This week brings a variety of ELA concepts and activities. We've begun vocabulary study with the first list of 12 words. Students will play with these words in varying ways over the next week, including "drawing" them, using them in stories or skits, examining root words some contain, and entering them into Quizlet. Through all of this repeated use, the words will become embedded just in time for a quiz late next week, but more importantly to use forever in their oral and written communication.
This week we will also finish taking notes on the elements of fiction, a reference sheet that students are asked to keep in their "save" section of ELA in their binders. We will examine Freytag's Pyramid, aka plot line mountain, to understand the movement of a fictional story, and students will apply this concept to various stories we read in class. The first will be "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant, which we will read on Wednesday, noting character traits, conflicts, setting, and theme in the story.
On Friday we are off to the library! Students will be given a quick intro to the library's layout and then will find a novel of their choice to read. They will keep a dialectical journal type of log of their thoughts as they read and, at a later point, they will be given a choice of assignments to complete based on their novel to show what they've learned thus far about the elements of fiction.
I do hope students have been busy working on their "I Am From" poetry projects. We are revisiting the instructions today as a reminder, and noting that projects are due by Wed. 9/27.
Homework:
Monday: work on project
Tuesday: project; finish vocab puzzles
Wednesday: project; enter vocab words on quizlet and play!
Thursday: project; vocab quizlet games; BRING IN novel if you just started one (library visit tomorrow!)
Friday: PROJECT; vocab quizlet games; read choice book
