Friday, May 11, 2018

Announcements and Reminders for Friday, May 11, 2018:                           We have only 13 days of school left, not counting today.     Let's plan on our field trip to the cemetery on May 17.   Check with parents to see if any can come.  We need two or more.  We already have two moms willing to come.   Dress according to the weather.  Bring your phones to take pictures.

Targets for Today: I can read, write about, and discuss literature.

Today’s  Agenda for Friday, May 11, 2018: If you have finished Holes and have answered the questions place your composition book in the top wire basket to be graded.   1. Check your composition book to make sure you collected words and phrases from The Graveyard Book last time.  We will check for these NEXT TIME!   EXAMPLES:   Ms.  Dorsey's -  "like a fluttering of heavy velvet"  pg. 100 unshriven   p. 104    from Oxford Dictionaries:  "'Years ago, the worst possible thing that could happen to a person was to die unshriven - or to die with sins still not forgiven.' 2. Read quietly in your own book, or Holes.  2a.  Meet with your __5___ o'clock appointment to talk about this:  If you could give a character in your book one piece of advice, what would it be?   3. Continue reading The Graveyard Book.   http://www.mousecircus.com/videos/ from  Chapter 5, minute 736, page 149 to Chapter 6, page 174.  Macabre --About the word as it is used in literature  The word has gained its significance from its use in French as la danse macabre for the allegorical representation of the ever-present and universal power of death, known in English as the Dance of Death and in German as Totentanz. In your composition book,  under "Word Collector, " copy two or three words or phrases you find interesting or useful.  Ms. Dorsey's --  Macabray  "There were people you could hug, and then there was Silas." pg. 149 "somewhere, at the edge of perception" pg. 154

If You Were Absent on Friday, May 11, 2018: See above.

Vocabulary:

Help and Enrichment  Danse Macabre -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM