Prefixes and Suffixes Chart 2010
A3 and A4 played Sparkle to practice.Hand in your white character chart for a character from The Outsiders, if you haven't yet.
Reading Minute:
A1: none -- Ms. Dorsey read Dogzilla to the class.
A2: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
A3: Everest by Gordon Corman
A4: Harry Potter - Sorcerer's Stone --J.K. Rowling
Finish the movie
A1 -- had already finished the movie
A2 from 1:34:20 -- finished the movie
A3 from scene 26 (motorcycle escort) 1:32:12 -- finished the movie
A4 from Ponyboy passes out after they see the police and Dally 1:40:35 -- finished the movie.
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Get together with your classmates to finish filling in your charts for comparing and contrasting the book with the movie.
In your composition books --
Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the movie of The Outsiders that we watched to the book.Either compare (tell about things that are the same), or contrast (tell about things that are different.) Don't bite off more than you can chew. (Keep your topic small enough.)
Basics of writing a paragraph:
1. Make sure today's date is at the head of this entry.
2. Skip a line.
3. Indent the next line and begin with your topic sentence.
4. Create another sentence that supports the topic sentence.
5. Create another sentence that supports the topic sentence.
6. Create another sentence that supports the topic sentence.
7. Add your closing/concluding sentence. This sentence leaves the reader feeling that the piece has been wrapped up/finished.
8. Now, go back to #2 and give your paragraph a title that tells the subject of the paragraph.
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Example: Contrast paragraph
Title: Halloween Then and Now
Halloween is very different for my grandchildren than it was for me.Because their mom (my daughter) is a great bargain finder, they have many well-made costumes to choose from. When I was their age, we'd go to the five and dime store, and I'd pick out a cheap and uncomfortable plastic mask that came with a sort of stiff plastic tunic printed with a design suggesting that character. Also, they have many near neighbors' homes where they can trick-or-treat. On the other hand, my parents would have to drive me miles to get to the other far-flung farms where our neighbors lived. Their Halloween fantasies are enhanced by readily available DVD's and videos they can watch right in their home. There were no such things when I was in school, and if you wanted to watch a scary show, you had to catch it at the time it was shown on one of your two or three TV channels. There was no way to record it and watch it while you warmed up after returning from collecting candy. Though my grandchildren have better costumes, closer neighbors, and more access to Halloween media, my childhood memories of the holiday will always be precious and magical to me.
Blue Introduction (topic sentence)
Red: First detail
Green: Second detail
Purple: Third detail
Blue: Conclusion/Concluding sentence
or
Halloween is very different for my grandchildren than it was for me.Because their mom (my daughter) is a great bargain finder, they have many well-made costumes to choose from. Also, they have many near neighbors' homes where they can trick-or-treat. Their Halloween fantasies are enhanced by readily available DVD's and videos they can watch right in their home. In contrast, when I was their age, we'd go to the five and dime store, and I'd pick out a cheap and uncomfortable plastic mask that came with a sort of stiff plastic tunic printed with a design suggesting that character. Also, my parents would have to drive me miles to get to the other far-flung farms where our neighbors lived. Finally, there were no such things as DVD's or videos or TiVo when I was in school, and if you wanted to watch a scary show, you had to catch it at the time it was shown on one of your two or three TV channels. There was no way to record it and watch it while you warmed up after returning from collecting candy. Though my grandchildren have better costumes, closer neighbors, and more access to Halloween media, my childhood memories of the holiday will always be precious and magical to me. 
Blue Introduction (topic sentence)
Red: First detail from one side.
Green: Second detail from one side
Purple: Third detail from one side
Red: First detail from the other side.
Green: Second detail from the other side
Purple: Third detail from the other sideBlue: Conclusion/Concluding sentence
More on writing paragraphs:
http://freeology.com/graphicorgs/pdf/hamburger.pdf
More information on writing paragraphs:
http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/taylorse/Taylors%20Elementary%20Curriculum%20Information/paragraph.asp
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Spelling: The test on bi- and the words that go with it will be given on Thursday, November 4.
Your first prefix is bi- which means two or halves. Test on November 4.
When you write it on the spelling tests, make sure you include the hyphen after it: bi-.
You will also spell the words bicycle, bisect, binoculars, and bimonthly.
If you can tell the meaning of each of those words (according to the word parts) you will receive more credit.
1. bicycle = two circles or wheels
2. bisect = cut into two parts
3. binoculars = involving two eyes (Ocular refers to the eye.)
4. bimonthly = every two months or twice a month
No retakes will be available, so study the words and word parts sets as they come.
Download the chart of prefixes and suffixes here.
Prefixes and Suffixes Chart 2010 Here is a blog post that discusses the use of bi- in biweekly and bimonthly.
http://blog.paulpehrson.com/2007/10/25/grammar-corner-bi-words/
