Thursday, November 9, 2017

Thursday, November 9, 2017





Announcements and Reminders for Thursday, November 9, 2017:
                         
This Saturday , November 11, will be Veterans'  Day. 


Targets for Today:

I  can read for enjoyment, and participate in discussions about literature. 
 I can notice and appreciate the choices of words, phrases, and sentences made by an author. 
 I can consider the setting of a story, and how it affects the story. 
I can compare and contrast  two stories with similar elements.  



Today’s  Agenda:


1. Today, check your composition book for your 
Collection  favorite phrases, sentences, words. 
Add to it, share with others. 
Watch for interesting words, phrases, and sentences.
Examples -- 
A favorite part:  "Now he could see the Milky Way, see it as he had never seen it before, a glimmering shroud across the arch of the sky" (95).
Another: 
"His guardian [Silas] looked almost heartbroken then, and Bod found himself scared, like a child who has woken a sleeping panther" (164).   This reminds me that one of Mowgli's guardians in The Jungle Book was a panther!
A favorite word:  "fetched up"    Meaning: informal to arrive (at) or end up (in)
2.  💀 The Graveyard Book -
Create a map of Bod's graveyard -- on the large sheet of paper provided. 
            or 
Create an article, "Secrets of the Graveyard Revealed,"  describing the characters --  on a Google document, shared with Ms. Dorsey. 



We will watch part of The Jungle Book Movie
Today -- we watched parts from 15:32 to 1:21:18
Favreau, Marks,  and producer Brigham Taylor developed the film's story as a balance between Disney's animated adaptation and Kipling's original works, borrowing elements from both into the film. 
and you will 
Compare and Contrast -- the novel,The Graveyard Book , with the movie, The Jungle Book.
If You Were Absent:




Vocabulary:



Jungle Book Movie:  74:17 
Favreau, Marks,  and producer Brigham Taylor developed the film's story as a balance between Disney's animated adaptation and Kipling's original works, borrowing elements from both into the film. 

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