Krissi Dallas, local author, visits!

Krissi Dallas spoke to my students today about her books. Check them out out http://krissidallas.tateauthor.com/ She has a new release coming this spring.

Sentence Focus-Rhetorical Questions

As I observed Boomer, my adorable boxer puppy, a smile began to form and a slight giggle erupted. I wondered to myself, "How can he be so clumsy? And how can he be so incredibly cute? What if we traded places just for a day? I could run and run and run! I could sun on the porch all day and play fetch with the kids.

Sentence Focus-Infinitives

Today we wrote about a fear that we had. The sentence type we were learning about was "the infinitive phrase". Here's a preview:

To ride the Titan at Six Flags Over Texas was quite the nightmare! I never really intended to ride it but junior made me, so I hopped on, clutched the metal bar in front of me and held on for dear life. As the cars began to rail themselves upward, I closed my eyes and braced for the inevitable. Soon, we would make the treacherous descent downward. Junior teasingly coerced me to open my eyes, but I refused, not wanting to watch any of it. Before I knew it, my car leaned over the edge and down we raced, and I
thought my little heart was going to stop.

Weekly Plan

We will continue work on commas-beginning, interrupting, and ending uses. The new STARR rubric will be discussed and previewed and we will apply what we've learned to an expository paper!