Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                                                    Cavetime will begin on September 6.   School pictures will be taken on September 8.  Your disclosure signature sheet is was due by August 26.  If you haven't turned it in yet, complete and turn it in as soon as possible.

Targets for Today: Read!   Utah State Core:  Reading Literature Standard 10.

Today’s  Agenda: 1.  Pick up your composition book.  Finish setting it up if needed.   2.  Sit down with a book of your choice, relax, and read. Notice what you like about what the author is doing.  (Hand in your disclosure document -- with VIP form --  if you haven't yet.) 3.    When directed to,  respond to what you read in your composition book, under "Reading Response Log."   Use the prompt, "I like the way the author. . . "  Write at least a third page in response.   Date your response: 8-31. Ms. Dorsey says:  I like the way the authors use words. Here is a favorite:  "And there is a giant whoosh of light. A smash of noise."  (pg. 105) 4.  Find your __11__ o'clock partner and discuss your responses to what you read today.  (We used 6 already.) 5.  Continue reading our group book.  The Graveyard Book -- winner of the Newbery Medal, the Carnegie Medal, and the Hugo Award. Let's listen to Neil Gaiman read from his novel The Graveyard  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOF01vb4Rec   Chapter 1  Last time we read  to page 18 -- "In a locked graveyard, at night?" minute 20:00 Today we read to page 38 -- "You do not." minute Chapter 2, 3:16.   A favorite (and useful) quote:  "And what would that be when it was at home?"  (asking about the banana on p. 27)    Neil Gaiman's son:  This is Ash, Neil Gaiman's son. Teacher Notes: http://helen-keeble.livejournal.com/76398.html The Jungle Book:  http://www.fullbooks.com/The-Jungle-Book1.html

If You Were Absent: See the agenda above.  Respond to something you are reading, using one of the reader's response journal starters.  Write at least a third page.  Bring it to tape it into your composition book.   Read on your own to catch up with the class on The Graveyard Book.  You could do this during your quiet reading time at the beginning of class next time.  You can also listen to Neil Gaiman read the first chapter at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOF01vb4Rec .