Friday, March 4, 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 begin 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. Write about whatever aspect of your reading today that you wish to write about.  If you haven't handed in your composition book check, do that today. 3. Share your responses -- Appointment partners:   10 o'clock                            Already used:  8, 1, 7, 3, 4, 11, 2, 6, 5, 9,  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. Left off at 45:32.

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