Wednesday, March 2, 2015

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.  We'll begin watching the movie Hugo next time.   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.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual Reading Time: Choose your own materials As you read, watch for words you do not know, or words you especially like -- or an impressive  phrase or sentence.   2. Write it down in your composition book under Word Collector (for words you didn't know) or under Favorite Words.     If you haven't handed in your composition book check, do that today. 3. Share your responses -- at least one word choice or favorite phrase or sentence.                      Appointment partners:   9 o'clock                                            Already used:  8, 1, 7, 3, 4, 11, 2, 6, 5,  4. Vocabulary from  The Invention of Hugo Cabret:  https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/311601#view=notes Background Knowledge = Schema The Clock Store -- Disney 1931  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLBCHFmwDaY The Million -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUS56JGKNUE 5. Read from The Invention of Hugo Cabret. We'll begin watching the movie Hugo next time.   You may bring treats.

If You Were Absent: See above.  See also the links below. These are the movies Isabelle and Hugo see at the movie theater: The Clock Store -- Disney 1931  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLBCHFmwDaY The Million -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUS56JGKNUE We'll begin watching the movie Hugo next time.  You may bring treats.

Charlie Chaplin

Buster Keaton

Tom Mix

Louise Brooks

Movie Soundtrack: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFf1245LMSA&list=PLBFA320B8982F5C6A&index=1
Vocabulary for the book:
https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/311601#view=notes
The Clock Store -- Disney 1931  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLBCHFmwDaY
The Million -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUS56JGKNUE

Others:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zYjbF-_53o  Tom Mix Western