February 15

Today we will start with our Sentence Corrections (put them with other sentence corrections in your notebook)

Then we will review our vocabulary for the quiz, which I've decided to administer on Tuesday instead of today since I forgot to remind you.  This is your reminder for Tuesday!

And finally, we will write the rough drafts of our essays.  You need to bring your rough draft on Tuesday when we will share them in groups and give each other feedback.

Here are a couple of Internet sites that have ideas about happiness.  You, of course, could find hundreds if you refined your search.
Oprah: Happiness
Thich Nhat Hanh quotes
Psychology Today article: Sources of Happiness
54 Sources of Happiness

Friday--Write Happiness Rough Draft

Today we will start with our Sentence Corrections (put them with other sentence corrections in your notebook)

Then we will review our vocabulary for the quiz, which I've decided to administer on Tuesday instead of today since I forgot to remind you.  This is your reminder for Tuesday!

And finally, we will write the rough drafts of our essays.  You need to bring your rough draft on Tuesday when we will share them in groups and give each other feedback.

Here are a couple of Internet sites that have ideas about happiness.  You, of course, could find hundreds if you refined your search.
Oprah: Happiness
Thich Nhat Hanh quotes
Psychology Today article: Sources of Happiness
54 Sources of Happiness

Happiness Essay
Notes            10 points
Outline          10 points
Rough draft    20 points
Typed draft    30 points
     Total:        70 points

Due dates:
Outline--Friday, February 15th
Rough draft--Tuesday, February 19th.  We will go over one another's essays to proofread, etc.
Final draft (2-3 pages typed, double-spaced)--Friday, February 22nd. Staple RD to final draft and they need to be DIFFERENT.  Revise.  REVISE

Today you are to write the rough draft of your essay on "happiness."  Follow these guidelines as well as the guidelines on the handout.

In this paper you will explain what makes people happy.  Base many of your ideas on the movie Happy.

Write an introductory paragraph that uses a hook of some sort
Write your thesis statement 
Write three paragraphs, each with a specific example, showing what makes people happy
Write an additional paragraph or two explaining what makes you happy
Write a conclusion (this might continue discussing what makes you happy and tie it in with other paragraphs)

Here's what you need to do to write a good paragraph:
1. Write a topic sentence (your idea for the paragraph).
2.

Happy Valentine's Day!
At the end of the period we will spend 20 minutes writing our own creative Valentines.  Here are a few of my favorite romantic poems with some awesome lines to put in Valentine's cards:

somewhere i have never traveled  by E. E. Cummings
Love Sonnet XXVII  by Pablo Neruda
How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways   by Elizabeth Barret Browning
Sonnet 18, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer Day?  by William Shakespeare
You and I have So Much Love it Burns Like a Fire  by Kwan Tao Sheng
She Walks in Beauty Like the Night  by Lord Byron

the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses

I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep

SHE walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meets in her aspect and her eyes

2nd period poems

Baby, you're sexier than socks on a rooster

I know somebody that thinks they might like you a lot.  And if I wasn't so shy, I would tell you who it is.

You are like a broom
When you do what you do
you sweep me away

February 11

Vocabulary for quiz on Friday: Leiningen Versus the Ants Vocab
Remember that you have to know everyone's name for the quiz on Friday

Today we will continue watching the film Happy and taking notes on it so that you can write a

Vendredi, 8 février

Vocab quiz, Leiningen Versus the Ants vocabulary found on Quizlet
Sentence corrections
"Happiness" essay
Watch "Happiness" on Netflix.  If you're absent during the "Happiness" unit, you can watch this movie at home if you have Netflix because it's a watch instantly film.

Jeudi

Here's a somewhat entertaining Animal Planet video on army ants.
 Animal Planet 

Today we will finish Leiningen Versus the Ants and discuss the story.  You will also answer questions 4-8 on page 57.
Homework: review vocabulary for Friday's quiz.  You might want to make flash cards.  +2 extra credit

February 4

Welcome to my class, little boys and girls!  Third grade is so fun!!!!
Introductions--memorize everyone's name for a quiz on Friday the 15th
Vocabulary Leiningen Versus the Ants: Leiningen Vocab  Quiz on Friday (and every Friday)
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