Tuesday, November 28, 2027

Announcements and Reminders:                           Schedule for December 19/20, 2017

Targets for Today: I  can read for enjoyment, and participate in discussions about literature.  I can share in a small group the things in our reading that surprise or interest me, and I can make predictions based on what has already happened in a story. I can conduct research online to find out information about books and stories.

Today’s  Agenda: 1.  Read your own book, or catch up on your group book.  Where are your groups in your books? Storyteller's Daughter   or  Legend       Small groups -- decide how much more you will read today -- in about 20 minutes.        Read.      Assignment for your group book:  Legend:  Look up and prepare to report about other dystopian books.                      (Take notes in your composition books.) The Storyteller's Daughter:   Find and prepare to tell a brief story.  go to  English Writing Lab to work on this.   Bring your composition book and your book.   +  the code I gave you

If You Were Absent: See above.

Vocabulary:

The Storyteller's Daughter    Brooklyn B. Ellie C. Brielle C. Annalisa D.  Gabby H. Elaina H. Pyper L. Izabella L.  Nicole R. Emily R.  Lyndsi S.  Leah Kambree Jared Knox   Decide as a group how much you will read for the next section. Because this book is about storytelling, find a story you could tell in class -- no more than 5 minutes long.   Practice.  You may read it, but be so familiar with it that you can read it with expression and feeling, and be able to make eye contact during the telling. Be prepared to present when you are called on either on December 12 or 14.    http://www.mensaforkids.org/teach/lesson-plans/the-art-of-storytelling/ http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/stories/ http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html http://www.storyarts.org/links/folktale/index.html easy folk tales to tell native american stories for kids

Legend   Makenzie B. Amelia W.  Jeshua D. Aiden M. Isabelle A.  Adam E.  Raechel H. Luke M. Nephi A. Jack  W. Ryan G.  James M. James E.  Savanna E.  Kaden C. Milo D. Katie S. Dystopian Fiction:  Select a book to find out more about.  Select three with 1 being your first choice, 2 and 3 your second and third.  ______  Anderson, Feed ______ Bacigalupi, Ship Breaker ______ Beddor, The Looking Glass Wars ______ Bethell, A Whisper of Horses ______ Card, Ender's Game ______ Carman, The House of Power ______ Cass,  The Selection ______ Clayton, The Roar Collins, The Hunger Games trilogy ______ Condie, Matched and Crossed ______ Dashner, The Maze Runner series ______ DeStefano, Wither  ______ DuPrau, City of Ember ______ Farmer, The House of the Scorpion or  The Ear, the Eye and the Arm ______ Fisher, Incarceron ______ Goodman, The Other Side of the Island ______ Gordon, Tunnels ______ Grant, Gone ______ Gray, Behind the Gates ______ Haddix, Among the Hidden ______ Hautman, Rash  ______ Huxley, Brave New World ______ Kidd, Dreambender ______ Lowry, The Giver, Gathering Blue, The Messenger, and Son ______ Lloyd, The Carbon Diaries ______ Mardsen, Tomorrow, When the War Began ______ Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go ______ O’Brien, Birthmarked ______ Oliver, Delirium and Pandemonium ______ Pearson, The Adoration of Jenna Fox ______ Rosoff, How I Live Now Roth, Divergent and Insurgent ______ Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves ______ Shusterman, Unwind ______ Westerfeld, The Uglies series ______ Weyn -- Bar Code Tatoo You will look up your book, read about what it is about, and see if you can find it on Common Sense Media, and/or on Goodreads.   Be prepared to tell a little about it.  Avoid spoilers.  How favorable are the reviews?  How interesting does this book sound to you?  https://lauriemorrisonwrites.com/2012/10/8th-grade-dystopian-unit/