Friday, March 11, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                                                                    If you haven't handed in your composition book check  or your brief report on Stargirling/Starboying,  hand it in today.  Term 3 ends March 18.  All late work, revisions, and extra credit should be turned in  by March 11.    There is no school on Monday, March 7, and Ms. Dorsey will have a sub on March 10, 11.You may still hand in work on those days, but I will not be here for Cavetime or after school.  If you haven't finished reading Hugo Cabret, read that during your-choice reading. We'll continue watching the movie Hugo today.   You may bring treats.

Targets for Today: We will do some sustained reading for enjoyment. We will notice words and phrases and sentences in the books we read.  We will build background knowledge -- schema for our reading. We will read from The Invention of Hugo Cabret. We will compare the book with the movie version.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual Reading Time: Choose your own materials If you haven't finished reading Hugo Cabret, read that during your-choice reading. No writing after reading, just sharing.  If you haven't handed in your composition book check, do that today. 3. Share your responses -- Pick your partner 4. Watching Hugo. Jot down any differences you notice between the book and the movie. Like the book, it begins without words -- visual and music. In the book, Isabelle says she'd never seen a movie. They sneak in on their own. She doesn't hurt her leg falling.  Does she slam the door on his hand? The station master becomes more of a character, with his crippled leg.  The movie adds the "romance" between the station master and the flower girl. [Great word:  Panache] Left off at last time 1:19:39

If You Were Absent: See above.   We will finish watching Hugo today.