Monday, 12/5: Homework, NEWSELA, Vocab H/W

Welcome Guest Teacher! I will do the Slides on Tuesday!

Copy homework into planner:

KBARR
Vocabulary as usual.

 

Go to NEWSELA and do Holocaust Part 2.

  • Read the article.
  • Do the Quiz.
  • Do the Writing. (50 word minimum.)

 

Done? Start Vocab Definitions.

Done? Writing your intro. You need about 200 words. If you don’t have a book yet….WHY?!?

  1. Start with a little hook:
    • Imagine yourself…
    • Throughout history mankind has…
    • It was a dark and stormy night…
    • What do you call a… (joke)
    • Once upon a time…
    • Have you ever wondered…
    • What if…
    • Jimmy was a boy who…
    • Scary, gripping, and difficult to put down…
    • Etc.
  2. Give us the required info:
    • Title
    • Author
    • Genre (Not just fiction/non; we want something like romance, sci fi, horror, mystery, fantasy, comedy, historical fiction, etc.)
  3. Time for the 5 W’s for the BOOK:
    • This is the story of…
    • This book is about…
    • Set in the future…
    • Not too much detail; you have less than a minute.
  4. Now to set up the PASSAGE:
    • This is the part of the book where…
    • This is the scene when…
    • _____ is about to _____