Language+Arts

Traditionally, the primary divisions in the language [|arts] are [|Literature] and Language, where language in this case refers to both [|linguistics], and specific [|languages]. According to the American [|National Council of Teachers of English], the five strands of the Language arts are [|reading] , [|writing] , [|speaking] , listening, and viewing ( [|visual literacy] ). Reading, by definition, is the ability and knowledge of a language that allows comprehension by grasping the meaning of written or printed characters, words, or sentences. Reading involves a wide variety of print and non print texts that help a reader gain an understanding of what is being read. Reading of texts that are often included in educational curriculum include [|fiction], [|nonfiction] , classic, and also contemporary works.

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=5th Grade Wrap Up=

5th grade was a great year for language arts. There has been so much reading and so much writing. I came into 5th grade not knowing stuff and came out knowledgeable. In the books we read we are able to connect all of them in some way and there is always a discussion going on about every chapter. In 5th grade language arts we read under the surface instead of reading on top of it. That means we get to the important things out and really dig into the meaning of the story and leave the unimportant facts be. My favorite book is The Rainbow People. This book has has many tales made into a book. I like it because there are so many magical things about these stories such as wizards, spirits, ghost, rainbow people, dragons, demons and much more. There are Chinese back rounds to all of these stories but some of them were made more “G-PG”. This author back round affects his writing because he is Chinese and his books have Chinese characters and real Chinese history! In his writing there is always AT LEAST one thing about Chinese origin. He also writes a lot of books about Chinese immigration. I didn't like the book "Bud not Buddy". The reason why I didn't like it is because the story line was about a kid who tries to find his dad (who is really his grandfather). It wasn't all that interesting and there wasn't something cool about it. The story is about a kids adventure to try and find his father... not that interesting. Where is see myself improving in Language arts is my skill to writing. I have found that I can write much better and my dad and mom agree too. Next there is the inferences. I got so much better at making them. Also there is sharing my ideas in class. Now I really think about what I am going to say and make sure that it sounds "professional" and/or well said. Last I greatly improved on reading comprehension.

This is my identity image!
The Year of the boar and Jackie robinson is about a chinese immigrant, Shirley. She moved into an apartment in Brooklyn New York and moves to a mixed school. SHe meets new people and learns new things in an experience that changed her Chinese life into an American one.The work I have done with these two books is a two side image of an american side and a chinese side of Shirley. That was my favorite part because it was the creative assignment. The Shirley groups and the blog where an interesting way of learning. It is a more fun way of learning. I thought that the in class quizzes where not as fun as the blog but it was okay. I thought that it could be a little improved..... but it was a good way of teaching. The group work was fun because I had more help. But the only bad thing was that I couldn't really work because people would talk over each other. I thought that it was fun to own a discussion on the blog. It made me feel like a teacher (even though I am not). Owning a discussion got me to really go more on the blog than I had used to. I thought that writing the intro's for the Rainbow People was not my favorite assignment for school but it was a good way of getting me, the student to really think underneath the story and get to the morals. The newest intro that I have done is the one I like the best because I had planned at home with more time than at school. But even though I didn't have other people to give me an idea of what the introduction should be like I still liked it the best.

This I believe "eggs"

media type="custom" key="12428744" media type="custom" key="12429256" I think that my personal essay was my best piece of work. The reason why is because it was my own belief not someone else's so it is something I can believe in. What would of made it better would be if I could have given a more clear podcast for my this I believe "Ranofer". My least successful assignment would be the rough draft. The reason why it would be my rough draft. The reason why is because it wasn't my best work. I made it better on the final copy though. I could of put more time into it to make it better in the "ranofer" podcast. I say that because it wasn't the best quality report. I see my progress in my work in saying a lot of things in a small topic. I think this because I wrote about eggs and made a longer report than I thought that I could make and it wasn't too hard.

My blog was the most successful for me because it made more sense to me. It would have made it better if I didn't have a screaming brother. The least successful assignment was the final quiz because I was confused about it. What I could done to make it better is I could pay more attention and put more thought into the project. I will do differently about the assignment is i will pay more thought and attention into it. What i will do differently is I will focus more. I see progress in my blog.



The Cay My best assignment was the big chart because my group worked together. What I would of made even better is I would put a little more effort into my work. My least successful assignment was the venn diagram because I couldn't think of much info for it. What I could do to make it better is I would of worked a little harder. I will focus and want to learn more. I will do differently is I will want to do the work.



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This was our first book. I did my best work on the blog. I think that it was very convenient because when I was finished to keep me from staring off into space!!! It was also good because it easy fun and the book was very good so it got me exited to read but it was very tempting to read ahead I might have read the entire book if I could. I really like the blog because it was not written and it helped me to get better on language Arts. I am going to have to work on remembering the blog. It would affect the person because they would be behind in school. I have made progressed on picturing the book in my head. My new plan is to work in a quieter place because it distracts me when there is noise. And especially when you have a sibling that could be hard. =====

My essay was my best work.