Language Arts 2-17-14

Today in Language Arts....
We created Journal entry #8  "Origin Myths".  We defined them and created a list of 10-20 items that we could write our own original origin myth about (our next creative writing assignment...start thinking!)

We listed to "Strawberries" a Cherokee origin myth and "Aunt Misery."  (both in the green literature book beginning on page 906).  Students completed a three part assessment on each:
   1. create an illustration that would reflect the myth
   2. Origin myth:  describe in two sentences what item came into being and how
   3. Theme:  Provide any theme/message provided in the story

We took our Simple Solutions test on lessons 49-52 and handed in our packet.

We critiqued some more genealogy reports.

Homework:
  Yale & Princeton:
 Book reports due tomorrow (see Friday, Feb 14th for the choices that each section created....do only one)
 Simple Solutions #53
 Current events on the Olympics is due Wednesday
 Research:  either Origin Myths or Urban Legends (define), (list five examples), (read one example and create a 5-7 sentence summary of the myth or legend).  Don't forget to list your source for full credit (due Thursday 2/20).

We will be completing our unit on Classic American Authors and genre of the oral tradition this week. Final assessment on Friday. (start reviewing your flash cards; review the quiz you took, test will cover genres & figurative language).

 Harvard:
Research (see above)
SS lesson #53


ALL:  grammar handbooks are due next Monday 2/24 (don't wait until the last minute to begin typing -- lessons 25-50)