Advisory Schedule: Slides Link.
Copy Homework into Planner:
- KBARR ! Read 15 minutes M-Th, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1 page (in notebook) by Friday. (Here are some more ideas for responding.)
- Vocabulary due Tuesday, THURSDAY.
- Defns. from LearnersDictionary due Tuesday.
- SMYK’s due Thursday.
- 120 Seconds Begins WEDNESDAY, 12/4.
Debrief Test #13. Hrrmmm.
120 Seconds Begins Wednesday. Volunteer for the first 5 for Wednesday? Second 5 for Thursday?
Writing your intro. You need about 200 words.
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.
- Now to set up the PASSAGE:
- This is the part of the book where…
- This is the scene when…
- _____ is about to _____
Vladek aloud. Chapter 5: Mouse Holes. (LINK to ONLINE VERSION.)