What is my grade?

To find out your current grade from class, go to the following website and sign up for an account.

You will need to know your STUDENT ID in order to sign up for an Engrade account. Ask me for your ID.



http://www.engrade.com/students

Writing Entry Ideas

Every Friday you are responsible to hand in 3 writing entries as part of your homework assignment. Below you will find a list of ideas to write about.

One out of the three entries will be assigned by me, the other two entries you may write about anything you'd like.

Below you will find a website where you can find a plethora of writing entry ideas to choose from:


http://www.creativewritingprompts.com/

Book Review Format

Every marking period you will be responsible for reading a certain amount of books. In Marking period 1 you are responsible for reading 3 books. After you are finished with each book, you must write a book review. Below you will find the format for a book review.
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What? You’ve finished reading your independent reading book

What now? Write a book review

What should be in it?

Book reviews should include:

• The title (underlined)
• The author
• What the book is about
• Your opinion of the book
• Did you like the book?Why or why not?
• Would you recommend it to your classmates to read?Why or why not?
• Rate the book from a scale of 1-51=Bad book5=Great book

Technicalities

• Write your review in paragraph format
• Spelling and grammar counts
• Should be neatly hand written or typed
• Answer each question found above
• Number each book review

Warning: Do not give a way the ending please!

Sentence Starters for Jots!!!!!!!

I can't believe...
I can predict...because...
I don't understand...
I wonder...
If I were this character, I would...
This reminds me of...
I can infer that...
I think...
I know…
I find…
I suspect…
I admire…
I like…
I don’t like…
I feel…
I was surprised by…
I noticed that…
It’s hard to believe…
If I had been there, I would have…
I don’t understand…
This is similar to…
The part about ____ reminds me of___
My favorite part is when…
The most exciting part is___ because
A part I find confusing is…
I would change…
I am most like the character ___ because
An interesting word/sentence/idea is…
I thought it was funny when…
I can relate to this chapter/story/character because
The part that makes a real picture in my mind is…
This reminds me of the time that…
A favorite line is …
Advice I would give to a character in the book is…
I would like the book to end with…