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             __<span style="font-size: 200%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif">**<span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">ANNOUNCEMENTS **       __<span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="font-size: 200%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"> <span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="font-size: 150%; color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(252, 253, 253)">**<span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="display: block; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center">PLEASE CHECK THIS PAGE FREQUENTLY! **      <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)"> <span style="display: block; text-align: left; color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"> //**REMINDER - MONEY AND PERMISSION FOR ATLANTA FIELD TRIP IS DUE NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008. IF YOU NEED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH THIS, OR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION SUCH AS A PAYMENT PLAN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BEFORE OCTOBER 21, 2008**//

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">//**Sunday, October 12, 2008**// For those of you who might be missing one or more vocabulary assignments - please look at the vocabulary list on the 'Notes and Presentations" page under Pan Vocabulary. If you have a completed and graded assignment in your notebook but it is not showing up on the Parent Portal, please bring this assignment to me __//**NO LATER THAN**//__ Wednesday, October 15 and I will make the changes to my grade book. Any other missing assignments can be turned in by Wednesday for partial credit.   Chapter 16 and 17 will be assigned as homework for Monday (10-13-08) due on Tuesday (10-14--08).     <span style="color: rgb(255, 6, 0)">**Our final quiz for this grading period will be on Thursday, October 16. The QUIZ will cover Conflict, Theme, and vocabulary (Ch. 11 - 17)**

We are reaching the final stages of the annotation for Peter Pan. By this point you should have turned in to me your annotations for Setting, Characterization, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution. This week we will finish Conflict, Theme, and Reaction.
 * //Monday, October 6, 2008//**

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week different groups of students (who have paid) will be going to the mag lab. Please check this website for Theme notes and any other assignments for the day that you are on the field trip. The lists of students attending and the date you will atend are posted in the hallway. Mrs. Button also has this information.if you still have questions.

I am updating grades every few days now. Check the online parent/student portal periodically - if you are missing assignments, you need to turn them in to the basket. You can still earn partial credit for missing work. //**September 28, 2008**// Vocabulary Check - Ch. 6 - 10 tidings (p. 91) - greeting – to say hello to someone -- dastard (p. 92) - despicable or evil person -- cuff (p. 94) - to strike with the open hand amicable (p. 95) – friendly, pleasant -- aghast (p. 95) – shocked, speechless -- hew (p. 96) – to chop or cut (as in wood) carousing (p. 101) – partying, drinking alcohol and having a good time with your friends recess (p. 106) – a cubby hole, a small cut out in a wall -- chamber (p. 106) – a room such as a bedroom calabash (p. 107) – a drinking cup made from the gourd of the calabash tree -- sanguinary (p. 111) – causing much bloodshed upshot (p. 111) – the end result, the outcome -- succulence (p. 112) – sweet and juicy convey (p. 112) – get something from one place to another – could be an idea, an object, a thought, a message, etc. score (p. 114) – in large number -- interloper (p. 115) – putting yourself into a situation where you don’t belong or are not wanted; being a busybody dinghy (p. 118) – a small boat -- lubber (p. 118) – a clumsy person -- swarthy (p. 121) – dark and handsome, athletic, physically appealing henchmen (p. 126) – a group willing to act criminally on behalf of someone else -- scour (p. 129) – to scrub with effort; to look for something intently gallant (p. 133) – brave, putting others first s -- curvy (p. 136) – shipboard disease that comes from lack of vitamin C stave (p. 136) – a vertical post or plank -- scandalize (p. 138) – to shock with immoral or improper behavior grovel (p. 139) – to beg -- guzzle (p. 140) – to drink quickly without stopping -- dispute (p. 141) – an argument or disagreement remonstrate (p. 143) – to protest forcefully -- progeny (p. 144) – offspring or descendants -- devoted (p. 145) – to give your all to one thing
 * Chapter 6 – The Little House**
 * Chapter 7 – The Home Under the Ground**
 * Chapter 8 – The Mermaids’ Lagoon**
 * Chapter 9 – The Never Bird**
 * Chapter 10 – The Happy Home**

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">//Thursday, September 25, 2008// **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">For those of you that were at Cross Country, please go to Notes and Presentations to get the final section of your notes on PLOT and copy it down in your notes. Be thinking about the events of the rising action and what you think the most critical moment in the story is for Peter (the climax). We will be working in groups tomorrow to share these ideas and create a group Plot Line. Be ready to share your ideas with others. Also check your notebook to make certain that it is well organized and complete to this point.

**__Next Quiz is scheduled for Tuesday - PLOT and ch. 6 - 10 vocabulary.__

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<span style="color: rgb(14, 14, 180)"><span style="color: rgb(25, 14, 170)"><span style="color: rgb(53, 0, 255); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">//Tuesday, September 23, 2008//  **<span style="color: rgb(14, 14, 180)"><span style="color: rgb(25, 14, 170)"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> I know that a few of you are concerned that your grades may not reflect all the work that you have turned in. Just as a heads up, I update grades every Friday at a minimum and sometimes I will update midweek (but midweek is not a guarantee). This may seem frustrating for you but have faith that if you know you turned in the work you will be given appropriate credit.

Another point that may need clarification, I am still reading your Pan settings and Pan Characterizations - be patient. When I send you a reply to your email assignment, it is not necessary that you resend the edited work. The expectation is that you will make the needed corrections and improvements and then you will keep your final copy in your notebook until it is time to put the entire annotation together and turn it in as one final body of work. I will let you know if I want you to resend your edited work for further review. <span style="color: rgb(27, 12, 237); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> Finally - we are now ready to begin our discussion on PLOT. We will be taking notes on this throughout the week and we will be in the Media Center next Monday and Tuesday to work on the write up for this. We will also have our next QUIZ on Tuesday. **

<span style="font-size: 70%; color: rgb(33, 0, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-size: 200%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">  //Friday, September 12, 2008// ====<span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**I am very concerned at the number of students that did NOT turn in their Pan setting portion of the annotation - a total of 21 studetns out of 3 classes. Please do not bombard me with emails about your setting. You should know if you emailed it to me or if you turned in a hard copy of this. If you have access - check your on-line grades. If you turned it in then it should say "COM" for this assignment. If it has nothing or an ' * ' - then I have not gotten it. Please email it to me ASAP at**  <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">**sgclary@gmail.com** <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> **. Don't forget to complete the Bridge T-shirt form - I would like to have this information by Monday. There is no cost to the parent for this t-shirt.**  ====

====<span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"> <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="font-size: 200%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">            ==== <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">     <span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> ====<span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">//Thursday, September 11, 2008//    ==== ====<span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**There were several students that were absent today do to the Cross Country Meet (congratulations!). For those of you that missed my class - you need to go to the Notes and Presentation and finish copying the Characterization Notes. Also on this page is a worksheet called Character Chart. Print this out and complete as much information as possible about the various characters. (if it says OR such as Mr. Darling Or Mrs. Darling - just choose one) Give me a physical and social (personality) description as well as what role they play in the story. We will be working on this in class tomorrow.**    ====

<span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Thursday, September 4, 2008      //
 * <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(17, 1, 132); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Today we are working on 'setting' and how we will build our annotation for the novel __Peter Pan__. I know this is new to you, which is why we are doing the first one together, step by step. Your first draft on 'setting' is due on Monday (9/8). Don't forget to bring your USB drive on Monday as we will be in the computer lab using word processing for this assignment. Remember, this is your first draft. I never expect perfection but I do expect your best effort.   **

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 * <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">This next week is going to be a bit crazy. It is a short week due to the Labor Day holiday, and that always throws things into a whirlwind. In addition to this, there is book fair all week (we will visit as a class on Tuesday), on Wednesday, there will be a quiz on setting and vocabulary, Open house is on Thursday evening at 6pm (for parents) and on Friday, Deputy Peters will be teaching a class on 'Sexual Harassment' to all of my language arts classes. thrown in with all of this is our continued discussion of how setting is crucial to the story of Peter Pan. We will begin typing up the first portion of our annotation for //Peter Pan// in the Wolf Lab on Thursday. I have included the rubric for the annotation as well as the 6th grade reading assignment under 'Notes and Presentations". We will go over both of these very thoroughly in class over the coming weeks.        **

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font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">       <span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">HOW TO SET UP YOUR NOTEBOOK. **<span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Tab #1 - Handouts <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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<span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">  **Just to make sure everyone is on the same page - You should have completed your student profile on line. You should have turned in your vocabulary for Chapter 1 from Peter Pan, as well. Vocabulary for Chapter 2 is due to me tomorrow, Friday. If ever in doubt, the vocabulary is posted on this website (click Notes and Presentations) as well as most other assignments. Notes that we take in class are also posted at this location. Everything is in pdf format so you shouldn't have any trouble opening any assignment.**           =====

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<span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">             <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">   <span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">            <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">We will have a quiz next week on Wednesday. Look over your notes about setting, Chapter 1 and 2 vocabulary, protagonist and antagonist (Literary terms).<span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"> <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">  <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">

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<span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">         //Monday, August 25, 2008//**<span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"> <span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)">     <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">We have begun in earnest, our study of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie. We will begin with setting and move through all elements of literature. Today was a discussion of various literary terms and a vocabulary assignment. (see Bridge Calendar). I have posted the vocabulary for the entire novel under Notes and Presentations. I discourage you from working too far ahead but I have made these available in bulk so you won't get behind. **

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<span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">           //Friday, August 22, 2008//<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)">   <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">**The first week has been an exciting week for us all. Each student should have gotten their locker by now. If you are still having trouble with your locker, don't worry overly much about it. We will help you when you need help and we will give you time to get comfortable with working your lock and navigating campus before we begin issuing tardies. Don't forget to complete the student profile. This is due to me by 9am Monday morning (August 28).**         <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="color: rgb(207, 58, 146)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">         **//Monday, August 18, 2008//**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)">  <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)">     <span style="color: rgb(7, 92, 103); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Welcome to the 6th grade Bridge Language Arts program. I think this is going to be an exciting year and I am looking forward to exploring the 'art' of language with you. As you navigate the links to the left you will find that you have access to a class calendar that will keep you up-to-date on all that is going on in your class. In addition to the calendar, there is an 'assignments' page - this page will give you access to documents, power points, and other assignments from class. <span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(5, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(124, 60, 150)"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(7, 92, 103)"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Welcome to the 6th grade Bridge Language Arts program. I think this is going to be an exciting year and I am looking forward to exploring the 'art' of language with you. As you navigate the links to the left you will find that you have access to a class calendar that will keep you up-to-date on all that is going on in your class. In addition to the calendar, there is an 'assignments' page - this page will give you access to documents, power points, and other assignments from class.
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