Here we are faced with yet another shortened week, but as always, we will make the most of our time! Students are in the final stretch of reading their nonfiction books, and they have been sharing some very thoughtful insights through their responses logs. On Thursday, they will begin to compose slide shows that touch upon the book's content, nonfiction structure/features, the author's purpose and point-of-view, new vocabulary within the text, effective and/or beautiful language, and new understandings of the book's topic. They will present their slideshows to one another next week, and perhaps be inspired to read someone else's book!
Along with this reading and writing, students are practicing seven usages of commas, editing for capitals and punctuation, as well as using their vocabulary words.
Homework:
Monday: VOCAB QUIZ tomorrow; Chunk #6 w/log due Thursday; Nonfiction Moments due Friday.
Tuesday/Wednesday: Chunk #6 w/log due Thursday; Nonfiction Moments due Friday.
Thursday: Nonfiction Moments due tomorrow; work on slide show
Friday: work on slide show
Quizlet for Vocab list #8
