Monday 2/27

Presentations happen today. This is your opportunity to let your classmates know what you learned by reading your short story.
Of course we will start class with 10 minutes of entertainment via the authors of our IR books. Then it's show time!

HW: Read 20 minutes.  We will finish up presentations tomorrow.

Friday 2/24

We will take 10 beautiful minutes to enter the world of our novels today.

The remainder of the period is devoted to getting our acts together so we can effectively share our experience with the short story we read.

ALL STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE THIS FORM BEFORE MONDAY (it's where you will paste the link to your visual yes even if you shared it with me as a google doc or draw- just hit the share button and click get shareable link, copy that link and paste it in the form above)

HW: BE READY TO PRESENT ON MONDAY

Thursday 2/23

We filled out a status of the class, read for 10 minutes then worked on presentations.

SHARE YOUR VISUAL WITH ME-- EMAIL or GOOGLE SHARE

HW: Read 20 minutes and Be ready to give your presentation MONDAY


With your presentation I will collect the following:
plot diagram worksheet
rough work of summary, theme and how author developed theme in the story

Wednesday 2/22

Great to have you all back today!

We read for 10 minutes and completed a status of the class. If you are out, please e-mail me where you currently are in your book now.

We then spent the rest of the class working on the presentation for theme of the short story.

Please see this simple example for an idea of my expectations.

HW: read 20 minutes-
If you have not completed the hand-out with plot diagram, be sure to do so in order to be ready to present on Friday

Thursday 2/16

10 minutes of blissful reading-I will collect LW#10
Today was a work day geared at completing the worksheet and beginning the presentation.

Your presentation must include the following:

1. Summary of the story (short and include title and author)
2. Clearly articulated theme (sentence)
3. Specific examples that illustrate how the theme is developed by the author throughout the story
4. A visual
1. Pixton
2. Glogster
3. Google Draw
4. PowToons
5. Animoto
6. Drawing 
7. Any other mode of creation-must be able to be viewed clearly by your classmates and digitally

Presentations will happen on Friday of next week
HW: 20 Minutes of reading with post its

Wednesday 2/15

Status of the class. 10 minutes of blissful reading.
Reread story-complete plot and summary handout (see yesterday's post for the link)
Conference with Ms. C
Meet with partner to begin creating presentation of your theme.

HW:
Relax and read for 10 minutes--enter the story and live another life Complete LW #10

Tuesday 2/14

Happy Valentines Day.
10 minutes of peaceful reading.

Now it’s time to see how much you have internalized and how much you still need to figure out. Here is the plan:

Tuesday

1. Choose a story from this  list.
2. I have copies of stories-pick yours up and read the story for understanding----annotate
3. Write a summary of the story using the handout here.

HW: Read 20 minutes and take post its

Monday--Snow Day

Friday 2/10

Today we read for 10 minutes, filled out a status of the class then read for 10 minutes
Next we quickly reviewed the idea that theme is a message about life that the author wants to show through his/her piece of work.
I read  What if Everybody Did That by Ellen Javernick. Sorry it's so shaky.
We then spent time discussing possible themes in this short children's book.

If you were out, please listen to the story (linked above-sorry it's so shaky) and then email me at least two possible themes and an explanation of how that theme is developed in the story.

HW: none (unless you are behind in reading then read a bit) Enjoy the weekend

Thursday 2/9

Status o the class then 10 minutes to read then new status o the class
Recap what is theme?
unpack of Three Little Pigs noting how we find theme by looking at plot and characters
--Who knew there were so many life lessons embedded in that little gem of a story:
     Evil can be outwitted
     Hard work pays off
     When all else fails, family's got your back
     Evil is persistent but can be conquered
     Planning provides protection

HW: Read 20 minutes
   

Wednesday 2/8

I was at a workshop all day today, which means you all got extra time working on your political cartoons in Social Studies.
Don't forget to read 40 minutes before I see you Thursday--two nights worth of reading ;)

Tuesday 2/7/17

Today we read for 10 minutes
We then watched a Flocabulary on theme and discussed the difference between topic and theme.
We pasted a glue in of topics in our reader's notebooks and then practiced developing themes around topics.

HW: read 40 minutes before we meet again on Thursday-you have a double SS class tomorrow :)


Check out this cool link to help find books

Monday 2/6/17

Status of class and 10 minutes reading.

Today we will compare 4 paragraphs in an effort to tease out what makes the best paragraphs.

After that, everyone will fill out a document and share it with me.
HW: Read 20 minutes-keep post its.

Thursday and Friday Winter Carnival

Happy Winter Carnival. Be sure to thank the venues for their generosity.

Read and finish your paragraphs if you didn't in class.

Wednesday 2/1

Today we:
1. Took the STAR test
2. Typed our complete paragraph on 11 in a new google doc and shared it with Ms. Carlisto


HW: Complete paragraph by the end of the day tomorrow.