1.WRITING...
New Project... LAST WRITING PROJECT THAT IS ALSO COUNTING AS A FINAL EXAM...
THE STUDENTS WILL BE WRITING 3 SHORT STORIES WITH 4 SMALL ADVENTURES IN EACH... EACH ADVENTURE IS TO BE ONLY 100-150 WORDS...
TODAY THE STUDENTS WILL BEGIN STORY 1... PART 1...

2.READING...
Novel Work... New Novel... THE GIVER by Lois Lowry...
Today the students will begin a new reading program using the SmartBoard Reading program...
Today they will read Chapter 1 and get questions to that chapter depending on the number of sections... for example chapter 1 has 5 sections, therefore there will be 5 questions...

3.SKILLS...Period 5
Today the students will work on READ ABOUT... 20 SESSIONS NEED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE JUNE 14TH...

TUESDAY, 5/14/2013

1.WRITING... FINAL EXAM...
TODAY THE STUDENTS WILL GET PART 2 TO STORY 1...

2.READING...
Novel Work... New Novel...THE GIVER by Lois Lowry...
Today the students will read Chapter 2 and get the 3 questions assigned...
They must answer Chapter 1's questions tonight...

3.SKILLS..Period 5...
Today the students must work on Session #2 of READ ABOUT...

WEDNESDAY, 5/15/2013

1.WRITING..FINAL EXAM...
Today the students will get Part 3 to Story #1...

2.READING...
Novel Work... THE GIVER by Lois Lowry...
Today the students will read Chapter 3
They will get the questions to this chapter...

3.SKILLS...Period 5...
The students must work on Reading Questions to Chapters 2 and 3 this period...

THURSDAY, 5/16/2013

1.WRITING...FINAL EXAM...
Today the students will work on Part 4, the last part of Story #1...
Story #1 should be completed by today...

2.READING...
Novel Work... THE GIVER by Lois Lowry
Today the students will read Chapter 4...

3.SKILLS...Period 5...
Today the students may work on READ ABOUT or FREE-WRITING...

FRIDAY, 5/17/2013

1.WRITING...FINAL EXAM OR FREE-WRITING...
Today the students will work typing their first story in their FINAL EXAM...or FREE-WRITING...

2.READING...
Novel Work...THE GIVER by Lois Lowry...

3.SKILLS... Period 5...

SAVING FOR FUTURE BOOK REPORTS...

BOOK REPORT FORMAT TO FOLLOW...

Paragraph 1…
1.Naming the title and author of your novel tell what KIND of story you think you read. (1 SENTENCE)… (example)… No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman is an example of a realistic fiction novel.
2.Tell what voice is being used to tell the story. (This story is told in FIRST or THIRD person narrative.) (1 SENTENCE) (example)… This story is told in first-person narrative. Or This story is told in third-person narrative.
3.Name the primary character(s), and tell what you think his/her main problem is. (1-2 SENTENCES)
4.Give a detail about the main problem. (1-2 SENTENCES)
5.Give a short story summary of now what happens to your character(s). (4 SENTENCES)

Paragraph 2…
1.Give an opinion about your main character(s). (1-2 SENTENCES)
2.Give 2 examples that support your opinion about the main character.
(2 SENTENCES)
3.Tell what you think the THEME of the novel is. (1 SENTENCE)
4.Give evidence to support the THEME you mentioned. (1 SENTENCE)

Paragraph 3…
1.Tell about the author’s style of writing. (3 SENTENCES)
This may include discussion about how real the characters were, whether or not the dialogue used was realistic, was there adequate description, did the story “work”, did you remain interested in it, did the author use difficult or “easy” language, was the story a good length?

Paragraph 4…
1.Give your opinion about the novel. Be prepared to tell why you feel this way. (2 SENTENCES)

INDEPENDENT PROJECT WORK...

For the FOURTH MARKING PERIOD for YOUR FINAL FREE WRITING... The topics are listed below... what I expect is at least 5 fully typed pages...
ENJOY!
• Write a story about characters discovering a secret city…
• Write a story about the day you discover you were adopted…
• Write a story about the day after 911…
• Write a story about being kidnapped and how you escaped…
• Write a story about being caught in an avalanche…
• Write a story about the day your pet began to talk with you…
• Write a story about waking up in the past… or the future…
• Write a story about discovering your parents are criminals…
• Write a story about finding out that your younger sibling is in serious trouble with drugs/alcohol/…
• Write a story about becoming invisible…
• Write a story about switching places with someone… anything living…
• Write a story about the day when your pen or pencil writes nothing but the truth…
• Write a story about the day in the life of an unpopular girl/boy who decides to run away… • Write a story about an astronaut crash landing upon a deserted island…
• Write a story about suddenly discovering you can fly…
• Write a story about a time when you discovered a rare, valuable animal and you had to save it from capture or extinction…
• Write a story in which you exchange places with a fairy tale character…
• Write a story about getting kidnapped by circus performers and having to be part of the circus…
• Write a story in which your favorite athlete or celebrity is put into danger…
• Write a story in which you become part of something inanimate…
• Write a story in which you are trapped in your favorite book…
• Write a story in which you discover a cure for cancer…
• Write a story in which you spend time with an Amazon Indian tribe living in the rain forest…
• Write a story in which you wake up one morning and you are only 1 foot tall…
• Write a story in which you are a hitch-hiker on a rocket headed for life on a space station…
• Write a story in which you have dinner with 4 historical figures…

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND