Ms. Allen’s Reading Corner

MONDAY:

Warm-Up: Complete word puzzle on overhead. Distribute “Editor-in-Chief” packets.
Class work: Distribute, introduce, and explain vocabulary units and weekly procedures. Guidelines and word lists were also distributed in class. The vocabulary #1 written assignment is as follows:

Your parents have sent you to a boarding school far, far away. This boarding school could be any kind of boarding school: military school, wizardry school, fine arts school, athletic training school, etc. After having been there for 2 weeks, you write your parent(s) a letter in which you describe the school, your classes, and the people you’ve met. Tell them what’s been going on since your arrival. Use your imagination. Be creative! Use specific details. Remember the minimum page length. Follow the format of a friendly letter (763). Be sure to include the heading for the letter. DUE THURSDAY.

Begin working on vocabulary #1 written assignment.
Homework: Work on vocabulary #1 written assignment (due Thursday).

TUESDAY:

Warm-Up: Complete “Quick Write” (16) in your literature book. (1/2 page minimum). Then read the remainder of page 16.
Class work: Introduce and read “Broken Chain” (17-24). Then answer ?’s 1-6 in CRS and complete the “Writing” activity on page 26. Turn in on wall by the period’s end.
Homework: Work on vocabulary #1 written assignment (due Thursday).

WEDNESDAY:

Warm-Up: Complete and check “Editor-in-Chief” #1 & #2.
Class work: Complete the following pages in your Holt Reader: Pages 6-18. Due by period’s end.
Homework: Work on vocabulary #1 written assignment (due Thursday).

THURSDAY:

Warm-Up: Complete and check “Editor-in-Chief” #3 & #4.
Class work: Take story quiz over “Broken Chain.” Then review vocabulary #1 in groups using written assignments.
Homework: Study for vocabulary #1 quiz.

FRIDAY:

Warm-Up: Return grades papers/Prepare paper for vocabulary #1 quiz.
Class work: Take vocabulary #1 quiz.  Introduce vocabulary #2 words and its related written assignment:

Yarns and tall tales:  Stories told in common language about impossible happenings.  Select a theme from one of the following or create a tall tale topic of your own and stretch it into an outrageous and unbelievable yarn:

* How an elephant’s trunk became the first fire truck.
* How a dinosaur’s sneeze started breezes.
* How a grandfather’s clock became the first wristwatch.
* How an anteater invented the first trumpet.
* How a tickle bone was discovered.
* How a spider became a spider monkey.
* How a hole became the Grand Canyon.

Be imaginative and use specific details.  Your tall tale should be told from third-person point of view, written in a simple dialect, and contain exaggeration.  Your tale’s hero or protagonist should be “larger than life.”  DUE THURSDAY. FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES IN YOUR BINDER.
Homework:  Work on vocabulary #2 written assignment (due Thursday, 1/17).

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