February 7, 2012 Tuesday

1. February 7, 2012 Tuesday • EQ: How do I determine proper verb usage? • EQ: How are sentences structured and punctuated according to those structures? • EQ: How do writers narrow their topics? You need: paper (number 1-27), writing utensil, writer’s notebooks Today you will show mastery of standards, write, learn new vocabulary and work with it, and check progress on your research.

2. Valentine traditions go back a long way in history. In the middle ages, young people drew names out of a bowl to see who their Valentine would be. They’d wear the name pinned to their shirt for all to see. Then in 1537, King Henry VII officially declared February 14 as Valentine’s Day. Answer in your writers’ notebook: Do you do anything special to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Describe how you celebrate the holiday. Word of the Day celestial (suh-less-chuhl) To do with the sky or the heavens Synonyms: heavenly, astronomical, extraterrestrial, otherworldly, immortal, angelic The Chinese Lantern Festival celebrates a celestial event – the first full moon of the New Year. Use the word celestial or one of its synonyms in a sentence.

3. ELA7C1 The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats. The student • a. Identifies and writes simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex • sentences correctly, punctuating properly, avoiding fragments and run-ons, adding or deleting modifiers, combining or revising sentences. • b. Identifies and writes correctly punctuated adjective and adverb clauses. • c. Uses standard subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. • d. Identifies and uses verb tenses consistently (simple and perfect).

4. ELA7W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational • structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and provides a satisfying closure. The student • a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements. • b. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell the story. • c. Uses traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question). • d. Uses appropriate structures to ensure coherence (e.g., transition elements). • e. Supports statements and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts and statistics, and specific examples.

5. ELA7W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing. The student • a. Identifies topics, asks and evaluates questions, and develops ideas leading to inquiry, investigation, and research. b. Gives credit for both quoted and paraphrased information in a bibliography by using a consistent and sanctioned format and methodology for citations. • c. Includes researched information in different types of products (e.g., compositions, multimedia presentations, graphic organizers, projects, etc.). • d. Documents sources. • e. Uses electronic media to locate relevant information.

6. ELA7W4 The student consistently uses the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student • a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. • b. Uses strategies of note taking, outlining, and summarizing to impose structure on composition drafts. • c. Revises manuscripts to improve the organization and consistency of ideas within and between paragraphs. • d. Edits writing to improve word choice after checking the precision of the vocabulary.

7. Ticket Out the Door • Correct the sentence. The number of errors is in parentheses. [Hint: Check spelling and homophones.] Write the corrected version on an index card with your first and last name on it.
 (8) did you no that laura ingalls Wilder and charles Dickens wur both born on february 7,