Read and enjoy your break-- lessons from this week

We wrote a poem from words we "found" in the story: "How to Tell a True War Story," and we also talked about how to write a great objective summary by considering plot and writing a one-sentence "movie pitch" before we write the summary. Here are the details and assignments:
Found Poem: Directions 
 Found poem process and example
Objective summary lesson and read "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong."
Over the break: please read for three hours, total, as a minimum in the book you have chosen-- read as much as you like after that--have a great holiday!
Mrs. E

Read at will!

we had a fabulous visit from Ms. Beazizo and got our groove on with a new book to read! Please bring your book to class on Monday--thanks!
Mrs. E

This Week: November 9 - 13

Grammar and writing skills: we worked on proper ways to punctuate with the words "but" and "however." We also had a lesson about comma splices and how NOT to make them, and then we had some fun with metaphors.

Here is what we did after we read "How to Tell a True War Story" in our text

How to Tell a True War Story:  Theme Topics

1--the beauty and gore of war (how war looks).

2--the pain of losing your best friend (how war feels)

3--the insanity that comes with silence/being silenced (what silence sounds like)

Which story (part) in this chapter deals with each of these topics?

            1.

            2.

            3.

How To Tell a True War Story: paragraph

Use TEXTUAL EVIDENCE as SUPPORT for your SPECIFIC answer to the questions.

PROMPT#1: Is the baby water buffalo scene more disturbing than the author’s description of the death of Curt Lemon?  Be specific (include phrases from the text) in your answering paragraph.

PROMPT#2: Of those you have read in this book, which story seems the most true, and why?   Be specific (include phrases from the text) in your answering paragraph.

First Week of November!

Monday we finished the RL.2 assessment-- please see me if you haven't completed it.
Tuesday/Wednesday: We got jiggy with some grammar! Please view this power point if you missed it: The Causes of Clauses
We also took a look at what we like to read-- here is a copy of the document: What we like to read

Thursday/Friday: We finished presenting songs from our Slaughterhouse Five projects and we also thought about being stuck in a moral/ethical dilemma like Tim O'Brien is in his story:"On The Rainy River.
 Here are the ideas and situations we discussed: Situational Ethics and Moral Absolutes
HOMEWORK: Read the story, "How to Tell a True War Story" before class on Monday (period 6) or Tuesday (periods 3 and 4).

Punctuation Infatuation!

Here is what we did last week--
October 29/30:  we also took an assessment about theme and how it is developed in fiction texts (RL.2 Standard). Please let me know if you ahve to take this still. Thanks!
Mrs. E