Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Chapter 4 and 5

Define: Juvenile Correctional Facility


Read Chapter 4 and take Cornell Notes


Read Chapter 5 and take Cornell Notes

*As you meet new characters create a Character Chart for them in your Writing about Reading section.  











Quiz on chapters 4 & 5
      ***Take good notes***


Thursday, October 15, 2015

Anticipatory Activity/Predictions

Anticipatory Activity 


  • Group of 4
  • Paper x 2 folded in 1/2 
  • Word on left
    • Friendly
  • Words on right
    • words that mean the same thing
  • Word on left
    • Tough 
  • Words on right
    • words that mean the same thing


  • Pass out Predictive Questions



Wednesday, October 14, 2015

SRI of Holes & of Yourselves

Lexile -What does it mean??

https://www.lexile.com/about-lexile/lexile-video/


What is the Lexile of HOLES by Louis Sachar?


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What is YOUR Lexile?

Take out your Readers Notebook and open to the back cover. At the top with a Sharpie write down the date...

June 2015- Lexile was...

At the bottom write..
My goal is the have a Lexile of (50 more than yours now) by December.

***The goal is to have a students Lexile improve around 100 points in 1 school year.


Is the book HOLES the right book for you??

Homework:
Read Chapter 2 & 3 and create a character chart for Stanley (it must have one character trait and one example to support that trait). Use the worksheet passes out from previous lesson.

Chapter 1

-Read Chapter 1 Aloud

-Pass out books
(write down number of book next to students name on list)


Homework: 
Reread Chapter 1 and sketch the scene.



Monday, October 12, 2015

Holes-Introduce Characters & Read Aloud Chapter 1



                               /https://prezi.com/uvoyjoyzexv9/holes-book-introduction/












Character Traits-describe the character on the inside
(write in notebook)



Character Traits are found on the inside of the character and are different from the physical traits which describe the outside of the character.


Different Types of Character Traits

Read list and circle 2 that describe you...
The 2 I picked for myself are...
Anyone want to share theirs...

Highlight one word that you DON'T know what it means...Homework...put word in glossary and define it.




















Make Chart In Our Notebook- 
                   Writing About Reading Sections









Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Silent Reading Record Keeping & Sketches

Reading at Home...How many minutes will you read?



Open your planner to the whole month of October.  You will be recording the number of minutes you read each night and the number of pages you read.  




Sketches about the book you are reading

Can you guess which books these sketches are from???



The Hunger Games

Harry Potter


The Maze Runner


Hatchet