Today, I handed out the study guide for the final exam for Writer's Workshop and then we practiced proofreading and using correct punctuation (in preparation for the final.)  See me for these exercises.

Today's word is "goldbrick." We then completed worksheets on how to correctly use commas and apostrophes. See me for make-up work. We discussed the final exam: it will consist of word-of-the-day definitions and fill-in-the-blanks; a proofreading test on proper punctuation, word usage, capitalization, and other conventions; and collecting and reflecting on/evaluating written work for the permanent writing portfolio. I also handed back the research essays.

Today's word is "verdant." We watched more research presentations and then completed more comma worksheets.  See me for the worksheets.

On Thursday, the Word of the Day was "fuliginous" and then we heard more presentations.

Today the word was "insidious" and we heard more presentations (and in periods 1 and 3 we worked on comma usage with worksheets.)