Monday, April 17, 2017

Monday/Tuesday, April 17/18, 2017



Announcements and Reminders:
             
The Reading/Listening portion of the SAGE ELA Test will be given at the beginning of May -- May 1-4.  We are preparing for that now.  

Spirit Week
  • Monday: crazy socks and sandals (wear sandals so we can see those crazy socks!)
  • Tuesday: black out (wear all black clothing)
  • Wednesday: hat day
  • Thursday: jersey day (wear your favorite team or club's jersey, t-shirt, or hoody ... this can be a caveman or professional/collegiate teams, et cetera ...  remember dress code still applies, this means you may need an undershirt to go under your jersey)
  • Friday: caveman day (wear your caveman gear or dress up in white, red, and black!)

Targets for Today:

I can read a short story and answer text-based questions with evidence-based answers.

I can listen and answer questions based on what I listened to. 

I can read and comprehend short stories and recognize elements of literature within them.  
 I can recognize where commas belong in a sentence, and can use them correctly for
  1. items in a series, 
  2. after first, second, third when in a series,
  3. with coordinate adjectives, 
  4. with a long introductory phrase or clause,
  5. with words or phrases or clauses that interrupt the train of thought,
  6. with direct address, 
  7. to set off appositives, 
  8. to set off the explanatory words with a direct quote, 
  9. with compound sentences,
  10. in certain dates, places, and addresses,
  11. following the greeting in a friendly letter

Today’s  Agenda:

1.    You will have time to finish your short story assignments. 
All assignments are due by the end of the first twenty minutes of class. 
Rikki-tikki-tavi
Three Skeleton Key
Smallest Dragon Boy

Three Skeleton Key
Points
1c = up to 3
3   = up to 5
4a  = up to 4
4b =  up to 2
4c =  up to 2
4d =  up to 2
4e =  up to 2

Rikki-tikki-tavi
1 = up to 5 points if you wrote a half page  Bully
2a  = 2 points    animals talk
2b = 2 points     other books, etc.
2c = 2 points     terrible Nagina
2d =  2 points    you and Darzee 
3 = 1 point per word with answer and explanation = 5
4 = up to 10 points for 10 boxes filled in -- plot line = 10 
Total 28 

      

2. You will  listen to a story from a radio news program, and answer questions about the story.  
  1. Read through the questions.
  2. Listen to the story, watching for answers.  Answer any questions that you can. 
  3. If needed, listen to the story again.  
  4. Finish answering the questions.  
News story from http://kuer.org/post/avalanche-safety-workers-wasatch-mountains


a cornice about ready to fall


 3. If time -- More commas.  
   Work on your packets, and have them corrected.  

A1 did not have time. 

If You Were Absent:

1. If you haven't finished the assignments for the short stories, complete them during Cavetime -- or at home using the worksheets you received in class or download the documents from Skyward (attached to the assignments there):
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Three Skeleton Key
The Smallest Dragon Boy

Here are links to the stories online:

"The Smallest Dragonboy" at http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view_print.php?book=64557

"Rikki-tikki-tavi" at 
http://burnet.twpunionschools.org/subsites/smarcario/documents/Rikki-Tikki-Tavi%20Text.pdf
or 
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mongoose/rtt.html

"Three Skeleton Key" at 
http://www.mpsaz.org/taylor/staff/bjdavis/short-stories/files/threeskeletonpdf.pdf

When finished, bring them to me to be corrected. 

2. You can also complete the listening exercise at home, and bring it to show me. 

Vocabulary:
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