EvertsELA

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Questioning While Reading

Thin vs. Thick Questions

Good readers are always thinking of questions as they read. Questions help us check our understanding, make connections, wonder, and read on to discover answers.

Some questions are easily connected to a correct answer, often right in the text. Those are called "thin" questions.

Some questions require us to interpret, or think more deeply. They require us to think beyond on the text, and they may have more than one possible answer. These are called "thick" questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjiBcLP5HAk

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Please open your notebook to your reading list of books you have read.

Fill in any books you have read, even if you did not finish...remember it is ok to abandon a book.

I will be checking to see if you are choosing books that are appropriate for you at your level.

Type in book title and Lexcile
https://www.google.com/?safe=active&ssui=on

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

How to write a descriptive paragraph

Collect information

What is a descriptive paragraph?

What would one look like?

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Descriptive-Paragraph

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

What's in a name? #7

Quiz ? #7
What's in a name?

Write down your full name and anything you know about your name.

How did you come to be named?
Who made the decision on your official name?
What nicknames do you have? Who gave them to you and why?

Hope Elizabeth Everts

I was named by my father. Actually, my parents were going to name me Kami (Ka-from my sister Kari's name and mi from my sister Jami's name). However, my dad when he was in the Air force babysat for a woman who named her daughter Hope Elizabeth and my dad always liked it. So my mom went along with it. I have had a few nick names. Biz, which is short for Elizabeth. My life long friend, Katie, use to call me Hope I (not sure why, she just did). I have a friend from collage whom I ran track with, Sarah, and Mrs. Ellsworth's husbands who calls me Hopers. I have had a few teachers call me Hopey. I have had people ask me if I have 2 sisters. And of course I have to say yes and then they ask me if their names are Faith and Charity-there is an old saying...Faith, Hope and Charity. Now about my last name...my maiden name...Papworth (English). I am extremely proud of being a Papworth. I loved that my old initials H.P. were the same as my fathers. The Papworth's are intelligent and hard working and I wanted and still want to live up to the name. In addition, I later found out about our family history business.

* When I got married I purchased a piece of Papworth leather for my husband as his wedding gift. Then I became an Everts (German and Dutch). The Everts have integrity and are also hard working. I am proud to be an Everts and have my children be Everts.

Research about your name.
http://rwtinteractives.ncte.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=660

Homework:
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson843/NameStoryAssignment.pdf