Preposition assessment, myth time & Sentence assessment and project

Ms. D. was out sick yesterday.

6th: Today, we began class with a review of prepositions before taking the the preposition assessment. Then, Mr. H. worked with students to read the myth of Persephone and students reflected on what makes a myth different from a regular fiction story. It's time to study myths! From there, students began a task to figure out the 6 purposes of myths. Students broke off into groups, each group reading a different myth and were tasked with summarizing the myth, drawing scenes from the myth and brainstorming what they believed was the purpose of the myth.
Homework: Read and record on bookmark!

7th: Today we began class with some sentence type practice. Students used the sentence type flipbooks they made last week to help them on the test. From there, we introduced the sentence structure project- it's portfolio eligible- and students began the project in class, composing a story of just simple sentences. We will do this again WED and THURS using compound and complex sentences. We exchanged papers with a peer to make sure we had only simple sentences in there and then we reflected on writing the story- was it difficult? We will continue with this tomorrow.
Homework: Read and record on bookmark! Tomorrow, we'll start being journalists. Bring in any magazines or newspapers you have around the house for us to use in class!