Don't forget to bring your Book-of-the-Month Club book to class!
As you read your book be noticing:
What background knowledge did you have for this book?
What is the setting -- time and place?
Who is the protagonist?
Who or what is the antagonist?
What are the protagonist's (the main character's) traits, and how does the author reveal them?
How about other major characters?
What is/are the main conflict/conflicts?
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Showing posts with label Book-of-the-Month Club. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Class Wiki's
Here are links to your class wiki's. You will be able to edit only within your own class wiki.
Remember to never write your whole name within the wiki. Use just first name or first name and last initial.
A1 http://cavemana1.pbwiki.com/
A2 http://caveman-a2.pbwiki.com/
http://cavemana4.pbworks.com
B1 http://caveman-b1.pbwiki.com/
B2 http://caveman-b2.pbwiki.com/
B3 http://caveman-b3.pbwiki.com/
For instructions on how to make your own page, see the front page of your class wiki.
For a copy of the handout we used in the computer lab, go to
http://cavemanenglish.pbwiki.com/
Go to the folder named "Student Pages." Open it. Click on the link to files at the bottom of the "Navigator" box. Click on "Wiki Computer Lab 1" to open it. It will upload to your computer and you could read or print it from there.
Remember to never write your whole name within the wiki. Use just first name or first name and last initial.
A1 http://cavemana1.pbwiki.com/
A2 http://caveman-a2.pbwiki.com/
http://cavemana4.pbworks.com
B1 http://caveman-b1.pbwiki.com/
B2 http://caveman-b2.pbwiki.com/
B3 http://caveman-b3.pbwiki.com/
For instructions on how to make your own page, see the front page of your class wiki.
For a copy of the handout we used in the computer lab, go to
http://cavemanenglish.pbwiki.com/
Go to the folder named "Student Pages." Open it. Click on the link to files at the bottom of the "Navigator" box. Click on "Wiki Computer Lab 1" to open it. It will upload to your computer and you could read or print it from there.
Monday, March 23, 2009
March 23/24, 2009
March 23/24, 2009
Pick up your composition books.
1. Test Preparation exercise -- Reading for main idea and details. (If you were absent, see me for a copy of the practice test questions.)
2. When finished, write in your composition book: Whom do you consider a hero and why?
3. Receive Book-of-the-Month Approvals and Reading Logs.
Look for a book you could highly recommend to other students.
We will go to the media center next time.
4. Sentenced! (Here comes the Judge! Oh, Brother. . .)
Sentenced to the "chain gang," chaining together words and punctuation to create complete, correct sentences.
Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth to yourself about what you understand and don't understand about sentences.
How much do YOU know about sentences?
Verbs -- the Core of the sentence, the most important part.
Subjects of the sentence (nouns or their replacements) -- Answer (or ask) the question who or what is the verb giving information about?
If you were absent, see me for the worksheet students filled out while watching a PowerPoint about sentences. You may ask a classmate for the answers to fill in your paper.
We played a game to practice identifying subjects and verbs.
Coming Attractions:
-- Heroes and the novel Stand Tall
Superman? Vietnam War, being different, going through hard times, helping others
Who is a hero? Why? What are the qualities of a hero? Can you be a hero?
-- What is the difference between an independent clause (a sentence) and a dependent clause?
-- More test preparation
The etymology of the word Sentence:
c.1290, "doctrine, authoritative teaching," from O.Fr. sentence (12c.), from L. sententia "thought, meaning, judgment, opinion," from sentientem, prp. of sentire "be of opinion, feel, perceive" (see sense). Loss of first -i- in L. by dissimilation. Meaning "punishment imposed by a court" is from c.1300; that of "grammatically complete statement" is attested from 1447, from notion of "meaning," then "meaning expressed in words." The verb meaning "to pass judgment" is recorded from c.1400.
Pick up your composition books.
1. Test Preparation exercise -- Reading for main idea and details. (If you were absent, see me for a copy of the practice test questions.)
2. When finished, write in your composition book: Whom do you consider a hero and why?
3. Receive Book-of-the-Month Approvals and Reading Logs.
Look for a book you could highly recommend to other students.
We will go to the media center next time.
4. Sentenced! (Here comes the Judge! Oh, Brother. . .)
Sentenced to the "chain gang," chaining together words and punctuation to create complete, correct sentences.
Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth to yourself about what you understand and don't understand about sentences.
How much do YOU know about sentences?
Verbs -- the Core of the sentence, the most important part.
Subjects of the sentence (nouns or their replacements) -- Answer (or ask) the question who or what is the verb giving information about?
If you were absent, see me for the worksheet students filled out while watching a PowerPoint about sentences. You may ask a classmate for the answers to fill in your paper.
We played a game to practice identifying subjects and verbs.
Coming Attractions:
-- Heroes and the novel Stand Tall
Superman? Vietnam War, being different, going through hard times, helping others
Who is a hero? Why? What are the qualities of a hero? Can you be a hero?
-- What is the difference between an independent clause (a sentence) and a dependent clause?
-- More test preparation
The etymology of the word Sentence:
c.1290, "doctrine, authoritative teaching," from O.Fr. sentence (12c.), from L. sententia "thought, meaning, judgment, opinion," from sentientem, prp. of sentire "be of opinion, feel, perceive" (see sense). Loss of first -i- in L. by dissimilation. Meaning "punishment imposed by a court" is from c.1300; that of "grammatically complete statement" is attested from 1447, from notion of "meaning," then "meaning expressed in words." The verb meaning "to pass judgment" is recorded from c.1400.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Book-of-the-Month Club for Term 4
I am working on a web site on which you will(hopefully) be able to post your reviews, ads, or web pages: http://cavemanenglish.pbwiki.com/?pwd=e3xjtdh2p5
For this term, select a book that contains a narrative -- a story. It may be either fiction (a novel or a collection of short stories) or nonfiction (such as a biography or autobiography, or the story of an event or interesting subject.)
For a list of recommended books, search on this blog for "recommended books."
You will have your book approved by a parent or guardian and by the teacher. (See the attachm
ent at http://cavemanenglish.pbwiki.com/?pwd=e3xjtdh2p5 )
You will keep a reading log on your book. (See the attachment.)
You will create a project to "sell" the book to other students.
Do your best to find a book that you think would be a great summer read for at least a few other students in your class.
You have several choices for your project:
-- a book review such as you would see in a newspaper or magazine
-- an informative poster advertising the book (12" by 18", portrait orientation, not landscape)
-- an informative brochure advertising the book
-- an informative "ad" (advertisement) such as you would see in a magazine (8 1/2" by 11")
-- a web page dedicated to the book, the subject, and/or the author -- posted on our new class wikki
Details on requirements for each option are forthcoming.
For this term, select a book that contains a narrative -- a story. It may be either fiction (a novel or a collection of short stories) or nonfiction (such as a biography or autobiography, or the story of an event or interesting subject.)
For a list of recommended books, search on this blog for "recommended books."
You will have your book approved by a parent or guardian and by the teacher. (See the attachm
ent at http://cavemanenglish.pbwiki.com/?pwd=e3xjtdh2p5 )You will keep a reading log on your book. (See the attachment.)
You will create a project to "sell" the book to other students.
Do your best to find a book that you think would be a great summer read for at least a few other students in your class.
You have several choices for your project:
-- a book review such as you would see in a newspaper or magazine
-- an informative poster advertising the book (12" by 18", portrait orientation, not landscape)
-- an informative brochure advertising the book
-- an informative "ad" (advertisement) such as you would see in a magazine (8 1/2" by 11")
-- a web page dedicated to the book, the subject, and/or the author -- posted on our new class wikki
Details on requirements for each option are forthcoming.
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