Friday, September 12, 2014

Monday/Tuesday, September 15/16, 2014

Today we  are voting for 7th Grade student officers.

Find your new seats.


Your required book projects are due 



NEXT TIME! 
 BoM #1 Character Change.docx 

 Here is an example -- one already written:  BoM #1 Character Change Example.docx






Don't forget the 40 Book Challenge.     

We're busy rounding up some small 

but cool prizes for those who read 10 

books in the first term.  If you are 

reading for this, see me to check off 

books. 

Parent-Teacher Conference is  

 this  Thursday, 

 September 18 from 3:30 to 7:30


Attendance is not required, but is 

 encouraged!










Please hand back papers from lower wire basket. 
When you receive papers back, carefully look at them.
Save graded papers until you have received your term grade. 
1. iRead -- Individual Reading Time (10-15 minutes)  
You should be reading your book for the Book-of the-Month (how a character changes) project.
(or) You may be working on your project to hand in next time. 

Your projects are due NEXT TIME! 



2.  iSpellRight --

Add to your composition book under "Spelling."  page 15



5.  a lot/allot/alot  

I'm reading a lot of books.

The teacher will allot one pencil to each student. 

If you had a bag of candy right now, would you allot one or two to each 

 student? 


Definition for allot:
give or apportion (something) to someone as a share or task.
"equal time was allotted to each"

My Favorite ALOT -- But Not a Correct Spelling!




Have you seen too many alots?

Do you have a lot  of confusion right now?
Just remember that we do not spell a lot this way: alot.




3.  iWriteRight --  Today you do not have to write down your 

answers!
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CSI  American Fork



Now Investigating:  Conventions in Sentences Investigation


Your sentence:
                 

7.  The ocean had begun its attack.   

from an article about Tsunamis in Scholastic Storyworks


Notice everything you can about the above sentence.  
It is a correct sentence (I hope), so you are not looking for errors (I hope). 

A1: Friday Drawing!
B6: We need to have the drawing we missed last Friday!



4. Reading Nonfiction (Informational Text) 

      a.  A quick exercise in classification
Example:  Notice that they tried to find divisions that would
 include every kind of animal in one division.

Because we are going to read the book How They Croaked, we are going to use 
the text structure classification for 
Ways a Person Could Die

sickness

-- cancer
-- diseases
-- old age
accident
(natural disaster)

-- by machine
-- fire
intentional

--suicide
-- murder
-- war 



Target:
Notice the TONE of the book
How They Croaked.
What is TONE?
How did you know what the TONE is for this book?
What effect does the TONE have on you?
Watch another day for the difference between
TONE and MOOD.

Famous Last Words 
Chapter 1: King Tut

Watch for this: 
Why do you think the author would have subtitled this chapter as she did? 

 Tone: 
What evidence do you see that the author is NOT writing in a formal style? (She's not taking this entirely seriously.) 
page 4 Tut jerky?!
p. 5 “He was still dead.”

 
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More about Tone and Mood

Notice these Words and phrases:
Do you know what it means to "hit pay dirt"?
What words does the author define for you?  (context clues)
Poof is both an interjection and onomatopoeia.


Interesting notes on this chapter:
The phrase “his next excellent adventure” is probably an allusion to Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure -- a movie from 1989.


This story has a strong connection to the television program
Downton Abbey!


The Earl of Carnarvon, who owned the mansion that is
used in the television show, was the paying parter
in Carter's expedition that uncovered King Tut.
When Carnarvon died soon after visiting the dig, 
stories of a deadly mummy's curse spread around the world.
Interestingly, Carnarvon died from an infected mosquito bite.
How do we look at death?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlsaSbIQEiw

   
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