Today we dug deeper into plot and took notes on the “Pyramid of Action” (plot structure). We applied it with the story “Little Red Riding Hood” and discussed as a class.  We also finished our Parts of Speech notes and hovered our upcoming story “The School Play” by Gary Soto for new or important vocabulary words.

Half Day tomorrow! Don’t forget! Students are dismissed at 11:05am. 

Everyone was assigned “Functions of Parts of Speech” on MobyMax – Language. YOU MUST SIGN IN THROUGH CLEVER. Students must earn an 85% or higher in order to receive full points. This will be due October 31st but they will get some class time to work on it every week.

You can find the parts of speech rap here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQJZHrgpg_0

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One-Pager #1 and #2 are due at the end of the month (October 26th). Each student should have at least ONE full novel read by this point in the year and should be currently reading their 2nd book if they are to finish their One-Pagers on time. These are 20 points summative each and will impact their grade tremendously if not turned in. Please make sure you are not waiting until the last day to complete these, they will take more than an evening to complete.

Homework:

• Read 100 minutes this week!! (whenever it fits into your busy schedule! Just make sure it totals 100 minutes)
• Read Theory – 5 more quizzes passed by Sunday!
• MobyMax – Language – “Functions of Parts of Speech” – Due October 31st
• One-Pagers #1 & 2 due October 26th – MAKE SURE YOU ARE READING – 2 NOVELS COMPLETED EVERY CARD MARKING!  End of card marking is in a month, have you read at least one book so far?