
O’ Holy night
Kings
Igloo
Elf
Sugarplums

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Literacy goals

I will score in the proficient range in the word choice category

Use synonyms,
Use a thesaurus,
collaborate with my writing support group

I will increase my proficiency in sentence fluency

Have a mix of long and short sentences in each paragraph.
Be sure each sentence within each paragraph begins with a different word.
Be sure to have at least one sentence per paragraph that begins with preposition.
Be sure to have at least one sentence per paragraph that begins with a subordinating conjunction.

I will use 1 of the 3 introduction techniques in my essays

Look at the notes on introductions styles in School Fusion.
Look at the introductions on the sample essays on School Fusion.

I will score in the proficient range in the word choice category-

Use synonyms,
Use a thesaurus,
collaborate with my writing support group

I will increase my proficiency in sentence fluency-

have a mix of long and short sentences in each paragraph,
be sure each sentence within each paragraph begins with a different word,
be sure to have at least one sentence per paragraph that begins with preposition,
be sure to have at least one sentence per paragraph that begins with a subordinating conjunction

I will use 1 of the 3 introduction techniques in my essays-

look at the notes on introductions styles in School Fusion,
look at the introductions on the sample essays on School Fusion,
collaborate with writing support group

I will write a proficient thesis statement-

be sure to have a clear topic and an opinion,
use page 594 in the Write Source book to write my thesis statement,
look at the thesis statements on the sample essays

I will read 3 nonfiction articles on the topic of my choice by the end of 2nd quarter-

decide on my topics,
research for articles on those topics,
log the reading on my reading log,
do a reading reflection in my reading notes,
think about using one or more of the articles for an essay