Today we practiced more with identifying poem rhyme schemes with Shel Silverstein’s “Smart”. We also did a “Rainbow Write” about the character traits of the characters in Tuck Everlasting. We will continue reading Tuck Everlasting next week.
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We discussed Tuck Everlasting in our literature circle groups today and created a “Character traits chart” with our groups using our previously brainstormed ideas. If students did not finish, they can finish during the first round of Daily 5 tomorrow. We are continuing to study the basics of poetry as well with rhyme schemes and identifying a rhyme scheme of a poem. We will continue practicing this tomorrow as well.
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We continued learning about characterization and applying it to Tuck Everlasting characters. We analyzed chapters 9-11 for character traits that describe Winnie Foster and answering comprehension questions.
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We began characterization today with selecting strong character trait adjectives from a pile and using them to describe one character from Tuck Everlasting. We shared our responses in pairs and then created a circle and shared whole class. Students did very well with this activity! I was blown away by their ability to make inferences and connect their ideas!
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Today we are going to read Chapters 6-8 of Tuck Everlasting. If any student is absent today, they should read this over the break (Click HERE for the .pdf version of the story). We will also be given time to work on our final copies of the Personal Narratives. Any final copies not finished today are due February 27th when we return from mid-winter break.
Homework over break:
Today we peer edited each other’s stories and worked on our setting projects. I am encouraging students to create a rough draft before beginning their finals copies. A copy of the book can be found here if you would like to work on it at home or don’t finish in class tomorrow.
Homework
– Read for 20 minutes and respond on reading logs
– Personal narrative final copies due the Monday after Mid-winter break!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today we were given time to finish our personal narrative rough drafts during Daily 5 time and then were introduced to a setting map project for Tuck Everlasting. Students will use evidence from the text to support their map of the setting. This project is due Friday. Many students informed me they may be out on Friday due to the break, if this is the case their maps are due by Thursday at the end of class since they will have all class to finish their projects.
Homework
– Read for 20 minutes and respond on reading logs
– Personal narrative rough draft due tomorrow!
Today we worked hard on our personal narrative rough drafts and met with our Literature Circle groups to discuss chapters 3-5 of Tuck Everlasting. We made inferences on the characters Winne and “the man in the yellow suit” based on the “clues” the author gave us in the chapters. We are pausing to work on a setting project I will introduce tomorrow. This project will be due by Friday.
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– Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log
We planned our rough drafts out for our personal narratives, adding theme (lessons you want the reader to learn) to them. We also got into our Literature Circles to discuss the Prologue-chapter 2 of Tuck Everlasting. Many groups had wonderful discussions about the book! The groups also created a collaborative CER response to one of the discussion questions and then reported then out to the whole class.
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We planned out the sequence of our personal narratives on a pyramid of action and then read Tuck Everlasting (Prologue-chapter 2). Comprehension questions need to be ready for tomorrow’s literature circle discussions! (May work on during round 1 of Daily 5 but need to read first!!!)
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We were introduced to our personal narrative projects today and brainstormed ideas. We then previewed Tuck Everlasting a little bit more and made predictions on why it is titled Tuck Everlasting and any questions we might about about the book after previewing the cover & description. Tomorrow we will begin reading and discussing in assigned literature circle groups (as well as whole class!).
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We took a look at examples of proficient and not proficient writing samples with partners today before diving back into our Argumentative Essays. Students wrote a rough draft, edited/revised them, and wrote their final copies. We will begin previewing Tuck Everlasting on Monday!
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We have one last assessment to take before we get a break from testing for awhile! We began the district writing assessment. Students worked vigilantly on reading an article and planning for their writing. Tomorrow we will work on the rough draft and final copy so we can begin Tuck Everlasting on Monday!
Figurative Language Test retakes: Tomorrow before school @ 7:30 am. – planners must be signed by parent!
Homework
– Review for retake! (Actually study this time!!)
– Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log (Due tomorrow!!)
Today we went to the library and took our Figurative Language Test. I am working hare on getting them graded tonight so students can decide if they want to retake it for a better grade. Please remember I now average the original score and retake score. Students can check over their answers on iLearn now and will get back their written portion tomorrow in class with their overall grade on it.
Test retakes: Thursday after school @ 3:00pm ; Friday before school @ 7:30 am. – planners must be signed by parent!
Figurative language projects – grades are up and I was very impressed with the quality and creativity! Several students did not turn it in. Please check student connect and turn it in to me by Friday or it will remain a zero in the grade book. This is a summative grade! (80% of your overall grade)
Homework
– Review for retake!
– Read 20 minutes and respond on reading log
We will be discussing our NWEA scores today and making new goals for ourselves. Then we presented our Figurative Language Projects for those that wanted to share theirs. We have a test on Figurative Language tomorrow that we will review for at the end of class! The test will be on definitions and examples of: similes, metaphors, hyperboles, alliterations, onomatopoeias, personification, imagery, idioms, symbolism, and allusions. All definitions and examples can be found in their Reading ISNs which they should take home to help study. There will be some comprehension questions on this test about “All Summer in a Day” and “The Jacket” which we previously read and discussed in class. They will be able to use their Literature books for the comprehension questions
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