Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:           Our field trip to the graveyard will be October 5.

Targets for Today: Reading: Literature Standard 3  Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). Reading: Literature Standard 10  By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. The Graveyard Book's lexile level is 820L.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Pick up your composition books. 2.  Individual Reading Time       Watch for a favorite sentence or phrase -         because it just sounds good,          because it is great writing,          because it's funny,          or whatever makes it stand out to you.     Write it in your composition book under "Word Collector." Ms . Dorsey's  from a picture book The Three Wishes  by Jon J. Muth  -- "I want to be a good person," he told his friends.  "But I don't always know the best way to do that."           Let's listen to more of  The Graveyard Book But first -- Listen to Danse Macabre by  Camille Saint-Saens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM Chapter 3  Last time we read to page  166 , Interlude:  The Convocation   Today we read to page 186 ,  Chapter  6 , minute  22:04   .  http://www.mousecircus.com/videos/ A favorite (and useful) word or quote:   p. 174 "Rain in the graveyard, and the world puddled into blurred reflections."  p. 179 "Bod shrugged. "So?" he said.  "It's only death.  I mean, all of my best friends are dead." morning suit Town Hall p. 156 American Fork Town Hall  Teacher stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlTHHslh74M http://www.authorama.com/jungle-book-1.html http://helen-keeble.livejournal.com/76398.html

If You Were Absent: Catch up with The Graveyard Book next time.   See above for information about SETTING and how it affects characters.