Announcements and Reminders:
Hugo
The Jungle Book -- new
Nancy Drew
The Little Prince
The Last Unicorn
Harry Potter 1 or 2
Spirited Away
Any other suggestions?
If you didn't complete the response to "Stubby Pringle" and hand it in to the wire basket, do that RIGHT AWAY, please! You could finish your author website assignment at home BY FRIDAY and hand it in to the wire basket. |
Targets for Today:
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.
Speaking and Listening Standard 1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. |
Today’s Agenda:
1. Individual Reading 2. Computer lab to take exit survey and then to look up author's websites. Open your gmail, and find the message with a link to the survey. First, take the exit survey Then you can spend any time you have left finding these author websites, and in your composition book, writing down two thing you learn about each author. Pick from Garth Nix http://www.garthnix.com/ Ray Bradbury http://www.raybradbury.com/ Ben Mikaelsen http://www.benmikaelsen.com/ Cameron Dokey http://camerondokey.com/ Suzanne Collins http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/ Marie Lu http://marielubooks.tumblr.com/ Jerry Spinelli http://www.jerryspinelli.com/newbery_001.htm 3. Reading Short Stories:
Select a short story to read in a group of three or four. After you have read it. . . Evaluate the story: In your composition book,
Rating system:
★ Don’t
bother reading; it’s a sleeper.
★★ Read with caution; the
story has one good part.
★★★ Read
it; it’s worth it.
★★★★ Read
without reservation; it’s great!!
★★★★★ Throw
caution to the wind; find a comfy chair and some snacks because you won’t be
able to put it down.
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If You Were Absent:
See above.
The links for the survey and websites are in your email message from me. We will work on the short stories again next time. |
Vocabulary:
Short story: A short story is a brief work of fiction, usually written in prose and running 1,600 to 20,000 words in length. -- study.com/academy/lesson/short-stories-definition-characteristics-examples.html
A short story is fictional work of prose that is shorter in length than a novel. Edgar Allan Poe, in his essay "The Philosophy of Composition," said that a short story should be read in one sitting, anywhere from a half hour to two hours. In contemporary fiction, a short story can range from 1,000 to 20,000 words. Because of the shorter length, a short story usually focuses on one plot, one main character (with a few additional minor characters), and one central theme, whereas a novel can tackle multiple plots and themes, with a variety of prominent characters. Short stories also lend themselves more to experimentation — that is, using uncommon prose styles or literary devices to tell the story. -- https://www.cliffsnotes.com/cliffsnotes/subjects/literature/what-is-a-definition-of-short-story |
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