Ducks

In short stories we are writing our own short stories. My story has a duck in it. Did you know that there are many different groups of ducks some include dabbing ducks, diving ducks, eider, goldeneye and others types too.

Children's Story

This week we had to make our second children's story. The week before my stoory was about a gir named Sally who had a very adventure's mind. My story this week was about a girl named Carmen who hates rainy days. Carmen didn't have rain boots and she really wanted to go and play out in the puddles. So her Mom went uptown and bought her nice yellow rubber boots. Our stories were 4 pages long. The first page was an introduction. the second and third pages were problems. And the 4th page was how it all got fixed.

Writing a Short Story

In ELA we are learning how to write a short story. To write a short story you first have to pick a topic. To help you pick one make a T-chart of what you like and what you hate. Then you make a what-why-how table. You say something about your topic and put that as the what, then you decide how many pages you want in you story (Ex. 4) and say four comments describing why you said that about your topic. Then you explain thy whys more. (Ex. how did the watch disappear? what did she use for legs?)

how to write a 5 paragraph eassy.

In ela we are learning how to write a five paragraph essay. the first step is to make a t chart with the things you like and hate. Then you pick one thing from one of the hate or the like side. then you do a web and put ideas that that mean. Say an example is cats i would make a web and say something about cats. so an example of that would be they like the sun.

Novel

Today in novel we learned what the terms station, tracks, dry goods, hardware, and freight means when people refer to the Underground Railroad.

station-the houses of the people helping slaves escape to Canada

tracks-the routes between abolitionist's houses that led to Canada

dry goods-women that were being transported along the railroad

hardware-men that were being transported along the railroad

freight-people that were being transported along the railroad

Novel

Today in novel did an assignment where you had to draw a scene from the book Underground to Canada on half a piece of paper and on the other half you had to write what your scene was about. My scene was when the slaves got taken to another plantation in a cart and followed behind in a chain gang. A chain gang is when the older, stronger slaves have to walk behind the cart all chained up. The manacles attached to the chains were very tight and made the people bleed. If the slaves fell they would be dragged along.

Undergorund To Canada

In ELA we are reading a book called underground to Canada. This book is about slavery. So far in this book there is a girl named Julilly she has a mom named mammy sally. Julilly got separated from her mom and went to another plantation.But before Julilly got separated from her mom she told her about Canada.The slaves were trying to escape to Canada because slavery was illegal.

Underground to Canada

Today in novel we started a new novel called Underground to Canada. It is about how slaves escaped from plantations, which are large farms, to Canada where slavery was illegal. We learned that the slaves had very hard lives. They worked 18 hours a day and if the stopped working they would be whipped.

Tanka

Today in Short Stories, we learned about tanka poems. In the Asian culture, if someone sends you a haiku, you have to send a tanka poem to thank them. A tanka poem has 5 lines.
Line 1- 5 syllables
Line 2- 7 syllables
Line 3- 5 syllables
Line 4- 7 syllables
Line 5- 7 syllables

cinquain poem

today we learned about cinquain poems. The rules on a cinquain poem are: There is a tittle and that would be the first line. The first line has to be a noun and one or two syllables. The second line has to have four or five syllables and describe the subject of the poem. The third line has to have six syllables and tell an action of the subject. The fourth line has to have eight syllables and tell an action of the subject. The fifth line has to have one word, one or two syllables, and describe the subject. An example would be:

PIZZA
Best food in the world.
With a great smelling scent.
Good for a party on the deck.
Tasty.

Haiku

Today in ELA, we learned about another type of poetry called a haiku. A haiku is a poem that is about nature or seasons. The beginning and ending words cannot rhyme and it must have 3 lines. The first and last line have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables.

ex:
Snow is falling down
Nice and fluffy on the ground
What fun to play in

Haiku Poem

Today we learned about Haiku poems. Haiku poems originated in Japan. They consist of three lines: 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line. Haiku poems have to have something to do with nature and they don't rhyme.

News paper

We were learning about the news paper. We have to do a big product on the news paper. We have to do every part of the news paper. Such as the classifieds, cover page, provincial and many more. The news paper has to have 9 pages.

Colons

Today in grammar we learned about colons. You use a colon between the minutes and hours when you're writing the time and before listing things.

Examples:

The bus leaves at 5:30.

At the grocery store I will pick up the following: carrots, lettuce, and cheese.

Grammar

Today in ela we are learning about commas. You use a comma... to set off the name of a person who is being addressed, to set set off words like yes, no , well, and oh at the beginning of a sentence, to set off an appositive. Examples are : Emily, are you ready to go? Yes, as soon as i find my jacket. Felix, Emily's dog is entered in a dog show.

Grammar

Today in grammar we learned about end punctuation.
You use a question mark (?) when you are asking a question.
You use a period (.) when you are telling something.
You use an exclamation mark (!) when you are using expression.
ex: How are you? Look out below! The box is big.

Newspaper

Today in newspaper we did the Classified section. We had to make a paper with 14 things on it some of the things we had to put on it are trucks for sale, vans for sale, general help wanted and many more :)

Newspaper

Today in ELA, we are learning about the newspaper. We learned how to write a letter to the editor. You must include:
1. Title
2. Your opinion
3. A reason for your opinion
4. Another reason for your opinion
5. Closing
6. Name, city, province.

Listening

Today in Listening we listened to a story about the legend of the Jersey Devil. The legend is that once a baby was born and the mom said "Let it be a devil" and then it turned into a monster with a horse face, crane legs, hooves for hands and feet and a border collie head.

Adjectives

Today in grammar, we learned about adjectives. Adjectives usually describe the item that is being talked about.
Ex: This car is red.
The young man ran.