Friday, October 21, 2011

Characterization

TASK #4: 
Write 3 statements to describe each character mentioned in the story, so far.

Supporting Details

Task #3: 
Locate 5 details to support this idea:  "Melanie has a wild and crazy family life"!!!

POINT OF VIEW



TASK #2: 
Part I:  In the passage, what is meant by, "he was what I dreamed of in a man"? 


Part II:  Write a note to Melanie's dad, from Melanie's POINT OF VIEW.  Include all of the information you think she wants to say to her dad before he gets married. 
*Remember to include all 5 parts of an informal letter.*

Summarization

TASK #1:  Summarize the events that took place within the prelude.  Use three examples from the text, to support your answers. 

Through Her Eyes by Krystol!

The fiction novel we are reading together through our Homework System is entitled, "Through Her Eyes".  Each day, after school, you are required to read a few pages of the book and then answer a couple of a questions.  At the end of the week, your Homework quiz will consist of the questions you have covered for the week.  Each question will have it's own post, and you must use your homework  and the novel to help develop your responses. 

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Your End of the Unit Project is due next Monday.....

You are given a few choices for your end-of-the-unit project.  You can elect to do your project from your independent reading  book, or you can use some of the content from our unit.  Your project choices include the following:  

1.  Interview:  Select any character from your novel or either you may use Leonardo DiVinci.  Stage an interview and write about the results of the information you learned.  Create your report and present it to the class. 

2.  Group Game:  Use challenge words from your novel or from our unit and develop a good group game.  Create your own rules, and a model of the materials needed to play. Teach the game to our class for your presentation we will play the game to see if it works. 

3.  Time LineSelect a series of events that have occurred, either in your novel or within one of our unit stories.  Develop a list of graphics that match each event, and set up a visual sequence showing a time line of events. 

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Hi Kenae! Welcome to our Reading Blog!

Thank you for allowing me to work with you.  I look forward to our reading.  My plan is to get another book from Ms. Coruthers, the librarian. 
Who is the author of the Midnight Twins? 
How many pages are in the book?
How much of the book have you read, already?
How many pages can you read per night?

Hopefully we can get started right away.  I am excited about facilitating this blog and I would like for you to help me create one for my other class.  So,  let's get it crackin!!! (idiom lol)