Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

1.  Self-Starter:  In your composition book find the paragraph you wrote last time. Use colored pencils to mark the paragraph:
Color the topic sentence green.
Color the supporting details yellow.
Color the concluding sentence red. 
Underline at least three transitions.
If you are missing any of these parts, add them.

Checking Paragraphs
Information about paragraphs -- 
Paragraphs


If you have extra time, read your distopian book.

 November/December Book-of-the-Month:  Distopian Fiction 
Our assessment will be on December 9.

October/November Book-of-the-Month


2.   Reading The Giver 
Last time: 
   A1 from  page 14 to page 26
   A2 from page 8, page break to page 20
   A3 from page 8 , page break to page 22, last paragraph
   A4 from top of page 8 to top of page 25

Today:  Finish reading  Chapter 3 together as a class if needed.
All read Chapter 4.



If time, we will play a bit of Sparkle to review and to practice for your spelling test on Friday.


Reminders:  
Today the make-up assignment for the paragraph booklet is due.  Paragraph Make-Up Assignment

Spelling test Friday on -able, -ible

 November/December Book-of-the-Month:  Distopian Fiction 
Our assessment will be on December 9.