No H/W - Enjoy your halloween!


Lesson Recap - Showing how a 'part'  can capture the 'whole' of a story.

ALL CLASSES Install the Add-ON - SASwriting reviser into your google docs.

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Part to Whole Day 1

H/W - Choose a 'part' of your book club book (line, scene, quote etc') - that you believe captures the message of the entire story or the state of character change. Come ready to share that part with your book club.

Use these databases to help with 'abstract brainstorm'

Emotions  Word list

Weather Word list

Symbols word list

Lesson RECAP - Thinking abstractly about events

Grammar - Subjects and Predicates (TEST is MOVED to FRIDAY)

• Subjects and Predicates Test - FRIDAY - IF - you want to do more practice on subjects and predicates - see these links below. 
• YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO WRITE A SHORT PIECE THAT USES ADVANCED SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES COMBINED IN A PIECE OF WRITING

EXAMPLE OF A STRONG TEST ANSWER

Optional Practice: Try to spend 5 mins each night practicing some of these exercises.

http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisesubjpred2.htm

http://www.quia.com/rr/36765.html

http://www.quia.com/rr/36764.html

http://www.quia.com/quiz/673842.html?AP_rand=1501518670

http://www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/55.asp

http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/braingames/iknowthat/TagAWord/TagAWord.cfm?Topic=SubjectsPredicates

http://teachers.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/cshope/Grammar%20lessons/subject%20predicate%20quiz.htm

Book Clubs

Next Week - Do this for Monday...

You need JUST an IDEA to write about

The idea is that you come to class with a moment in your life that was  a 'A Ha'  - moment.

Grammar Recap

You will have a grammar test on Subjects and Predicates next THURSDAY

IMPORTANT
Memoir Resubmissions - If you have worked on your piece since conferences, you need to email me to let me know that it needs to be regarded. Window to resubmit memoirs only stays open until next Friday.

H/W
As you read tonight, make sure you interact with the text at the Head and Heart level.

Sentence Starters

You will have your first formal - graded - book club meeting on Friday. Will your team be ready?