Public Art

Students will be exploring the world of Julian Beever, a street chalk artist who specializes in anamorphic drawings.  We will be discussing the benefits of art as a tool to raise awareness in public settings.

Another Place, Another Time

Wednesday: Vocab sentences
Thursday: Vocab Quiz
Friday:  Another Place, Another Time Story Test

Magic and the Brain

This week we will be reading an article that talks about how magicians use weaknesses in our brains and eyes to fool us!  Students will not only get a lesson in neuroscience, but they will also be analyzing the structures of the article to help them become critical readers.

Events for this week:

Tuesday:  Vocab sentences for homework; two sentences with context clues for each word
Wednesday: Vocab Quiz
Thurs: Magic and the Brain Test

First week of 2016

This week students will be working on memoirs as well as analyzing some winter themed poems!  We will be practicing working on stretching out short moments in their writing.  Student's will use plenty of sensory details to pull their readers into their moment.