Announcements and Reminders:
Same seats as last time -- pick up your compostiion book.
Term 1 ends on October 26. Any late or revised work is due by October 19. |
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 (It will be shorter today, so we can read more of The Graveyard Book.)
Then Let's listen to more of
The Graveyard BookRecord (under Reading Responses) one question you would like to ask the class about what we read today, or about parts we've already read.
Find your ___5_ o'clock partner and discuss your responses to what you read today. (We used have used 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 already.)
As a pair, pick your best question. Get together with another pair and ask them that question.
Last time we read to to page 255, Chapter 7, Part 2 .
Today we read to page 279, Chapter 7 part 2, minute 42:45. (about 28 minutes left on this chapter). (There are 53 minutes left in the book)
By the way:
John Ketch (died November 1686), generally known as Jack Ketch, was an infamous English executioner employed by King Charles II.
Jack Tar (also Jacktar, Jack-tar or Tar) was a common English term originally used to refer to seamen of the Merchant or Royal Navy, particularly during the period of the British Empire. Jack-A-Dandy is a fictional comic book super villain created by writer Alan Moore and artist Rob Liefeld, as guided by Mort Weisinger. The character is modeled after the Joker and the Riddlerto be the archenemy of comic book hero Professor Night, which is a character based on theBatman mythos. Jack Nimble -- Jumping candlesticks was a form of fortune telling and a sport. Good luck was said to be signalled by clearing a candle without extinguishing the flame. -- Wikipedia articles A favorite (and useful) word or quote: Bod: "No, no he's not."
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If You Were Absent:
Read from your choice of books and
You can catch up during individual reading next time, or listen online. See which parts we read today. |
Vocabulary:
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