Halloween Lit Circles and Vocab 3b

REMINDER: Fri., Oct. 29th Fall Social

Students who have not completed assignments may be required to do such, in a designated classroom, instead of attending the social.

Homework/Classwork Assistance

Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F8:30-9:00am), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty.

Book Report - Due Tue., Oct. 27th

We've introduced and discussed the "Book Report Guidelines - Standard Format for Fiction" which follows a 5-paragraph writing format. This is to be used for our book reports, due October 27th. By this point, students should have chosen a fiction book (one they've previously read or one they are now finishing) and begin writing their book reports, paragraph by paragraph. We will have some time in class to do this as well.

Journal Prompts (5 entries, 1 per day)

Theme - "Education"

Reading Focus

This week we begin our Halloween literature circles, with the following selections from our text:

"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl

"The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs

"The Third Wish" by Joan Aiken

"The Open Window" by Saki

"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury

Vocabulary #3b

Foldable pattern sheet - due Wed., Oct. 27th
Visual representations - due Thu., Oct. 28th

Quiz - Fri., Oct. 29th - listing words and their synonyms
myriad

perspective

perturb

prodigious

relevant

skittish

tether

unison

vie

willful

"Signs of Fall" and Vocab 3a

REMINDER: Fri., Oct. 22th - early release

Friday school will be held from 12:15 to 3:15 in the cafeteria on the 22nd. This is an academic intervention for students who need to complete outstanding assignments or projects and are referred by teachers. Teachers will contact a parent/guardian and have them sign and return forms by Thursday. Please note that transportation home is not provided. If you have any questions, call the school.

Tardy school will also begin this Friday after school. Tardy school is not an optional intervention like Friday/Saturday school. Students who do not attend tardy school on the assigned day will still be held accountable.

Homework/Classwork Assistance

Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F8:30-9:00am), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty.

"Signs of Fall" - Due Fri., Oct. 22nd

Write a descriptive paragraph from your outdoor observations of autumn.

Remember:

5-8 sentences

Topic sentence, detail sentences, concluding sentence

Six traits of good writing

Clearly reworked rough draft

Final copy - neat and ink or word processed

Signature of adult who helped you proofread for content and presentation

All three papers stapled together with final on top

Book Report - Due Tue., Oct. 27th

We've introduced and discussed the "Book Report Guidelines - Standard Format for Fiction" which follows a 5-paragraph writing format. This is to be used for our book reports, due October 27th. By this point, students should have chosen a fiction book (one they've previously read or one they are now finishing) and begin writing their book reports, paragraph by paragraph. We will have some time in class to do this as well.

Journal Prompts (5 entries, 1 per day)

Theme - "effort"

Reading Focus

This week we begin learning how to participate in literature circles. Next week we will set up our Halloween literature circles.

Vocabulary #3a

Foldable pattern sheet - due Wed., Oct. 20th
Visual representations - due Thu., Oct. 21st

Quiz - Fri., Oct. 22nd - listing words and their synonyms
allot

amass

audacious

comply

devoid

elite

grapple

incapacitate

instigate

longevity

"The Broken Chain" and Vocab 2b

Homework/Classwork Assistance

Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F8:30-9:00am), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty.

Book Report - Due Oct 27th

We've introduced and discussed the "Book Report Guidelines - Standard Format for Fiction" which follows a 5-paragraph writing format. This is to be used for our book reports, due October 27th. By this point, students should have chosen a fiction book (one they've previously read or one they are now finishing) and begin writing their book reports, paragraph by paragraph. We will have some time in class to do this as well.

The Broken Chain

We are studying plot while reading the textbook selection The Broken Chain by Gary Soto. Students have already been introduced to our online textbook http:///my.hrw.com, accessible with a personal, provided username and password. This option has been provided as an enhancement to regular textbook use.

Vocabulary #2b
Flashcards due Wed., Oct. 13th
Crossword Puzzle due Thu., Oct. 14th
glut
incognito
invalidate
legendary
maim
minimize
oblique
veer
venerate
wanton

Reading Log #4 and "The Wise Old Woman"

We are still focusing on retelling stories, specifically The Wise Old Woman from our textbook. Also, students should be thinking about a book choice, novel or short story selection, for our book reports in October. Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F8:30-9:00am), and after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty.

Retell - The Wise Old Woman - Due Wed., Oct. 6th

The eight retells for this story are due Wednesday, October 6th. Students can make arrangements with Ms. Barnes to borrow a copy of this story, or visit the school library to borrow a copy of the textbook. Last Friday students were introduced to our online textbook http:///my.hrw.com, accessible with a personal, provided username and password. This option has been provided as an enhancement to regular textbook use and as an alternate to hand writing this assignment. The digital notebook version must be printed, either at home or at school, and turned in during class. By Wednesday, we will have have had four partial in-class sessions, as well as outside of class time, to complete this assignment.

Reading Log #4 - Due Fri., Oct. 11th
Remember to read 30 pages outside of class and complete three log entries this week. Again, the task is to summarize and react to what you are reading about every ten pages. You may read fiction only.

Vocabulary
This week we are doing a creative in-class assignment using ideas from www.yamodo.com ("Read, Draw, Write,... Pass it on!"). Ask your student or friend about his or her definition of "zaplax."