Friday, May 23, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  Please take home your composition book.  Don't forget to take or retake the Prefix-Suffix test if you need to on Tuesday or Wednesday -- May 20 or 21 --  during Cave Time.  You need to know the prefixes and suffixes, their meanings, and the parts of speech associated with the suffixes.  Opportunity extended to Friday, May 23! Also, make up your March or April/May Book Project during CaveTime, if needed. Friday, May 23 is the last day to hand in any late or revised work or extra credit. Please return any books you have borrowed from our classroom. Have you completed the 40 Book Challenge?! Let me know for a special treat next week! On May 28, plan on partying like it's 2014!  Bring treats.  We'll play English class games (like Sparkle) and eat -- if you remember to bring treats!

1. The Giver

1. Listen to The Giver with a Stop-and-Write or Two

B5   Disc 3, Track 13, minute 1:50, page 135? to Disc 4, Track 3, page 146 (about 47-50 minutes left)

B6   to Disc 4, Track 3, page 146 to Disc 4, Track 6, beginning, page 157

B7   Disc 4, track 4  minute 3:39? page 152 to Disc 4, track 8, minute 1:40, page 163
B8   Disc 4, track 4, page 152  to Disc 4, Track 8, minute 1:40, page 163

Ignorance is bliss.  True or false?

2. View a brief video about Memorial Day (3 minutes)
Video
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history

1. Write your name on your small paper.
2. Take notes on one side of your paper.
3. On the other side compare and contrast what you see and hear in this video with the situation in the novel The Giver.
4. Hand in your paper to the top wire basket.

Questions for Video:

1. In what year did Waterloo, New York,  first celebrate an official decoration day?
2. When did Decoration Day first become a National Holiday?
3. What was the name of the military man who promoted the idea of Decoration Day as a National Holiday? 
4. Name one of the two U.S. Presidents who were there at the first national celebration of Decoration Day?
5. When was the name of Decoration Day changed to Memorial Day?
6. What was the war that ushered in modern warfare?
7. How many American soldiers died in World War I?
8. What year was the Unknown Soldier (Soldiers) first officially honored by the United States?
9. In what year was Memorial Day declared a Federal Holiday and the holiday moved from May 30 to the 4th Monday in May? 

Answers for Memorial Day


3. History of Distopian Literature:  http://prezi.com/ixrnzojjcuyp/dystopian-literature/
Last time:
B5 did not begin
B6 to 1835
B7 to theme
B8 to common story elements

4. Collecting titles of books for summer reading
   Gathering Blue
   The Messenger
   Son

5. If time: Sentences -- Maybe some Grammar Punk!
Parts of Speech -- You may use the Parts of Speech books!