This week we will be reading chapters 24-28. I hope to finish the book by next Friday. We will have our book test on Tuesday, Jan 31st. We will be reviewing the packets as we read, so if you're staying current, you should not have any trouble with the test.
We are reviewing Figurative Language as well. Click on this link if you need to review the types of Figurative Language we've discussed. http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-figurative-language.html
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Again, check the earlier post if you need to find the book online. As we read our way through Stargirl, you'll be expected to keep up with the questions in you packet. Click HERE to see a copy of question packet #2 for chapters 21 -29. The skills you'll be expected to understand from this novel are: Characterization Types of Conflict Mood and Tone Using Text Evidence Theme Development We are reading the novel "Stargirl" in class. Everyone has a packet to work on as we go. Here is a link to the book online in case you are absent or need to review http://web.henry.k12.va.us/cms/lib04/VA01000023/Centricity/Domain/546/Stargirl.pdf In class we have watched these videos to introduce the strategy "NOTICE and NOTE.Below you'll see all of the videos we've coverd. Here is a link to the student packet in case you should loose yours.stargirl_classwork_packet_1.docx Homework for the week of Dec 5-9 is vocabulary. Compelte the Frayer Model for each word by Friday. Quiz on the word will be Friday too. Vocabulary Words and definitions We will be finishing up "The Highwayman" poem early this week with a Figurative Language scavenger hunt and rewriting a stanza to practice mood and tone.
Wednesday and Thursday we will read "The Monkey's Paw" in preparation for our field trip on Monday the 14th. Students will practice inferencing using this text. Click here for an abridged version. Homework will be a Figurative Language practice worksheet, and as always, students should be reading independently. This week we will begin reading "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes. Each student will receive a copy of the poem. We'll use the poem to investigate and review plot and figurative language. Student's took notes on definitions for figurative language terms. On Tuesday we will discuss vocabulary in the poem and author's word choice. Students' will become aware of how word choice effects the tone and mood.
reading.log.weekly__1_.docThis week students will be reading about a young girl who struggles to get an education, despite many disadvantage. This story wraps up our unit theme, "Life Isn't Fair". This article comes from out SCOPE magazine. Here's a copy if you want to read or review it at home. "THIRST" While reading this compelling true story we will be reviewing the skills we've practiced this 9 weeks: characterization, theme, mood, tone, conflicts, irony, and we'll toss in a little text structure. In case you've forgotten, here's a list of the 5 types: descriptive, order & sequence,cause/effect, problem/ solution, compare/contrast Friday we will have a benchmark assessment to see what the students have learned and if I need to do any reteaching. Our homework this week is to read 20 minutes each night from a novel of your choice. You'll need to answer a reading response question for each session you read. Below you will find a copy of the log.. Last week we did not begin the O'Henry story. Check last week's post for the text if you need it and examples of irony.
Students should finish their extended metaphor poems by Wednesday. We'll be plotting the story as well as looking at tone, mood and theme. Hope everyone is safe after Matthew passed through. I'm looking forward to sharing this week's text with my students.
Friday we started looking at a famous Langston Hughes's poem using an extended metaphor called Mother to Son. Our first task will be to use this poem as a pattern for our own extended metaphor poem. Later we'll practice 2 skills, point of view and irony using another classic story by O'Henry, The Gift of the Magi.Click on the title for a link to the text we'll be using Students will also learn about the 3 types of irony. They'll see these 3 Ted Ed produced videos that explain each type. Click on the irony example to view. Verbal, Situational, Dramatic We'll explore how the author's point of view impacts the story. We'll look at first person and how it limits the readers knowledge and compare the types of third person and what makes them different. We've got a lot to squeeze into this week.
First you've got a very interesting homework assignment. Click on homework to see a copy. Next, we're going to be discovering some facts about the Harlem Renaissance, a really interesting time for the arts. Then, we've got a great story to read called "Treasure of Lemon Brown" If you want to read it, here's the link to a copy.Treasure of Lemon Brown text We are also covering the elements of a story using a plot diagram. We're discussing exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. All good stories have conflicts. We're learning that conflicts fit into 2 categories. Internal and External. There are 3 types of external: man vs man, man vs nature, man vs. society. Man vs. self is the only type of Internal Conflict. Here's a you tube video you an watch for review or if you've been absent. Types of conflict. This week students will be focusing on a nonfiction text titled "Lost In Death Valley" The skills we will focus on will be mood and tone and using text to support our claim. There are some vocabulary words you'll need to know. We're using these in class, but here is the list just in case. desolate, dogged, giddy, inferno, notorious, oppressive If you need to read the text at home here's a link. Lost in Death Valley For homework students have been given the task of researching their name. You can find the directions here for the Journal Assignment |
AuthorHi. My name is Cindy Weiss. I've been a teacher at Fuquay Varina Middle School for 18 years. I'll be posting our class assignments and other things you may need throughout the year. |