HW for Wednesday, 10/30

1) Finish pg. 27 #3 -- Label it "Outlining Your Plot #3"

and

2) Pick an independent reading book and answer question #1 (see below).  Make sure to follow the formatting guidelines and the RATETEO structure (see below) we reviewed in class.

Week 1 Question: Why did you choose this book? If someone chose it for you, why did
you agree to it? (100 Words)

Restate
Answer question
Text evidence
Explain text evidence
Text evidence
Explain text evidence
Observe

Example:
For my independent reading book, I chose to read "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins.  The back of the book says it is about children fighting for their lives in a dystopian society.  This is good for me because I like books with action and people who live in a world that is different from ours.  The back of the book also says that the protagonist of the book is a girl, and it has been a long time since I read a book with a female protagonist.  Based on what the back of the book says and what I know about the story, I think this will be a good IRP book for me this session. (117 words)

HW for Tuesday, 10/29

Nanowrimo workbook -- see page 27 and complete #1 and #2.
Your paragraphs should be typed and follow the usual formatting guidelines.  Label the assignment "Outlining Your Plot 1 and 2."

HW for Thursday, 10/24

Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz!

HW for Tuesday, 10/22

IRP due Thursday!!!!

HW for Monday, 10/21

Complete the Quotation Marks Worksheet #1

and

IRP due Thursday!!

HW for Friday, 10/18

Complete draft 2 of your IRP Summary.  See the guidelines below.  Remember that your final paragraph should follow the RATETEO format.

Also, IRP is due Thursday, 10/24!!  Work on that this weekend.

HW for Thursday, 10/17

Finish the IRP Summary we started in class

IRP Summary:
Use your knowledge of HOW A PLOT DEVELOPS  to write a 3 paragraph summary of your book. Type and double‐space. Edit for grammar and spelling and follow the formatting guidelines (see the link in the upper right hand corner of this page for a reminder). Make sure you cover the following and that you use this outlined structure:

• Who the author is? (paragraph 1)
• What kind of book is it? (Fiction? Non‐fiction? Mystery? Drama? Biography?) (paragraph 1)
• Write about the exposition! Setting, characters, and situation (paragraph 2)
• What happens in your book? Give a fairly detailed description of the inciting incident (what are the external and internal conflicts?).  (paragraph 2)
• Tell about the rising action (including the climax) and falling action. (paragraph 2)
• What are your thoughts about the book? (paragraph 3 -- this should follow the RATETEO format)

HW for Tuesday, 10/15

Draft 2 of Gallery Card
and
Make up work

JW and SC: study for re-take.

HW for Friday, 10/11

Complete draft 1 of your Gallery Card -- remember what we reviewed in class and see the sample on the left for guidelines.

HW for Thursday, 10/10

Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz.
Remember to also review types of verbs and adjectives.

HW for Wednesday, 10/9

IRP 6

Type, label and date your response to the following question:

What is your (detailed) plan for your independent reading project? How is it interactive? (200+ words).

Daily Warm Up for Wednesday, 10/9

Try these adjectives games, and/or review the verbs games from last week.

http://www.ezschool.com/Games/Adjectives.html
http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames/verbnounadjective.html
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/adjectives.htm
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=5&Unit=4&Topic=Adjectives

HW for Tuesday, 10/8

Wksht 10.
SJ: WG/RATEO question 2

HW for Monday, 10/7

182-197 and wksht 9
SJ: RATETEO wksht for Westing Game Final Question 1

HW for Friday, 10/4

157-181, wksht 8
SJ: make up work

HW for Thursday, 10/3

128-156, wksht 7.
Satchel: make up work.

Daily Warm up for Thursday, 10/3

Try these linking and helping verbs activities!

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=7&Unit=3&Topic=Verbs&x=26&y=19
http://www.quia.com/quiz/653873.html
http://quizlet.com/3296316/linking-verbs-flash-cards/
http://quizlet.com/15684116/linking-verb-action-verb-helping-verb-flash-cards/
http://www.quia.com/rr/121293.html
http://www.quia.com/ba/63175.html

HW for Wednesday, 10/2

IRP 5

Complete the RATETEO Sentence Starters worksheet (please note that I've edited the sentence starters a bit) and then type your paragraph.

Week 5 Question: What morals or lessons do you think the author intends his/her reader to find in this book? (200 words)

HW for Tuesday, 10/1

Read your IRP book.
This is week 5 of the session.  Remember the calculation you did a few weeks ago?  Divide the number of pages in your book by 6.  Now multiply that number by 5.  For instance, if I picked a 600 page book . . . 600/6=100 . . . 100 x 5 = 500.  That means I should be at around page 500 by now.  Are you where you should be?

This is also a good night to do make up work.

Daily Warm Up for Tuesday, 10/1

Try these action and being verbs activities:
http://www.softschools.com/language_arts/grammar/verb/balloon_game/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/grammar/verbs.htm
http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-directions.cgi?Grade=2&Unit=5&Topic=Verbs