Students were shown an example of a setting description:
The river rushed noisily past the old dock, whose gray, weather worn planks seemed ready to crumble. The sky was overcast and the clouds rushed overhead with the wind that stripped the remaining many colored leaves from the trees. The air found its way through his thick sweater and he started to shiver.The mood of the piece was briefly discussed. Students then wrote for four minutes on a setting of their own imagining.
The first few snowflakes raced from the clouds into the river and disappeared.
We read "Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes, stopping occasionally to apply the reading strategies. (Click the link for the full text.)
Homework:
- Study spelling
- Study Story Elements handout. Apply story read today to each element (doesn't have to be written).
