Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Wednesday/Thursday, September 26/27, 2018



Announcements and Reminders Wednesday/Thursday, September 26/27, 2018:
      


                   
You Book of the Month is Due.

When you are finished with books checked out from our classroom, check them back in using the Google Doc linked from Canvas.

If you were not here for either of the writing pretests, arrange with Ms. Dorsey for a time after school when you can come in to do the pretest.  


Targets for Today:

I can read a novel and use literary terms correctly to discuss characters and plot.  I can also evaluate the book, giving it a rating and explaining why that rating.

I can use and discuss the basic parts of speech used in the English language. 


Today’s  Agenda Wednesday/Thursday, September 26/27, 2018:

1. Prepare for your Book of the Month Presentation.  

2.  View another demonstration of what your presentation should look and sound like.
      Practice evaluating the presenter.  

3.  Join your assigned group and begin your presentations. 
     Carefully listen so you can evaluate the other members of your group. 

4.  When finished, staple together your evaluations with your notes pages for the whole group, and turn them in at the top wire basket for your class. 

Should you have extra time,  work on your descriptive paragraph -- a description of a setting from the story you will write -- or start outlining your story. 

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5.  Participate in an activity using parts of speech.   

In your composition book -- on the next full page.
Title this "Using Parts of Speech" and add today's date.
Number from 1-14.

1.    a plural noun   (a noun that indicates more than one, such as "dogs")
2.    a plural noun 
3.    a noun that names a food 
4.     a noun that names a food
5.    an action verb (Leave off the "ing.") 
6.     a plural noun
7.     a plural noun
8.     an  adjective  
            (a describing word that adds information to a noun, examples: tall, red, thin)
9.      a plural noun
10 .   a noun that names a sport or other activity
11.   an adjective
12.  an adjective
13   a plural noun
14.  an adjective that ends with –est. (example “proudest.”)  
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Mad-Lib -- My School




If You Were Absent:

Arrange with Ms. Dorsey for a time to present your book project.


Vocabulary:

protagonist:    the main character in a story (usually the good guy)
antagonist:     the enemy of the protagonist (usually the bad guy or guys or things)

Inciting Incident-- the event or situation or decision that begins the story's main problem.
Conflict:  The problem -- the struggle between the protagonist and the antagonist 

Types of Conflict:   
Internal:  protagonist vs. himself
External:  
  protagonist vs. another character or characters
  protagonist vs. nature
  protagonist vs. the supernatural (the unknown)
  protagonist vs. society 


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