Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                   Book orders are due tomorrow. You may wear costumes on Friday, but the dress code still applies. Costumes CANNOT include full-face paint, masks, or weapons.

Targets for Today: I will spend time reading for enjoyment!         Utah State Core Reading: Literature Standard 10              Utah State Core Reading: Literature Standard 2     I will listen and read along as our class reads a shared book.                Utah State Core Reading: Literature Standard 2          Utah State Core Reading: Literature Standard 10      I can recognize text features and discuss why the author/publisher chose           to use them.

Today’s  Agenda: 1.  Individual Reading --          Write a brief response in your composition book (Reader Response) Question:  What advice would you give to a main character from your book if you could talk with him or her right now -- at the point your are at in your book?  2.  Discussion:  How do the illustrations affect your reading of this book?  Or do they? 3. The Graveyard Book - More of Neil Gaiman reading to us! Let's listen to Neil Gaiman read from his novel The Graveyard  last time: minute 32:21, page 162 to  chapter six 29:14, page 190. Write Epitaphs -- At least one finished neatly to hand in by the end of class if you haven't already handed one in.

If You Were Absent: See above.