Thursday, February 4, 2015

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                   Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on February 11. We will have a Stargirl/Valentines' Day Party on February 12.  Bring treats to share. Desk decorating contest. What else?

Targets for Today: READ!  Learn about ways to respond to books (and other literature).   Read more from Stargirl.     Learn about the literary element of character.

Today’s  Agenda:  1. Individual Reading Time: Choose your own materials. 2. Instead of writing about your reading today, you are going to write about this: What would your name be if you could change it?  Why?   Create a nameplate with your new name.  You may decorate it.   3. Before we read, compare and discuss your charts. Add to them as needed. 4. Stargirl  -- Page  85 Character --  Continue to fill in these charts: One for Stargirl and one for Leo Character Description Chart for ____________________________________________ What the character says, does, thinks What this shows about the character What others think and say about the character Character Description Chart for Various Other Characters What the character says, does, thinks What this shows about the character What others think and say about the character Hillari Kimble Kevin  Quinlant Archie Dori Cinnamon Wayne Parr Ron Kovac Anna Grimsdale Danny Pike Mr. Robineau Mr. McShane Mica High School Students

If You Were Absent: See above.