Timeline

Timeline

9-21-10 and 9-22-10 pretest on Achievement Series

1-3-11 Web search powerpoint – share favorite metaphor and simile 1-7-11 students search the web to find poems with similes and metaphors

1-11-11 Totally discouraged. I can't believe how much work they ex_ect with this wiki. Also my letter between o and q is not working. All this work on to_ of the modules we have to do. Really?

1-12-11 Lesson three - students read poem they had found. Discussed similes and metaphors.

1-14-11 Quiz. Students were asked to give two examples of similes and two examples of metaphors. Seventy-nine percent correctly identified at least one simile. Only fifty-five percent were able to correctly identify a metaphor. Clearly more work is needed.

1-17-11 onomatopeia Students loved Wordle. Next time have them put onomatopeia in the poster.

1-18-11 Alliteration - tongue twisters. Quiz 90% of students had a perfect score. One student couldn't give an example of a metaphor.

1-31-11 Personification - students struggle 2-2-11 imagery - students choose their own subjects for their pictures 2-4-11 test 2-7-11 Mr. Siverding demonstrates how to make a power point slide. Students begin working on presentations. 2-8-11 Students work on presentations 2-9 and 2-10 Students work on presentations 2-11-11 Students finish presentations and share them with class 2-13-11 All but two parents have given permission to post presentations on my wiki