Monday/Tuesday, April 18/19, 2016

April Book of the Month

Historical Fiction
April 2016 Book of the Month Instructions.docx

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.

About Historical Fiction

English 7    April Book-of-the-Month       Genre:  Historical Fiction

Important Dates: Media Center April 26/27     Sign up by April 28/29       Due by May 12/13  

[Book: at least 100 pages,  grade/reading level appropriate, not read before, not on do-not-read list.]

Bring your historical fiction book to class each time.  You will have time to read in class.

·      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 true facts and how you found out whether they were real or imagined. 

·    You will take notes on the page provided (yellow), or print your own from April 2016 Book of the Month Instructions.docx, or on lined paper.  You may do that on the hard copy or take your notes on the computer and hand them in by printing them or sending by email.

·      You will create your list as a poster (8 ½ x11 or larger), a prezi, a PowerPoint, a video, or Google Slides.   

Include Ten True Facts, your sources, and three or more illustrations.

            - Your work must be neat and legible and include at least three illustrations that  contribute to or clarify the information presented. 

            -  PowerPoints, videos, Prezies, Google Docs or Google Slides will be emailed to Mrs. Dorsey.  Hard Copy Posters will be turned in in class. Due dates apply to all.

·      You will turn in this page with your notes when you turn in your list. 

·      For each item you think might be real, record what it is, whether it turned out to be real or imagined, and how you found out. 

·      As you take notes, include the “facts” you found out were NOT real, and where you looked to find out.

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Announcements and Reminders: 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 book of the month project that was due last week -- as soon as possible!  If you did not take the comma test and word parts test, come in for Cave Time or after school on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.                                          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:

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Select a book from one of the boxes on the desks or on the rolling table at the front of the room. 2. Individual Reading Time: Read as directed.  (We are sampling books) What type (genre) of books are you reading? What makes this genre different from other genres? 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. [A1 practiced lining up for emergency drills.]       3.  Poetry As you read and listen to this, consider these questions:  Who is the intended audience?  What is the purpose?  What is the central idea?  What is the mood? Betty's Room There is no clutter cluttered up  (a) more closely, I presume, (b) than the clutter clustered clingingly (c) in my friend, Betty's room. (b)  Her mother mutters mawkishly  (d)  and fills her with such dread. (e)  She mutters on about the muss (f)  that messes Betty's bed.  (e)  At bedtime, Betty bounces all (g)  her objects to the floor. (h)  Each morning, when she wakes up, they  (i)  go on her bed once more. (h)  There's papers, pencils, potpourri. It piques her mother's stress. She pouts. She plies and yet her cries do not clean Betty's mess. There's partly broken plastic toys, each with a missing part, some worn and withered whistles, which are close to Betty's heart. Old ballet shoes she cannot lose, and photos of her friends, a burnt-out fuse, some fruity chews, a box of odds and ends. Old magazines and school reports (the ones that got the A's), her worn out jeans, some socks to sort, the programs from three plays. Each object is an artifact, a personal antique. She cannot bear to throw them out; they make her life unique. There's feathers, fans, and fairy dolls -- and mother-daughter strife. Her mother lives for neatness, but, well, mess is Betty's life. by Denise Rodgers Copyright© Denise Rodgers A Little Bit of NonsenseAll Rights Reserved Art by Julie Martin   Found at http://www.funny-poems-for-free.com/alliteration-poems.html What is alliteration?  Suggested poem for further study:  "Ode to Enchanted Light" by Pablo Neruda Poems from Students 4.  About your Comma and Word Parts Tests 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 Most missed on word parts:  tract and tele 5.  A Long Walk to Water         A1 -- page 26 to page 31         B5 -- page 20 to page 32         B6 --  page 28 to page 52.         B7 -- page 20 to page 28.

If You Were Absent: See above. Look for an historical fiction book to read for your book of the month.

A1 on Historical Fiction:
-- something that really happened with some fake parts in it
Topics:
World War I and World War II
Other real wars
slavery
real shipwrecks
situations that real families have found themselves in
immigration

B1 on Historical Fiction
facts
Among the topics: war -- baseball -- prison
historical
based on something that happened
part of it is imagined, part of it is real

Two Dogs Sonnet

Two Dogs
It is a fact: two dogs are much more fun.
They roll together in the house and play.
Sometimes a ball's involved and then they run.
It happens almost every single day.

So is it work, just like my mother said?
More walks, more mess, yes more trips to the vet.
A search for sitters -- or stay home instead.
While this is all true, I have no regret.

They cuddle close and lick my happy face
They fill the house with laughs and so much joy.
They make my home-time fun at such a pace
That they are better than a perfect toy.

I did not know that this would be so true.
That's why I recommend two dogs to you.

http://www.funny-poems-for-free.com/sonnet-poems.html

by Denise Rodgers
Copyright© Funny-Poems-for-Free.com

Poems from Students

April Rain Song by Langston Hughes

Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.

turned in by Destiny Prasad (B3) 

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The Worst Punishment of All

By Miriam Zeidner B7

Line upon lines of dark chocolate tarts,

Sweet sugar cookies and apple pies.

Brownies in the oven and truffles in the fridge

And cold, fresh, strawberry shaved ice.

Ice cream topped in cherries

Velvet cake a radiant red

Cake pops ready to be iced

And fresh spiced gingerbread

Butterscotch pudding waiting to be scooped

Sorbet molding into beautiful spheres

Chocolate chip cookies, Angel food cake

All completely wowing my peers

My mouth waters at cherry cupcakes

Coconut cakes and petit fours.

Butter cakes and lemon squares

Chanting to the eater, “More, more, more!”

Buttermilk pie, frozen yogurt, chocolate cream

Snickerdoodles and cinnamon bars

Cheesecake lying on the counter

Chocolate, cream, and cherries all toppled in jars

Delicious cakes, cookies, puddings to eat

And yet my mom has grounded me from treats.

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[Untitled]

So you just sit in your seat

While all these thoughts in my mind met.

I'll just sit here struggling and hustling through

Because all this Poetry stuff is new.

I have no idea what a Poem is supposed to be.

I don't want to do this, but you're making me.

What will I write?  How can I know it?

I see no Poet,

But did I show it?

                            -- by an anonymous student

Turned in by Charlie Hawks B6

Abigail Rees  B7

EARLY BIRD

Oh, if you're a bird, be an early bird

And catch the worm for your breakfast plate.

If you're a bird be an early bird---

But if you're a worm sleep late. 

-Shel Silverstein

More on Central Idea: Too Broad, Too Narrow, or Just Right?

More on Central Idea
   Too Narrow, Too Broad, Just Right

   A Narrow or a Broad Topic?

Main Idea:
Summary of the passage
What you would say to a friend to briefly summarize the passage or article or essay
NOT too broad & NOT too narrow
The overall idea of the passage
Just enough information to get what it is about
What the author wants the reader to know about the subject
It helps you make sense of the passage
It could be used as a topic sentence or thesis statement
The focus of the passage

Narrow Idea:
Details about the main idea
Gives descriptive or elaborative information
May describe something in the passage
Helps us visualize part of the passage
Not enough information to get the whole idea
It could be a fact from the passage
Makes you want to know more
One single part of the overall subject
A specific idea or concept in the passage
Describes something that happened or what someone did

Broad Idea:
Lacks details
Too general
Doesn’t really describe very much
Covers many possible topics
Too big to be main idea
Doesn’t help visualize much in the passage
Can go lots of different directions
Open idea
Wide, a variety of topics can fit within this statement

Annotating

Thursday/Friday, April 14/15, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                   Reminders of Emergency Procedures --  Join your A1 class on the playing fields.  Be prepared to take the Comma Test and Words Parts Test today. Word Parts 2015-2016 Using Commas For the comma test,  especially look back at the rules about *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 If you did not turn in your book of the month assignment last time, turn it in today. March Book of the Month 2016 If you did not follow the directions when you did your assignment, see the Required Reading Tab above and this post: More Examples for the March Book of the Month

Targets for Today: 1. I can understand and share my observations about interactions in a text.  State Core, Reading Informational Text, Standard 3:Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events). 2. I can determine the meaning of unknown words using context and word parts. State Core, Language, Standard 4, 5b 3. I can recognize the theme  (main point) of a piece of literature (poem). State Core, Reading Literature, Standard 2 4. I know the meanings of frequently used word parts. State Core, Language, Standard 4b 5.  I know and can apply several rules for using commas.  Language, standard 7.2

Today’s  Agenda: B-Day Classes Turn in your book project if you haven't yet. Also turn in the paper you filled out as you discussed your book with the other students. 1. Study comma rules and word parts. 2. Poem  Loveliest of Trees 3.  Tests Word Parts Test           Comma Test                     4. Context Clues Lesson B5 through "Ben. . . . . "  and copied types of context clues.  Needs video? B6  copied context clues  watched video  worked through B7 through "look out window"    Still need to copy types of clues A1- 1. Pick up your pink comma review packets and spend a few minutes studying. A1 - 2.  A bit of sparkle!  A1 - 3. . More sharing about your nonfiction books. Turn in your book project if you haven't yet. Also turn in the paper you filled out as you discussed your book with the other students. 4.Word Parts Test 5. Comma Test  6.  (If time) a.  Look at a Poem -- What is the THEME?    Loveliest of Trees b. Another Context Clue Practice -- A1 started this sentence: If time, another sentence for context clues--  Spencer’s handwriting is practically inscrutable! I wish it were more like Warren’s -- I can actually read his writing.

If You Were Absent:  See above.

Annotating

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