Ms. Ballantyne's English Language Arts Class Assignments

1. Thursday Lit Log
2. Study for tomorrow's spelling test

1. Wednesday Lit Log
2. Finish publishing your final draft for your tell-why expository essay. It must be turned in to me tomorrow so that I can grade the essays over spring break!!

Remember:
Write neatly.
Use white paper only.
Blue or black ink only.
Write on the front of each page (don't write on the back!!).

1. Tuesday Lit Log
2. What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything? vocabulary and comprehension worksheet
**Test tomorrow!!

1. Spelling, Lesson 31
2. Monday Lit Log

1. Wednesday Lit Log
2. Getting Leftovers Back on the Table, vocabulary and comprehension worksheet

1. Tuesday Lit Log
2. Spelling, Lesson 30

Monday Lit Log

1. Lit Log Thursday
2. Page 418, Practice 1, #1-7
Page 419, Test Practice, #1-8

Lit Log Wednesday

What is your favorite after-school activity? Write a five-paragraph expository essay telling why this is your favorite activity to do after school. (idea, because, because, because)

1. Monday Lit Log
2. Spelling, Lesson 28

Finish copying your Expository Essay onto yellow draft paper.

Organize each section of (topic sentence file) for your essay. Add transition words to make each section flow!!

**You should still have three separate sections in each file folder. The "evidence" in each file is just organized into one section now, rather than separate sheets of paper.**

Add two more sources to your essay.

- List of examples
- Story from your life
- Story from someone else's life (outside sources)
- Quotes/interviews
- Data/statistics
- Observations

1. Spelling, Lesson 25
2. Come up with two quotes or observations for your essay (of course, you can come up with more, too!)

1. Thursday Lit Log (GET IT SIGNED!)
2. Study for Spelling Test
3. Write 2-3 short stories to support your topic sentences (to go into your green folders).

1. Wednesday Lit Log
2. The Sneetches Vocab & Comprehension

1. Tuesday Lit Log
2. Finish thesis statement and three bullet points (becauses, kinds, examples, etc.)

1. Monday Lit Log (ALL THREE SECTIONS)
2. Spelling, Lesson 24

1. Wednesday Lit Log
2. Interactive Reading, page 72
**Blanca Flor test tomorrow!!

1. Spelling, Lesson 22
2. Monday Lit Log

1. Blanca Flor Vocabulary worksheet
2. Thursday Lit Log (GET IT SIGNED!)
3. Study for Spelling Test

1. Blanca Flor vocabulary and comprehension
2. Wednesday Lit Log

Tuesday Literature Log (3 impressions, 1-2 connections)

1. Spelling, Lesson 21
2. Monday Lit Log (3 impressions, 1-2 connections)

1. Lit Log Thursday (3 impressions, 1-2 connections)
2. Lit Log PARENT SIGNATURE
3. Complete The Gold Cadillac Study Guide
4. Study for Spelling Test

Complete Wednesday Lit Log (3 impressions, 1-2 connections)

1. Have PROGRESS REPORT signed by parent.
2. Tuesday Lit Log (3 impressions, 1-2 connections)

1. Spelling, Lesson 20
2. Monday Lit Log (3 impressions, 1-2 connections)

1. Thursday Lit Log (3 impressions, 2 connections). DON'T FORGET TO GET YOUR LIT LOG SIGNED!!!!!
2. Finish Multiple Meaning Word Booklet
3. Study for Spelling Test

1. Wednesday Lit Log
3 impressions, 2 connections
2. Multiple Meaning Words Booklet (DUE Friday! Extra credit opportunity: do a 5th page, you choose the word!)

BLUE GROUP:
Write Ms. B a letter that explains:
1. Why are you writing the letter?
2. What are you going to do to make our ELA time together a better experience?
**one "Writer's Notebook" page

1. Spelling, Lesson 19
2. Tuesday Lit Log
3 impressions, 2 connections

1. Finish reading The Gold Cadillac
2. Complete Reading Check, page 187, #1-5 (WRITE COMPLETE SENTENCES!!)
3. Thursday Lit Log (remember to have it signed!)
4. Study for spelling test

1. You're vs. Your Homework
2. Wednesday Lit Log

1. Their, There, They're Worksheet
2. Complete Lit Log, Tuesday (3 Impressions)

1. Spelling, Lesson 18
2. Complete Lit Log, Monday (3 Impressions)

1. Read for 30 minutes and complete your 3 impressions. Don't forget to use complete sentences!!

1. Spelling, Lesson 16

1. Finish Alliteration Worksheet (front and back)

1. Personification Worksheet

Read for at least 30 minutes and record three impressions from the portion that you read. Please write in complete sentences. Don't forget to record the time and pages read.

1. Spelling, Lesson 14

1. Complete Spelling, Lesson 15
2. Re-read The Bracelet for test tomorrow!

Complete Reading Check for The Bracelet, #1-5 on page 76. Must be answered in complete sentences!!

Write sentences for each vocabulary word (four sentences, one vocab word in each sentence).

Spelling, Lesson 13

Finish your Thank You Letter to your Trail Leader. If you did not go to Science Camp, finish your Thank You Letter to the fifth grade teacher that you stayed with.

Revisit a book that you've read and coy its ending. Decide if this ending is an example of an important action, important dialogue, imagery, or a reminder of the whole story. Be ready to share with the class.

1. DLR Thursday
2. Complete notes for "The Wind People" on your note cards. Copy those notes onto your outline. Note cards and outline due tomorrow.
3. Study for your spelling test!!

Transfer your "Wind People" note cards into an outline.

1. Spelling, Lesson 12
2. Finish Teeny Tiny Ghost character traits paragraph
3. Reading Logs due!!!

1. Read "The Wind People," pgs. 64-66.
2. Complete Test Practice, pg. 67 #1-4

1. Have parent sign Ta-Na-E-Ka test results.
2. Complete Spelling, Lesson 10 "Easily Confused Words"
3. Finish Author's Message + Connection for The Giving Tree

1. Complete Complex & Compound-Complex Worksheet
2. Study for tomorrow's Spelling Test

No Homework

Complete Simple vs. Compound Sentence Worksheet.

Complete Spelling, Lesson 9: Homophones.

1. Complete the Ta-Na-E-Ka Vocabulary and Comprehension Worksheet (remember, at least 4 words per list in the second half of the assignment!)

2. Study for your spelling test!!! Make sure you know which words are spelled with "ie" and which are spelled with "ei"

1. Finish reading Ta-Na-E-Ka.
2. While you are reading, answer book questions #3-6 on a lined sheet of paper. Use complete sentences!

Complete Spelling, Lesson 7.

Study for tomorrow's spelling test. Don't forget to bring your practice test tomorrow (signed or not, I want to see it!)

Complete the character bubble map. Pick one character from a movie or book of your choice and come up with at least 6 character traits. Don't forget to include why the character is that trait (give examples)!

1. Complete your final draft for the Sister Anne's Hands summary. Remember to write in pencil, not pen, and to write on the paper I gave you.

2. Finish your hand project if you have not already turned it in to me.

3. Fundraisers due!!!!!

Complete Spelling Lesson 8, front and back

1. Finish your Sister Anne's Hands summary.

Complete the story map for Sister Anne's Hands. Be ready to write a summary on it tomorrow!

In your writer's notebook, write a "seed story" from your life.

Complete Spelling Lesson 6

1. Finish reading pages 38-39.
2. Complete vocabulary page 20.
3. If you did not finish your summary (Millie Waits for the Mail) in class, finish it and bring it to class tomorrow.
4. Study for your spelling test!!!

Take your Writer's Notebook home. Write a short entry of a small moment that you had today (or recently). Try to think of moments that you might want to pick to write about later!

Complete the Story Elements chart for The Pout-Pout Fish.

Should include:
Setting
Characters
Problem
Solution
Main Events (list at least 5)

Complete Spelling Lesson 4 (front and back)

1) Take a practice spelling test (have someone at home read your spelling words to you). Have it signed by a parent. It must be signed or you will not receive credit!

2) DLR due tomorrow!!

Spelling Words:
1. count
2. county
3. salt
4. cross
5. shout
6. youth
7. amount
8. pounds
9. mountain
10. thousands
11. proof
12. crawled
13. account
14. launched
15. rumors
16. saucer

Complete Vocabulary pg. 18

Complete Spelling Lesson 3 (front and back)

1) Vocabulary Page 17.

1) Complete the Vocabulary Map for All Summer in a Day.

1) Spelling Lesson 2 (front and back).

1) Collect stuff (pictures, magazines, drawings, etc.) to put onto your Writer's Notebook. I encourage you to decorate it over the weekend. I will give you some time in class on Tuesday to work on it. Be creative. Have fun!!

1) Re-read "Just Once." Test tomorrow!!

Complete the story map for "Just Once."

Complete the vocabulary worksheet for "Just Once."

Complete Spelling Lesson 1 (front and back!)

Think about a time in your life to write about (a true story!!).

1. Complete Parent Packet ASAP (Due Friday, August 26)

2. Buy an agenda from the office ($5)

3. Send Ms. Ballantyne an e-mail (parents too!)

*Otherwise, write your e-mail address down and turn it in to me tomorrow.

4. Bring a personal reading book from home (preferably AR).

1. Complete Parent Packet ASAP (Due Friday, August 26)

1. Fill out and return paperwork from your Killian folder, as soon as possible.

2. Complete your acrostic and autobiography poems.

3. Buy an agenda as soon as possible. ($5)

3. Send me an e-mail at [email protected] with a simple "hello!" Don't forget to include your name.