YOU ARE INVITED:  You are welcome to come to our class on May 20th at the 3rd period 10:30-11:40 when we read some of our favorite fable writings of the year from our notebooks.  We will demonstrate our Figures of Description drill for you and show you what we have been doing in this class this year!  Please let me know if you think you can attend or if your child will not be coming on that last day so I can get their notebook to them!

Students were able to work on their FOD writing of the Mischievous Dog and some were able to finish it in class.  We did some drilling on the Figures of Description for practice.                                                                                    YOU ARE INVITED:  You are welcome to come to our class on May 20th at the 3rd period 10:30-11:40 when we read some of our favorite fable writings of the year from our notebooks.  We will demonstrate our Figures of Description drill for you and show you what we have been doing in this class this year!  Please let me know if you think you can attend or if your child will not be coming on that last day so I can get their notebook to them!

Today we finished our sentence variations in class and began our rewrite.  This time there is less editing.  I have helped them spell as they were writing.  HOMEWORK:  Finish the rest of the rewrite in their own words for class on Monday.  

Today the students got back their edited versions of the Figures of Description variations for The Dog and the Manger.  We began a new fable title The Mischievous Dog and read it, discussed it, did the 3 plot components for it and made an outline.  On Wednesday we will work on the sentence variations in class.  HOMEWORK:  Complete the copying of the FOD variations for The Dog and the Manger!

Today we wrote on our Figures of Description rewrite for the fable The Dog and the Manger.  Most of the class finished theirs and turned it in to me to be edited.  The yellow paper was given out and the sentence variation rewrites that they had turned in on Monday.  HOMEWORK:  Those who did not complete the rewrite in class need to finish it and finish the sentence variation final draft on the colored paper.  Not everyone will have homework!

We listened to the rewrites of  The Dog and the Manger and I will work at editing them for the students.  Today we created the Figures of Description in class and then read them to each other.  Students will work on this rewrite on Wednesday in class.  HOMEWORK:  NONE

Today we began the fable "The Dog and the Manger" in class and did the three plot components, the outline and all the sentence variations in class.  It is amazing to see all of this come together so well now that the students have practiced these steps so many times.  HOMEWORK:  Students are to create their sentence variation fable using the sentences they created in class today and retell the story in their won words!

We started our Figures of Description writing in class on last Wednesday and the students completed it today.  I passed back the edited sentence variation pages and let them start the rewrite on the colored paper.  I edited the FODs and gave them back as well.  Some students completed the copying in class and others will do it as homework.  HOMEWORK:  Complete all copy work onto colored paper.  Someneed to finish both sentence variations and FOD paper for Wednesday!

In class we began The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing figures of description today.  The students are going to write on this in class on Wednesday.  I will have them write and then read to keep them on track for this fable.  HOMEWORK:  NONE

The students worked on The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing rewrite with the rest of the sentence variations for it.  They changed the last three sentences and are ready to do the next step!   HOMEWORK:  Create a sentence variation rewrite and insert the new sentences that you created in class that I said would fit well into your story.  Read your completed work aloud to someone so that you can read it aloud in class on Monday!

We began the new fable of The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing today.  We did the three plot components together, an outline and had several students do a paraphrase from the outline.  We began the sentence variations and will complete them in class on Wednesday.  Homework:  Students need to copy their edited fable of  The Sick Lion onto the colored paper for a final grade.

Today we took our test on all the FODs.  Josiah made 100%--Congratulations on your hard work.  The rest of the class will have another opportunity to try this again before the year is over.  We read our FOD rewrite for The Sick Lion in class and helped each other make some changes if they were needed.  HOMEWORK:  Please copy the sentence variation writing onto the colored paper for Monday's class.

We read our sentence variation rewrites to the class and now I have them to edit before the students copy them onto colored paper.  Then we worked on the Figures of Description for this fable which include hydrographia, chronographia and pragmatographia.  Students were given time in class to study the FODs for their test on Wednesday.  They were paired up and could drill with each other.  HOMEWORK:  Students need to study for the FOD test on Wednesday and write their FOD paper for The Sick Lion. 

Today we began a new fable entitled The Sick Lion.  An old lion resorts to trickery to gain his food supply, but the smart fox figures it out and escapes harm!  We read the story and discussed the vocabulary, made an outline, did the components for the story and then worked on all the sentence variations.  It was a good class time today!  HOMEWORK:  Students need to make a sentence variation rewrite with their new sentences and follow the outline to retell the story details. Begin studying for the last FOD quiz next Wed.

Everyone got to read their Figures of Description fable for The Mountain in Labor to their classmates.  Then I gave them back their edited sentence variation papers and they were able to get it copied in class.  I edited the FODs as they were writing and then passed them back for copying at home.  On Wednesday we will start a new fable together.  HOMEWORK:  Copy the edited FOD paper onto the green paper before class on Wednesday.

Today we read aloud the sentence variations for The Mountain in Labor.  Then we spent our class time working on the Figures of Description of:  Topothesia, an imaginary place, Dialogismus, conversation, and Geographia/Topographia, description of the landscape or location.  These sentence variations were a little rough this time.  Students need to read their work aloud before trying to read it to the class.  HOMEWORK:  Rewrite the fable now inserting the Figures of Description that they created in class.  Please check the story for obvious grammar and spelling errors if at all possible.

We began a new, very short fable entitled The Mountain in Labor.  Today we did the plot components, an outline and the sentence variations.  This is the fourth quarter of the class and students are going to be graded on their rough draft and will then be able to copy the edited version to raise their grade.  They have to add a lot of details to this story because it is so short.  I told them to use their 5 senses.  Add some colore, smells, and make the story come alive for the readers!  The moral is "Don't make such an ado about nothing."  HOMEWORK:  Complete the sentence variation.  Should be two pages skipping lines.  Feel free to read it and help your child edit before I grade it.

The students took the quiz for the first 7 Figures of Description.  After the break I will assign 7 more to study and then give a quiz with both sets on it for them to identify.  We read aloud our FOD papers for the fable The Dog and His Shadow and then began the rewrite process onto colored paper.  Most of the students finished it or got very close to being done.  HOMEWORK:  Complete the rewrite first.  Then rest, relax, and return to class after the break prepared to work very hard!

We worked on the FODs for The Dog and the Shadow fable in class.  We started our rewrite of the sentence variations onto the blue paper.  Some of the students finished it in class, others have taken it with them to finish.  HOMEWORK:  Complete the sentence variation rewrite.  Then rewrite the fable onto white paper using the Figures of Descriptions from their texts that we created in class today.  Insert the FODs into the fable to make a good, readable fable.  Underline the beginning of each FOD and label it so you will get credit for it.  Parents, it you have time read through the fable checking for obvious errors in spelling and punctuation.  Thank you!

Despite our crazy start to the day the class was ready to go to work this morning so we got a lot completed.  I have all the sentence variations for The Dog and the Shadow.  We are starting to work intently on the FODs for this class so watch the homework for the next few weeks.  Homework:  Students were to write Topographia--description of a place and Topothesia-description of an imaginary place 5 times each.  Some completed it in class.  Drill your child on these five FODs for a quiz on Monday.  Pragmatographia--description of an action, Chronographia--recurring time,  Dendographia--description of trees, Prosopographia--description of a face,  Effectio--description of someone's body.

Today we spent time and read the Figures of Description rewrites aloud in class.  Then I gave the students their edited fables and let them start copying it in class.  Those that finished the sentence variation copying were then given their edited FOD fable to start the copying of it in class.  A few were able to finish, but some may have it as their homework.   HOMEWORK:  Students to finish copying their FOD rewrite on the salmon colored paper to turn in next Wednesday!  Have a great break next Monday!

The students got to read aloud their sentence variation fable for The Thirsty Pigeon to their classmates and make any revisions that the students felt would improve their story.  Then we began the Figures of Description for this fable.  We are going to us topographia, mimesis and sermocinatio for this one.  They may add topothesia, the description of an imaginary place if they wish some extra credit points.  HOMEWORK:  Please finish writing the FOD rewrite for The Thirsty Pigeon.  Most students have a good start on this assignment.

We did a set of FOD practice words at the beginning of class.  I collected the Sentence Variation completed copy of The Dove and the Ant and we went back to working on The Thirsty Pigeon.  We created a moral for this fable and the started a rewrite using our sentence variations.  The students can change the agent from a pigeon to another kind of bird and make other changes within the story as long as they follow the outline.   HOMEWORK:  Students need to complete the copying of their story The Dove and the Ant and finish writing their sentence variation for The Thirsty Pigeon.  Most of the students were able to complete the major portion of it in class.

We shared our FOD fables of The Dove and the Ant with our classmates and then started the new fable of The Thirsty Pigeon.  We did our three plot components, the outline and started the sentence variations for it.  On Wednesday we will finish the variations and begin rewriting it.  The Students have their sentence variations for The Dove and the Ant to copy on the gold paper before Wed.      Homework:  Recopy the sentence variations very carefully.  Make the changes that have been suggested!

The new fable of the Dove and the Ant were very well done and the sentence variations read to the class.  We began the Figures of Description for this fable.  It is interesting to watch and hear how much better the students become with each new writing assignment.  HOMEWORK: Each student is to do a FOD rewrite using astrothesia, Effiction, and Ecphrasis in it.    They also have a FOD practice sheet that is worth 10 points if they copy each definition 4 more times.  Monday I will return these sentence variation papers to them for copying onto colored paper!  We are moving well through this course!

I collected all the completed work from The Bear and the Two Travelers from the students.  I will get them graded and recorded in Teacher Ease so you can view the results by Thursday.  Today we started a new fable The Dove an the Ant.  We did the plot components, read and discussed the fable and then got all the sentence variations completed in class.  HOMEWORK:  Students need to write a new fable based on their outline and their own sentence variations that they completed in class.  They also have a sheet with two new FODs to practice:  ecphrasis and effectio.  They will be reading their SVs in class on Wednesday! 

Today we worked on the sentence variations for the fable of The Bear and the Two Travelers.  I gave them back their papers that had been edited.  A few were able to finish during class, but  some have a little to finish.  They read their FOD paper out loud to their classmates.  I graded them and gave them blue paper to copy their FOd  rewrite over this long break.  HOMEWORK:  Complete the sentence variation and the FOD rewrite.  They also have on FOD term sheet to write 4 times.

Today we worked on the fable of The Bear and the Two Travelers.  We finished the sentence variations and then began our rewrite of the fable.  They can change the agents (people) in the story and have a variety of places, but they need to follow the outline while retelling.  HOMEWORK:  Please finish writing the story.  Have a parent check it for obvious errors before turning it in to me for a grade.  Also, do the FOD exercise that you were assigned in class.  Write the first two FODs and definition 4 times each.  Due on Monday!

We spent the time today doing Christmas activities.  We tried to play a Jeopardy style game, but the students did not know lines of the Christmas carols or enough Christmas traditions to make it interesting so we changed the format and just got some information about Christmas.  We did some activity sheets and I read a couple stories to them.  NO HOMEWORK:  This would be a good opportunity for your child to read and relax before I big push when we return to class!  Have a wonderful Christmas with your family!

We spent the entire period writing our Sentence variation fable onto the colored paper.  Some of the students were able to complete this and began their Figures of Description  rewrite during the period.  It was a busy time but most wanted to finish this so that they would have no homework over the break so they were willing to push a little today.  HOMEWORK:  Complete the FOD rewrite if it was not done in class.     Please help your child clean out their composition folder and get more lined paper in preparation for the second half of this class!

We worked on the Figures of Description for The Flies and the Honey-Pot and started the rewrite inserting our new ideas into the story.  The students learned about pragmatographia, prosopopoeia, and sermocinatio.  We wrote and read these to each other to make sure we had done a good job.  HOMEWORK:  Please have your child complete the FOD paper at home.  Then read through it for clarity and mistakes.  This is to be turned in on Monday.  ALSO-- PLEASE HAVE YOUR CHILD CLEAN OUT THEIR FOLDERS and restock notebook paper.  Many of them need to borrow each time they have an assignment.  Thank you very much for your help with this!

We reviewed the new fable of The Flies and the Honey-Pot and started a sentence variation writing in class.  We wrote for 20 minutes and then would stop and share what we had written.  The class would help the writer decide if it was following the outline and giving us details or if it still needed some work.  Most of the children have only a few more minutes to complete this.  HOMEWORK:  Complete the rewrite and read it to an adult before class on Wednesday!   That adult can make suggestions or even check spelling and grammar!    HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT!  6-7:30 p.m.  Come and go!

Today we read The Flies and the Honey-Pot which will be our new fable to write.  We did the outline, three plot components and the sentence variations.  We let everyone in the class take turns doing a paraphrase of the fable to make sure they understood the fable.  The students got to see the notebooks they are creating with their sentence variation paper and their Figures of Description paper.  These will be on display at the Open House next Monday night, Dec. 3rd.  Hope you can stop by our room and see your child's work!   HOMEWORK:  NONE.  We will begin the writing process on Monday in class.

We worked on using some of our Figures of Description to tell the story of the first Thanksgiving.  It gave the students a chance to practice them orally.  Then we played a letter game where we had to use the letters of Happy Thanksgiving Day to make new words at least 3 letters long.  This group found it to be a real challenge.  We worked together and finally created 70.  They were excited for their lunch treats so it was not a good day for actual work.  HOMEWORK:  None.  Have a good break and we will start a new fable on Monday!

We worked on the first two Figures of Description for The fable The Fisherman Piping.  We learned how to add water to our story with hydrographia, and the new Figure of mimesis.  We made several attempts to use these Figures of Description so we could use them in our writing from now on.  Then we stopped and will do the last one on Monday in class and started copying our sentence variations for The Fisherman Piping.  HOMEWORK:  Students who did not complete their copying in the class should have it done to turn in on Monday.  

In class we wrote on our Sentence variation fable for The Fisherman Piping.  A few of the students completed their work and turned them in to me.  If your child is still working on this exercise, please take a few moments and check spelling and grammar errors before I see it for editing.  HOMEWORK:  Students have colored paper to copy their last work onto for Wednesday.  Students need to finish their sentence variation  fable for The Fisherman Piping.  Some of the students still need more practice in the cursive writing component for this class.  If your child is still struggling please work a little extra on this so their papers can improve.

We welcomed a new member to our class, Alexis!  Today we worked on a new fable and read it, discussed it, did the three plot components for it and made an outline in class.  We spent a lot of time paraphrasing the fable so the students had a chance to hear what could be done with the fable by adding their own thoughts, but still following an outline for context.  HOMEWORK:  Your child is to completed the Figures of Description fable they were writing for The Hare and the Tortoise.  I moved to the new one so Alexis could quickly learn this process and your child has at least half of their fable done from class on Monday which means they can finish it easily on their own.  

We spent our class time working on three Figures of Description to use in this fable.  We added in ecphrasis, geopgraphia and dialogismus.  We wrote out one for each of these and then read them to the class to see if they fit the story and made sense to our readers.  We will continue our work on Wednesday.  HOMEWORK:  Please copy the edited version onto the colored paper for your final grade on the sentence variations.

We spent our class time today working on three Figures of Description.  They were ecphrasis, a ordinary description of something (salty french fries), geographia, the description of landscape to make a realistic setting for our fable (grassy meadow with a stream running through it)  and dialogismus, which a conversation.  Your child has written one for each of these figures.  They have no additional homework, but I would like for you to read through them with your child and look for any ways they can be improved.  MONDAY we will rewrite the fable in class!  Have a great weekend!

We worked on our Sentence Variations for The Hare and the Tortoise in class today and then shared them with our classmates.  We started the writing of The Hare and the Tortoise and then stopped and read our work to everyone else to see if it was making sense.  HOMEWORK:  Your child needs to complete the rewrite of The Hare and the Tortoise.  Thank you to every parent who is taking time to read over their child's work so they can help correct some of the grammatical errors.

We are finished with the Fox and the Grapes fable and have begun The Hare and the Tortoise fable.  Today we worked on an outline for the fable and then did several paraphrases of the fable adding interesting details.  We started the sentence variations and will complete these on Monday.  All the students are beginning to understand the process and enjoy the retelling.    HOMEWORK:  Your child has paper to copy their Figures of Description version of the Fox and the Grapes onto for Monday.  Encourage neat careful work!  Each child has a progress report in their backpack for this class.

Today we finished writing our Figures of Description paper in class for the fable "The Fox and the Grapes".  Everyone was able to complete the assignment and we were ready to move on to the next fable which is The Hare and the Tortoise."  We were able to read it, discuss it and get the three plot components completed.  HOMEWORK:  Please have your child copy the completed sentence variation fable onto the purple paper!  Please check it for neatness and spelling before it is turned it on Wednesday.

Today we worked on three Figures of Description for The Fox and the Grapes fable, astrothesia, chorographia, and chronographia.  We made an eample of each of these that would fit into our fable and then began a rewrite inserting them into the story.  It was a good class session and everyone was willing to participate and share ideas.  HOMEWORK:  Please have your child do the cursive writing page for practice on words from the composition that they will be using.

In class today we were able to finish the sentence variations for The Fox and the Grapes which is our new fable.  We began the rewrite with these variations and most of the students got the majority of it finished in class.  Please check through your child's paper before they turn it in on Wednesday.  Check for clarity, spelling errors and basic grammar mistakes.  

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HOMEWORK:  Parental check of  The Fox and the Grapes rewrite.  Copy your Figures of Description writing onto the green paper for the fable The Ant and the Grasshopper.  

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