Sunday, December 18, 2011

What Does this Painting Mean to You?


James Christensen's "Lawrence Pretended Not to Notice That a Bear Had Become Attached to His Coat" (http://www.hiddenridgegallery.com/store/james-christensen/lawrence-pretended.html).

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Monday, August 15, 2011

Authors Rejected

After several years and sixty rejection letters, Katherine Stockett finally
got an agent for her book The Help. The agent found a publisher three weeks
later and now the book has been made into a major Hollywood movie.

http://shine.yahoo.com/event/poweryourfuture/kathryn-stocketts-the-help-turned-down-60-times-before-becoming-a-best-seller-2523496/

Monday, May 23, 2011

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Bell-Ringer: Write at least 5 things you could write as you sign a yearbook.  Post one on the poster on the bulletin board.

http://www.wikihow.com/Sign-a-Yearbook

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080618220916AAQVSYS





Share the end of Hormone Jungle.



Share your writing.
Bring treats if you'd like!

Friday, May 27, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  One more Bingo Prompt -- Pick the one left you'd most like to write about.
B4 presented their plays -- Great job!

Writing to Music -- students wrote in response several different pieces of music.




Please check the list of students who have checked out books from Ms. Dorsey's classroom library and have not checked them back in.  Please bring back any books you have.  I'd much rather get the books back than put your name on the fines list







No more late or revised work accepted after May 27.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  Bingo Prompt: Pick one you most want to write about.

B3 -- one more play
B4 -- a bunch more plays -- present on Friday

Concrete Poetry -- We made wonderful concrete poetry.  If you were absent, see me for the make-up work to be completed by Friday.





Please check the list of students who have checked out books from Ms. Dorsey's classroom library and have not checked them back in.  Please bring back any books you have.  I'd much rather get the books back than put your name on the fines list







No more late or revised work accepted after May 27.