Today in Language Arts the class was given time to go to the library. At this point, they should have read three good fit books for the year and should be starting the fourth chapter book of their choosing. If that is not the case, students will want to do extra reading at home for homework this week to get caught up.
After the library, the students were given time for SSR where they could choose between Read Theory and reading their good fit book. We wrote in and organized our Metacognitive Log too. I will be collecting notebooks to check the logs for the month of November on Wednesday after SSR. There should be ten entries for the month of November. Students who do not have this done will need to get their notebooks organized at home before Wednesday.
During class the students started learning about the mood and tone of a story. We discussed that the mood is the reader’s reaction to the text and the tone is how the author is trying to make the reader feel. We used the trailer from the movie Zootopia as an example and then looked at how the mood and tone change if the story would have been written as a horror film. The videos we looked at have been linked to this blog post.
Lastly, we started learning about genres by reviewing the difference between fiction and non-fiction. We will be diving in to the types of fiction and non-fiction in class tomorrow and Wednesday.
Have a great evening!
Homework:
- Read for 20 minutes
- Metacognitive Log Check for November on Wednesday
- Read Theory due Friday