Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:          Today is the last day to hand in late work or revised work or extra credit for this term.   You can hand in your left-over hall passes today or on the 26th.  The term ends on October 26.

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.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual Reading time  -- Select a question from your list of responses.  Answer it in your composition book -- 1/3 page or more. 2. Suzanne Collins -- the author of Gregor, the Overlander She is also the author of  The series that begins with Gregor the Overlander is called The Underland Chronicles.  3. What other stories can you think of that have a character or characters starting out in the real world and then moving through some sort of portal to another world? Alice falls down the rabbit hole. What other stories can you think of?  Make a list in your composition book under reading response log. Move around the classroom to share ideas with others.  4. Begin reading Gregor the Overlander.

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Monday, October 17, 2016

Announcements and Reminders:                           Wednesday is the last day to hand in late work or revised work or extra credit for this term.   You can hand in your left-over hall passes today, next time, or on the 26th.  The term ends on October 26.

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. Compare and Contrast two stories -- one based loosely on the other.  The Graveyard Book and The Jungle Book

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Individual Reading time  -- Select a question form your list of responses.  Answer it in your composition book -- 1/3 page or more. 2. How Neil Gaiman came to write The Graveyard Book http://www.mousecircus.com/videos/  The Graveyard Book Tour: Week 3  Minute :52 -end of this segment. Cover of the first edition of The Jungle Book The Jungle Book:  has 14 stories -- Among them are these: "Mowgli's Brothers": A boy is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle with the help of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, and then has to fight the tiger Shere Khan. This story has also been published as a short book in its own right: Night-Song in the Jungle. "Kaa's Hunting": This story takes place before Mowgli fights Shere Khan. When Mowgli is abducted by monkeys, Baloo and Bagheera set out to rescue him with the aid of Chil the kite and Kaa the python. Maxims of Baloo. "Tiger! Tiger!": Mowgli returns to the human village and is adopted by Messua and her husband who believe him to be their long-lost son Nathoo. But he has trouble adjusting to human life, and Shere Khan still wants to kill him. The story's title is taken from the poem "The Tyger" by William Blake. The Second Jungle Book: has 16 stories -- Among them are these: "How Fear Came": This story takes place before Mowgli fights Shere Khan. During a drought, Mowgli and the animals gather at a shrunken river for a 'water truce', during which Hathi the elephant tells the story of how the first tiger got his stripes. This story can be seen as a forerunner of the Just So Stories. "The King's Ankus": Mowgli discovers a jewelled object beneath the Cold Lairs which he later discards carelessly, not realising that men will kill each other to possess it. Note: the first edition of The Second Jungle Book inadvertently omits the final 500 words of this story, in which Mowgli returns the treasure to its hiding-place to prevent further killings. Although the error was corrected in later printings, it was picked up by some later editions. "The Spring Running": Mowgli, now almost seventeen years old, is growing restless for reasons he cannot understand. On an aimless run through the jungle he stumbles across the village where his adopted mother Messua is now living with her two-year-old son, and is torn between staying with her and returning to the jungle. Compare and Contrast -- using a Jungle Book video as a starter for our thinking.   Suzanne Collins -- http://www.authorama.com/jungle-book-1.html http://helen-keeble.livejournal.com/76398.html

If You Were Absent: See above.

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Thursday, October 13, 2019

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 Book Begin creating an illustration or map for The Graveyard Book.  What places would you need to include on a map?   The Owen's Crypt The Chapel Unconsecrated ground where Liza Hempstock is buried Frobisher Mausoleum - The Sleer underneath The Ghoul Gate The Egyptian Walk The poet's grave The smaller graveyard Scarlett's house The Dorian Home The Bus stop The Pawn Shop the School where Silas was hit by the police car where they danced  the Macabray Last time we read to  page 279, Chapter 7,  Part 2,  minute 42:45. Today we finished the book.    (There are about 54 minutes left in the book.) http://www.mousecircus.com/videos/ A favorite (and useful) word or quote:   "You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it."  pg. 298 1:10:05        25:17 Map or illustration Places:  The Dorian home The Graveyard  Silas'   The Owens'  Crypt The Frobisher Mausoleum -- with the Sleer below The Ghoul Gate The Pawnshop The other smaller graveyard The School

If You Were Absent: See above.

Vocabulary:

Background music for discussion:
Haunted Mansion Ride
Nightmare Before Christmas
https://music.amazon.com/albums/B009JDUZ90/ref=dm_ws_dp_ald_bb_phfa_xx_xx?do=play