Book-of-the-Month Assessment for Term 1

Book-of-the-Month Assessment for Term 1

To prepare for your assessment ---
Read the entire book.
Fill out as much as you can of the character chart for one or two major characters in your book.
Fill out as much as you can of the setting chart for your book.
Think about what you would say to tell someone else about the book.
What would you tell them about the main character(s)?
What could you tell them about the setting?
What would another student need to know before he or she decides to read the book? (Do you recommend it? Why? To whom?)

On the assessment day, bring your book, your character and setting charts, and make sure you have your composition book here.

September 21/22, 2009

September 21/22, 2009

1. Reading, filling out the character chart for your own novel.
2. Confusing Words Presentations : Focus on to/too/two.
3. About Setting, with examples from The Outsiders for how you should fill out your setting chart for your own book.
4. Listen to The Outsiders.

Bring your Book-of-the-Month Club novel.

Character and setting (Fill out your charts. If you don't have one, go to http://cavemanenglish.pbworks.com/Book-of-the-Month-Information-and-Handouts
to get a character chart and/or a setting chart, and fill it out for your novel.)

Other literary elements we've learned about:
conflict, protagonist, antagonist.
What is the conflict in your book?
What is the setting and how do you know?


Reading The Outsiders --
B1 -- from page 26, halfway down, to page 31, page break (Ponyboy is telling about Johnny being beaten by the Socs.)
B2 -- from page 36 to page 45 about 1/3 of the way down.
B4 -- from page 42 halfway down to top of page 52 (not quite done with chapter 3)

A1 -- from page 25, halfway down, to page 30, top
A2 -- from page 33, 1/3 of the way down to page to page (Help me out students, please. I can't remember where you left off.)
A4 --from page 28, top of page to page 37 (the beginning of chapter 3).