Periods 3/7
Read the tall tale “Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind” by Mary Pope Osbourne. (For an online version by another author, click HERE.) Students read independently and answered questions in their notebooks while reading.
Both classes didn't quite finish. Wednesday, classes started a novel (see below), and will complete the tale and a quiz on Thursday with a substitute.
Wednesday:
OM: OM: The bear had been their undoing, though at the time they had all laughed.
(undoing: to bring to ruin or disaster; destroy)
After the opening move students viewed a brief slideshow on text-response journals, which included the following:
*The purpose of the text /so what format is to respond to literature (short stories, poems, novels) in a meaningful, thoughtful way.
*For the selected reading (section of text or entire chapter) you will be required to select a quote, line or incident from the reading that you felt was significant to that section and copy or paraphrase the information in a text box. In another box you will respond to that piece of text by commenting and/or explaining the importance and why you chose it. The explanation is called a "So what?"
*You will need a response journal section within your 5 subject notebook to maintain these responses as we will utilize this format throughout the year.
The novel Lyddie by Katherine Patterson was distributed, book cards were filled out. (For information about the book click HERE. Scroll down for summary and reviews.)
We read part of Chapter 1 and wrote a model text response:
Text
“They obeyed her, even Mama…”
So What
This shows that Lyddie has the authority in the family. Something seems to be wrong with Mama leaving Lyddie in charge.
Tomorrow I will be attending a conference. Students will continue with Tuesday's activity and take a quiz on the story we read that day.
Homework: Wed and Thurs
Prepare for spelling test on Friday
Read through chapter 2 in Lyddie.
