Current Events Reflections

Students, as you complete your current events summaries, keep the following in mind:

• Name the article title and publication in your summary.  Example:  "Travel Team", and article in the Marysville Gazzette, tells about the Marysville Lacrosse team and their recent wins on the road.
• Be sure to write in third person throughout the summary.
• Be prepared to share you article with the class.

Military Mascots

Many of you were wanting to learn more about military mascots, so here are a few sites you might want to check out...

Coast Guard Mascots

Army Mascots

OAA Practice

It's that time of year to start thinking about testing and how we approach it as a genre.  There are strategies that  can help you be more successful.  The link below will help give you some extra practice and let you know what the OAA will look like and what kinds of questions you might see on the test.  Let me know what you think!

http://ohio3-8.success-ode-state-oh-us.info/

Slip or Trip?

Does the evidence support Queenie's story?
Here is our summary from class this week:

We arrived at the home around 1:30 A.M. We found Arthur laying dead at the bottom of the staircase.  His head was on the floor, and his feet were on the stairs.  He was face-up and holding a glass.  He was dressed in a suit with a robe over it.  The stove was on and food was cooking.  Nothing in the home seemed to be out of place.  Queenie, Arthur's wife filled us in on what she observed.

Queenie said she had an argument with Arthur earlier.  She then went to a party at the club.  She invited her friends over.  She arrived at the house at 1:00 A. M. and her friends arrived 10 minutes later.  She said Arthur was coming down the stairs to get a drink, fell down the stairs and died.

The autopsy indicated Arthur died from a head wound.  It also confirmed he had been drinking.

The evidence shows that Arthur had a glass in his hand, but as a rule, people who fall down the stairs carrying things typically drop them. So it is unlikely Arthur fell down the stairs with the glass in his hand.

Your job...add at least another piece of evidence (evidence, rule, and conclusion) and indicate why you think Queenie is or is not telling the truth...good luck!

Would You Rather...

Would you rather...be a sports superstar for 3 seasons and never play again OR be a bench player with a 20 year career?

You will need to justify your opinion with supporting sentences!  I am looking for well formed statements of opinion and supporting sentences that further illustrate your opinion (reasons, details, facts, examples, etc.).

Many of you are working on 6 room poems this week.  Post your drafts and/or final copies here; I'm looking forward to reading your writing!  I posted my rough draft below.  I'd like your feedback.  What are your stars and wishes for this piece?

State Your Opinion!

Are song writers poets?  Justify your answer with solid and clear reasons. Give examples to support your thinking.  Think about poetic structures such as meter, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme, simile, metaphor, sensory language, imagery, etc.