** Go to bottom of screen to see the book report requirements due September 29, 2010
September 10, 2010: Book Report Presentations; HW: Read for next book report due 9-29-10.
September 3, 2010: Test #1 and read; Work on introductory paragraph and turn in. Today was spirit day and boy did we have the spirit. Thanks guys for wearing your shirts. Everyone looked great! HW: Read and response or work on your presentation -- all due September 8, 2010. Bring #2 pencils for Tuesday's test!
September 2, 2010: DRP; Go over study guide; play game for test review
HW:Study for exam tomorrow; Book reports are due September 8.
August 30, 2010: No journal; quiz #1; Revision; What does a good paragraph look like? Handed out study guide for test.
***Test on Friday, Sept 2
****Book Report due Sept 9.
August 25, 2010: No journal; DRP - complete and do group activity; Make a Hi Five for Story Elements. HW: Read and do response #6; Bring responses to class tomorrow. I will check those and also be grading the journals.
August 23, 2010: Journal entry #9; DOL Quiz; Writing Process; Mind Map and write one paragraph; Discuss response #3; HW: Read 15 minutes and write response #3; Do final copy of mind map on construction paper, due Tuesday. See the rubric below:
Rubric for mind map:
____Construction paper
____ Markers or colored pencils
____ Each topic and subtopic must be a different color (4)
____ Has to be a symbol that represents you and name in center
____ Three subtopics under each topic
____ Heading on back
____ Neatness
*Can add symbols to elaborate
August 11, 2010: Journal entry #3 saddest thing that ever happened to you. Gary Paulsen as a writer. Mrs Awful, page 368 of Elements of Literature. Writing; HW: Enjoy a good book!
Standard we are studying today: Elements of a short story
August 10, 2010: Today we set up our binders. This is how we did it in case your child was not prepared to do it in class. They can do it at home. There are five dividers:
Writing
DOL
Vocabulary
Resources
Graded papers
So far we have put these papers in our binder:
Word jars (under vocabulary tab)
Parts of speech and rules of punctuation (under resources tab)
quick writes and acrostic poem (under graded papers)
Their clock goes in the front pocket
Their signed class procedures goes in the rings before any dividers
Their loose leaf paper goes on the rings in the very back.
We have done two journal entries so far (composition books)
Journal entry #1: The funniest thing that ever happened to you.
#2 Favorite memory
We have reviewed and will work on the following standards this week:
1.1 Identify the correct use of nouns within context
1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs within context.
3.12 Complete a graphic organizer with information from notes for a writing selection
5.1 Make predictions about the outcome of a given text.
5.2 Evaluate text for fact and opinion
5.8 Make infreences and draw conclusions based on evidence in text
6.2 Identify the main idea and supporting details in text
7.6 Identify the type of conflict
8.l Demonstrate an understanding of the basic element of plot
8.2 Identify the author's point of view
8.5 Identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text
8.6 Identify how the author reveals character
8.12 Identify the author's purpose for writing
August 9, 2010: Today we took a "prior knowledge" test to determine what students remember from last year. That will give us a benchmark to start our review and learning for this quarter.
Please make sure your child has their supplies. We will organize the binders and the folder tomorrow.
We started our first journal entry today in our composition books.
This week we have done some fun assignments to get to know each other and to learn routine and procedure in the classroom. We will be going to the library on August 18th to check our books. Students can go before school or after school to check out books on their own.
I will be handing out a book report option sheet by next week which will give students choices about the way they respond to the book they read and the way they will present that to the class. There will be a copy on teacherweb for you to review and the students will have a copy in their binders.
If you have any questions about assignments at any time please feel free to email me at woodn@wcschools.com.
Thanks,
Mrs. Wood
Book Report Menu
Choose from the following options
Due September 29, 2010
Option #1
Worth 100 points
Do all ten reading responses. These responses can be completed nightly or every few nights depending on the length of the book. When turned in you will present your last response as a book recommendation.
Option #2
Worth 100 points
Choose five (5) of the reading responses to complete. You must do #3, 4, and 8. Draw and color or paint a 12” x 18” picture demonstrating your story. It can be like a collage with several scenes of the story depicted on one board. It can also be three dimensional such as a clay creation, or a papier-mâché creation. This artist creation must have enough detail so that you can explain a specific scene or event and or explain several events that are depicted.
Option #3
Worth 100 points
Choose five (5) responses. You must include # 3, 4 and 8. Present your interpretation of the book in a short play, a song, poem, or a narrated dance interpretation. Your poem can be a poem for two voices. Include a copy of the script for Mrs. Wood.
Option #4
Worth 100 points
Choose five (5) responses. You must include #3, 4 and 8. Decorate a lunch bag to depict some scene from the novel. This must cover the front of the bag and must be in color. You may use markers or cut and paste to decorate. Include the title of the novel, the author, and your name and class period. On the back of the lunch bag write the names of the main characters and supporting characters with a short description of each. Also write about the setting, conflict(s) and resolution(s) of the novel. Put 8 objects in the bag that represent an event or something about the main character. Six and the eight must be three dimensional. When you present you need to tell how the object is significant to the story.
Book Report due September 29, 2010
Title__________________________ Author_______________________
*You have options for the written portion and for the oral presentation of your book.
All responses must be typed or written in ink.
_____ Response #1: (10 points) Write one paragraph (5-8 sentences) describing the setting of the book. Compare and contrast with places you have been and or places you have read about or seen in movies.
_____ Alternative for response #1 (5 points) Draw a detailed picture of the setting and explain in one sentence the scene. The picture must be in color and depict the setting in detail.
_____ Alternative for response #1 (5 points ) Write a poem describing the setting using the five senses and figurative language.
_____Response #2: (10 points) Also describe in one paragraph (5-8 sentences) what the main character looks like, acts like and is thinking. Include how the author is telling the story (what point of view is he using?)
_____ Alternative for response # 2 (5 points) Use the stick figure page and complete the diagram showing the characters strengths, weaknesses, feelings, ideas, hopes, actions.
_____ Alternative for response #2 (5 points) Write a cinquain poem or a metaphor poem about the main character.
_____ Alternative for response #2 (5 points) Choose one of the emotional reaction sheets to complete for your character.
_____ Alternative for response #2 (5 points) Choose five quotes from the main character and for each quote explain what this shows about the character’s personality.
_____Response #3: (10 points) In one paragraph (5-8 sentences) describe the first problem. Tell what the problem was and whether it is internal conflict or external conflict for the main character. Tell how your main character tries to deal with the problem
_____Response #4 (10 points) In one paragraph (5-8 sentences) explain the other conflicts in the story (at least five other conflicts) and explain what type they are: person vs. self; person vs. society; person vs. person; person vs. nature; or person vs. technology. Explain what was happening in the story to let you know what types of conflicts occurred.
_____Alternative for response #4 (5 points): List 5 conflicts on the conflict chart and explain what type they are.
_____Alternative for response #4 (5 points): Complete a story profile for the story.
_____Response #5 (10 points) In one paragraph (5-8 sentences) tell how your main character is handling the conflicts. What have you learned about your main character’s personality while reading this story? Predict what you think will happen next.
_____Response #6 (10 points) In a paragraph (5-8 sentences) compare what is happening in this book so far to experiences in your life or in another book you’ve read or a movie you have seen (Be sure you name the book or movie).
_____Response #7 (10 points) In a paragraph (5-8 sentences) describe the climax of the story. Describe the main characters feelings and tell why you think this is the high point of the story.
_____Response #8 (10 points) In a paragraph (5-8 sentences) describe what happened after the climax. Tell what lesson (theme) you think the main character learned, or what lesson we could learn from reading this book. Explain what happened in the book that supports your theme.
_____Response #9 (10 points) In a paragraph (5-8 sentences ) tell what inferences you can make after reading the book; either about the characters as they grow up, or about what might happen next in their life.
_____Response #10 (10 points)In a paragraph (5-8 sentences) write about how you liked the book. Tell why you that it was good or bad. Tell what the author did to make the book more interesting, such as using dialog to tell what the characters are thinking, describing the scenes in detail so you could picture them, using suspense to build the story so you wanted to keep reading. Give us an example from the book. Tell if the characters are believable or not and why. Tell who might enjoy reading this book. (Write it like a movie critique and present it to the class in 1-2 minutes.)
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