Monday, April 25, 2016

Tuesday/Wednesday, April 26/27, 2016


April Book of the Month


On Friday and Monday
the students received the Book of the Month assignment papers.

Historical Fiction

About Historical Fiction

We will go to the Media Center on April 26/27.
Sign up by April 28/29
Genre:  Historical Fiction
DUE MAY 12/13  
at least 100 pages, your reading level, haven’t read before
NOT ON THE DO-NOT-READ LIST
Here is the list of  Books Not Allowed for the Outside Reading Assignment.

  • Your book assignment will be to find the "real deal" within your books.  
  • What are some facts you learn about the real setting, people, and situation by reading this book?   
  • You will be creating a top-ten list of facts and how you found out whether they were real or imagined.
  •  Real or not??  How do I find out?   Go online or use a nonfiction book.  
                                   Do NOT use Wikipedia or Ask.com 
                                     or a student-made source.


         Examples of using sources: 
         http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/salvas-story/  (Find out about Salva.)
         http://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-Water-Based-Story/dp/0547577311   (Beware of reviews. They tell about the book, not about what is real or not.)
            http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/a-long-walk-to-water-faq/  (Find out about Nya.)

Announcements and Reminders:
                         

  • Your book sign-ups are due next time.                                         

  • Reminders of Emergency Procedures --  Join your A1 class on the playing fields.    Line up alphabetically by last name. 
  • If you have not yet done this, turn in your March book of the month project  -- as soon as possible! 
    • If you have handed it in, pick up the corrected papers from the bottom wire basket for your class. 
  • If you did not take the comma test and word parts test, come in for Cave Time or after school.                                         
  • The retake for the comma test should is ready.  Come for Cave time.   STUDY before you retake the test. 
  • On Friday and Monday students received the Book of the Month assignment papers.


Your grades for the comma test are on Skyward.
The questions that were missed the most included those about these topics:
*when you name a person using just one name:
         My best friend Sylvia is visiting in town.
*when you are using quotation marks
*for an indirect quote
          Sylvia said that I'm not her best friend.
*place names 
*introductory phrases or clauses
*coordinate adjectives -- using the "and" or "reverse" rule

For games and the rules, go to   Using Commas

Targets for Today:
I can learn from reading historical/multicultural fiction.

I can analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). -- Reading: Literature Standard 3


I can compare a fictional account with a nonfiction account of a time, place, or character.
Reading: Literature Standard 9 
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.
I can read, understand, and enjoy poetry.

Today’s  Agenda:


Individual Reading:  
Be in your seat reading by the time the bell rings.
You must be reading historical fiction to get your points.
1. Gradient Meanings of words -- How angry are you?
Connotation: For the following, both mean the same thing, yet. . . .
thrifty- penny-pinching
pushy- aggressive
politician- statesman
chef- cook
slender- skinny



2. Poetry


3. Samples for Book Project and A Long Walk to Water



Media Center - last twenty minutes of class 
   Remind me to bring the sign-up sheet. 
   Bring your backpack to the media center.  We will leave from there.
  • Your task in the media center is to be reading your historical fiction book or looking for an historical fiction book.
  • So, bring your book if you already have it. 

You can search for historical fiction using the advanced search on Alexandria. 
  1. Look to the right of the search bar.
  2. Click on Simple, and change it to Advanced.
  3. Click on All Words, select Bibliographies.
  4. Type in Historical Fiction. 

We will go to the media center today for you to find an historical fiction book, should you still need one, or for you to read your book.




If You Were Absent:
See above.
  • Make sure you have your April Book of the Month, and sign up for it. 
  • Pick up and complete and hand in the gradient meanings/shades of meaning handout. 
  • Read the poem on the blog. 
  • Examine the sample projects for the April Book of the Month.




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