IEW- Week 15

Well! How was that for a marathon-cram-it-all-in kind of day? It was nice to get out a bit early and play in the snow but....

We did hit the highlights, though again, we didn't have time to go into as many examples as I would have preferred. I hope I didn't lose them.

For those the weather kept away, we did Lesson 17 in the book covering simile. We also tossed in metaphor. The gray "Decorations" pages (pg 44) in the student book walk you through the process of creating one on your own. Metaphors are not required but the more options they know about, the more they have to play with. Level B and graduating students may need the extra challenge of tossing a few in. These are marked in the right margin (sim. or met.).

We also covered the dress-up in Lesson 18, because clause. The white pages in the very back of your student notebook ( pg. 77, the un-page protected ones) cover this topic as well. You will notice that www.Asia.Buuba is a hair different from the EEL version. Six of one, half a dozen of the other. It is the same thing with different options.

If these clauses get used in the beginning of a sentence they are considered a #5 Sentence Opener and notated in the left margin (#5). These are, again, not required but a fabulous extra challenge for the students who have the rest of the sentence openers under control.

If these clauses are used in the middle of a sentence, they are notated in the right margin (cl).

Just remember to use the formula we had on the board. Make sure that the sentence makes sense and actually IS a sentence on it's own before the extra tidbit of information (the clause) is added in.

Our contest for next week is to illustrate. I should've mentioned in class that I have absolutely no intention of judging this competition! My heart could never do that. I'm going to find  way to tape up all the pictures for display somehow so that everyone can enjoy them and every picture gets an extra marble or two. So, even if you download something off of the internet, you get credit for it.

Last week I got a few questions about creative license. Yes! Have at it! The heart of this assignment is to learn the structure for narrative story telling (that's the NotePoster from last week and the IEW chart in your book for Unit 3). As long as they maintain that structure, they can ad lib characters and conversations and alter details to fit the furthest limits of their imaginations!

We have some really awesome moms who're working on a special math game for week 18 (Rhonda Lin and Rose Bate) so keep your ears open for the  munchie sign-up sheet that'll be passing around soon.

Don't forget: paper with illustration due next next. Let me know if anyone has any questions. It's hard to get papers done when we get interrupted by sickness and weather at every turn and I know the last few weeks have been rough on more than a few of us. Take heart and cut yourself slack if you need to.

Enjoy building your snowman!
Melissa

I am making plans to show next week's IEW DVD  at some point this week. Email me if you are interested in attending.