Say It Your Way

You have just chosen 3 lines or parts from your book.  Please write one of the lines on the comment section of the blog and write what you think it means.

GETTING INTO CHARACTER

Today you will be filling out the getting into character graphic organizer for a character in your IRP Books.  After you complete the character graphic organizer, I want you to write a sentence about what you think your character meant by something they did or said.  Using what you know from the text and what you know on your own to create statements is an inference.

Ms. Newton

Author Authority

Today, you have looked up information on your author.  In your research, you have found other books that the author has written; comments the author has made about the book you are reading and other books that he/she has read.  Please comment below who your author is and one or two interesting things that you found out about your author.

Book Choice

Today you looked at a few options of books to decide to do for your IRP.  I want to know which one you chose and why.

Anticipation Guide Reactions

What is your opinion (do you agree or disagree) to the following statements?
1.  In a court room, a person is always guilty until proven innocent.
2.  Racism and prejudice isn't a problem today.
3.  There are consequences to every decision we make.
4.  Peer pressure is always negative.
5.  Discrimination can occur because of age.
6.  Writing in a journal is a good way to express feelings.
7.  People who commit crimes come from broken homes and dysfunctional families.
Explain why.  You need to respond to each statement.  So you should have at least 7 sentences in your reaction.  One sentence per statement.
Ms. Newton

Book Pass - Choose Your Book For Literature Circles

This year, we are going to be in literature circle groups, 3-5 people.  I have chosen 4 books for you to look through today, and decide which book you might be interested in reading.  The book choices for this 1st quarter are:

The Gun by Paul Langon,

Monster by Walter Dean Myers,

 Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald,

and The Trouble with Lemons by Daniel Hayes.

While looking at each of these books, look at the title, read the back of the book, read a few pages of the beginning of the book, and decide which book you might be interested in reading.  Comment on this post what book you might want to read and why you feel that way.

Reaction to stories from Guys Write for Guys Read

1.  What did you think was interesting and how did you fill about David Shannon's writing and illustrations?

2.  What do you think about the statement "Reading Can Be Dangerous"?  Do you agree or disagree?  Why?

3.  What did you think was interesting about Jerry Spinelli or Walter Dean Myers stories?