Friday, April 28, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                            You should have already shared your child's book with me on Google Docs -- for editing help, and as soon as you get the suggestions back, fix it.  If you are hand-drawing your illustrations, have them completely finished by May 4.  (May the 4th be with you!)

Targets for Today:  I can create setting description that shows instead of just telling.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Describe your dream house. Describe your dream house. 2.  Select one of these two sentences to imitate.         Change the subject. create your own description, following the pattern of the model sentence.  Sentence Imitating:   Model:  The grass was green. Imitation:  The house was old. Model:  Jim ran up the rickety stairs. Imitation:   The mouse slipped through the narrow crack.  Model #1: “The asphalt was a soft, blackish river on which cars traveled, windows down, the passengers soaked in sweat.” Sample imitation:  My home was a warm, buoyant lake through which my brothers and I floated, eyes looking upward to fluffy white clouds and dreams, the whole family soaked in the strength of our parents' love.  Model #2:  The gallows stood in a small yard, separate from the main grounds of the prison, and overgrown with tall prickly weeds.--George Orwell, "A Hanging" Sample imitation:  The student stood in the wide hallway, apart from the other students, and smelling of dog poop with a touch of Axe deodorant.  3.   Read and discuss  in a  small group of 3 or 4 --  Section 10 from Spilling Ink, beginning on page 88.  For the "I Dare You" at the end,  you will write it together, with one scribe.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ycbRH1YMY _

If You Were Absent: See above for what we did.

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