Tuesday 3/10

Today we will read for 10 minutes
We will then partner up with the same person as yesterday and complete the chart (see the link from yesterday).
HW: Read/log/post it

If you were absent be sure to:
review and place both documents from your class period into your drive.

Monday 3/9/15

Today I will collect logs, you will start new log for week of 3/9-3/16.  We will then review our annotations, and complete a character trait chart with a partner. Next we will share our ideas with one another via a Googledoc so everyone can see/ have access to these ideas.  We will be writing a poem later so it is important you have a real sense of who each character is and why.

Per 2
Roger
Ms. Luella Bates Washington Jones

Per 8
Roger
Ms. Luella Bates Washington Jones

Per 9
Roger
Ms. Luella Bates Washington Jones

HW: Read/Log/Post it

If you were absent be sure to:
Hand in your Log from 3/2-3/29
Get a new log and start it
Get the notes on each of the 2 characters (see links above)

Friday 3/6

Today we read for 10 minutes. Then we reviewed the different modes of creating characters with personalities (STEAL). We then shared our hw with one another and determined which mode our author had used.  Next we reread Thank You Ma'am by Hughes and annotated for characterization cues on Roger and Luella Bates Washington Jones.

HW: Read/log post it  150 minutes due on Monday

I hope to see you all at the hockey game or at Shrek this weekend!

If you were absent be sure to:
Review the glue in on characterization (in tips section)
show me your LW#17
Reread the story and annotate for characterization

Thursday 3/5

Today we read our responses to the class and determined whose was best.  Interestingly all papers chosen were ones that used great transitions, provided specific information and had 3 details to support what was asserted.

We discussed characterization and ways authors develop character.
HW: LW #17 --based on IR book and a character in it.

Wednesday 3/4

Today we pasted in notes on characterization to the tips section of the reader's notebook.
We then continued hte debate on whether Roger deserved the kindness bestowed on him by Mrs. Jones, being sure to be aware of the other side's arguments.

HW:
Complete a full page response answering this question using evidence from the text to support your ideas.

If you were absent today please be sure to:
Show me LW #15
get glue in from me

Tuesday 3/3

Today we finalized notes on the plot of the story and launched into a maniac debate on whether Roger deserved Mrs. J's kindness or not.  We paired up and shared our ideas on this topic and found evidence from the text to support it.

HW: Read/log post it
LW #15--focus this ona post it that reveals something about character. SPend the longwrite describing how tha one scene informs you of character.

If you were absent be sure to:
Show me your full page reflection on whether or not Roger deserves the kindness bestowed upon him
Be sure to talk to a classmate about the plot diagram of the story.

Monday 3/2

Happy March!

Today we read and annotated individually the story Thank you Ma'am by Langston Hughes.  We then wrote a summary of the story trying to limit it only to the big ideas of the story--this was done in the reflections section of the readers notebook.  We then mapped the plot of the story with a partner. This too was completed in the reader's notebook. I also collected old logs (2/23-3/2) and students filled out a new log (3/2-3/9).

HW: Answer the following question in your reader's notebook right under your plot diagram: 

Reflect on the story--What do you think of the kindness Mrs. Jones bestows upon Roger? Is it deserved or not? Explain using details from the text.AND read/log/post it

If you were absent be sure to:

• hand in your log upon your return (if you were absent you will see an mi and a 0 in PS--That will go away once you turn it in on your return)
• read the short story linked above and annotate it.
• Summarize the story in your RN
• map the plot of the story and
• do the hw for tonight