All three sections took their CPS first quarter Benchmark exam in Language Arts. The new exams are formatted to the new Common Core curriculum requiring students to make inferences and prove them with text evidence. Students examined the poetry of Robert Frost -- "The Road Not Taken."
Students took their Literary Elements skill test on plot and theme. This was an objective test. Students were given the questions on Monday in their journal entry.
Corrections on the Root word test were turned in.
Journal entry today: pages in the Grammar book on transitive and intransitive verbs
Students had time to work on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" project which is due on Friday 11/8/13.
Homework:
continue reading your SciFi novel (book report due dates: Harvard 11/14, Yale & Princeton 11/16)
Simple Solutions 30
Get your portfolio examined and parent signature sheet signed.
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