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OREO TiME

Feb 20

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NO, WE ARE NOT TAKING ABOUT ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE COOKIES THE OREO.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE OREO ACRONYM TO HELP US WRITE SOME GREAT PERSUASIVE WRITING PIECES.

O – OPINION

R – REASON

E – EXAMPLE

O – OPINION

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A CRACK AT SHARING OUR OPINIONS WITH PEOPLE.  THAT’S THE EASY PART.   YOU GUYS HAVE NO TROUBLE SHARING YOUR OPINIONS,  I THINK MOST OF YOU WERE BORN WITH THE ABILITY TO SHARE YOUR OPINION.

BUT, AND THIS IS A BIG BUT, YOU NOT ONLY NEED TO SHARE YOU OPINION BUT YOU NEED TO SHARE WHY YOU THINK LIKE YOU DO AND DO IT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT YOU CAN CONVINCE SOMEONE YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING AND THEY AREN’T.

PERSUASION  , IS A WAY OF CONVINCING PEOPLE.  YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONVINCE THEM TO BUY A CERTAIN PRODUCT OR TO BELIEVE SOMETHING OR MAYBE TO ACT IN A CERTAIN WAY.  YOU MIGHT EVEN WANT THEM TO AGREE WITH A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW.

TO DO THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT WILL CONVINCE THEM THAT MAYBE YOU ARE RIGHT.

THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO DO THAT.  HERE’S THE ONE WE ARE GOING TO USE.

YOUR PAPER WILL START OFF WITH AN OPINION (HERE’S WHERE YOU TELL HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE TOPIC), THEN YOU GIVE YOUR REASONS (SHARE SOME REASONS OR INFORMATION THAT SUPPORT YOU OPINION), THAN WE GIVE SOME EXAMPLES THAT SUPPORT OUR OPINION, AND FINALLY WE RESTATE OUR OPINION AND ADD A LITTLE FEELING.

 

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OREO #2

Feb 20

Posted by jalvaro in Reading | 1 Comment

FIRST I NEED A COUPLE OF VICTIMS VOLUNTEERS TO HELP ME SET UP THIS LESSON.  IF YOU ARE A WHEEL OF FORTUNE FAN LET ME KNOW.

 

NOW HERE’S WHERE  I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OREO’S MY 2ND ALL TIME FAVORITE COOKIE, MY FIRST BY THE WAY, IS THIS BLACK AND WHITE COCOANUTTY THING MY FRIEND JANE MAKES.  IT IS SO GOOOOOD AND YUMMY THAT…. BUT NOW IS NOT QUITE THE RIGHT TIME.

 

SO NEXT I WANT TO PLAY THE GAME ON THE MOVE WITH YOU.

 

OPINION, WHAT A GREAT WORD, BUT SO IS NINNY HAMMER, AND HOW ABOUT LOLLAPLOOZA, OR EVEN SLUMGULLON,   GREAT WORDS ONE AND ALL.

BUT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OPINIONS, AND BOY IF ITS ONE THING EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION ABOUT ITS OPINIONS. (CLEVER PLAY ON WORDS)

 

AN OPINION IS A VIEW OR JUDGEMENT FORMED ABOUT SOMETHING, NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON A FACT OR KNOWLEDGE.  A FACT, BY THE WAY, IS INFORMATION THAT IS TRUE, REAL, ACTUAL.

SO WHY AM I TELLING YOU ALL THIS,  WELL SOMEONE SMARTER THAN I HAS ASKED ME TO TEACH YOUR HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH STATING YOUR OPINION ON A TOPIC CLEARLY, GIVE REASONS TO SUPPORT YOUR OPINION, SHARE SUPPORTS YOU OPINION AND WRAP IT ALL UP BY RESTATING YOUR OPINION.  AND IF THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO WE ARE GOING TO DO IT.

 

I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU ARE ARE ALL STILL WONDERING HOW AN OREO FITS INTO ALL THIS.  WELL YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TILL TOMORROW TO FIND THAT ONE OUT.

FOR NOW, GRAB YOUR NOTEBOOKS AND LET’S PRACTICE WRITING A COUPLE OF THESE TOGETHER.

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OREO STACKERS

Oct 4

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STACKiNG OREOS

Oct 3

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LAST WEEK WE JOINED KIDS ALL AROUND THE WORLD IN THIS NEAT OREO STACKING CONTEST.

EVERYONE GOT TO TRY THEIR HAND AT  SEEING HOW MANY OREOS THEY COULD STACK BEFORE THEIR TOWER FELL TO THE GROUND.

I ONLY GOT TO 9.  OUR CLASS AVERAGE WAS 15.

ANTHONY AND JON BOTH STACKED 21 OREOS TO WIN TOP HONORS IN OUR CLASS.

HERE’S A CHART OF HOW THING “STACK UP” WORLD WIDE AS OF YESTERDAY.

THANKS TO PROJECTS BY JEN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF THIS NEAT PROJECT.

 


 

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OREO FUN

Sep 29

Posted by jalvaro in Home | 2 Comments

Hi, its Jack with a post I wrote for Mr. Alvaro.

YESTERDAY IN CLASS WE DID THIS REALLY NEAT THING WITH OREOS.

MR. ALAVARO SURPRISED US WHEN  HE BROUGHT IN OREOS .  HE  LET US EAT ONE AND WRITE DOWN WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE , WHAT IT TASTED LIKE , HOW IT FELT , AND HOW IT SOUNDED . YOU CAN HEAR THOSE STORIES ON THE SKINNY LATER .   

WE ALSO HAD A OREO STACKING CONTEST . ANTHONY B. WON ! HE STACKED 22 OREOS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER  BEFORE THE STACK TUMBLED TO THE GROUND .  IT WAS SO MUCH FUN . MR . A ONLY GOT 9 TO STACK AND I GOT 12

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Oreo, Oreo, Oreo

Jan 4

Posted by jalvaro in Home | 7 Comments

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I love Oreos.

It’s hard to have a favorite cookie because there are so many great ones but if I had to pick a favorite cookie Oreos would be at the top of my list.

What do you know about Oreos other than its one of the world greatest cookies.  What does Oreo mean?   Who made the first ones?

Here is a short article about the Oreo.  I want you to take your time and read it because there will be a quiz on it later.    No Anthony, I am not kidding.  When you are done reading this article print off a copy and put it in your cookie folder.  Don’t have a cookie folder yet, see Abby.

I found a video about the Oreo you might enjoy.  It’s on YouTube so you will have to watch it at home with your mom or dad.

QUESTION TIME

BREAK TIME

Sit back and relax now while I take out some Oreos out of my desk and enjoy them.   As I eat the Oreo think about some works that describe how they look and taste that I can write down on the board.

STORY TIME

Now listen to these three stories about the best way to eat an Oreos.

Robert

Abby

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CREATING TIME

Now its your turn.  I want you to write an essay titled “How I Eat an Oreo Cookie”  It should have a great lead in the opening paragraph that is  followed by three or four paragraphs which describes the steps involved in eating the cookie and you should wrap it up with a closing paragraph that ties in with your opening paragraph.

You can type it (16 pt) or write it out for me.

I will be grading it using the 6+1 traits we talked about in class.

You will also create a Wordle or 20-30 words using Oreo related words.  I created this Wordle by copying and pasting all the words for this article into the Wordle box.

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Things that need to be in your cookie folder when you turn it in to me.
1.   How I Eat My Oreos story.

2.  Wordle of 20-30 Oreo related words and your name.   Type in your name about 10 times so its bigger than all the rest of your words.

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Writer's Workshop

Oct 4

Posted by jalvaro in Home | 3 Comments

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Writers write!

Athletics and musicians know if they want to be good they have to practice.

If you want to become a good story teller, you have to practice.

I will be posting your first batch of assignments today. In each post I will explain what the assignment is, what I am looking for, an example of what it should look like, and some tips.

Each post will start with WW (Writer’s Workshop) and the Number of the Assignment.

Here are the first few:


WW #1    Three Favorite Things
WW #2    The Bad Hair Day
WW #3     The Time I Lost A Tooth
WW #4     How To Eat An Oreo Cookie.

WW #5   Revisiting An Old Story

WW #2 The Bad Hair Day



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