March 31, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  Respond to the Picture Prompt (Outdoor TV  -- see below) in your composition book.

Outdoor TV Picture Prompt

2. " If you give a . . . .  a. . . . . " (Write at least 12 lines.)

We read If You Give a Pig a Pancake  and one about a 13 year old boy.

3.  Work on your underland/down the rabbit hole story  or on your children's book.


B4: Attend the Writers' Conference unless you have been given an alternate assignment.

May 9, 2008

May 9, 2008
Today we read from an example book for an Underland story: Gregor the Overlander which the first in a series of five books. Students should be working on developing their underland stories.

We also used that book to look at developing a character, and ways an author gives the reader information about the character.

Students received their class final assignment which is due by May 23rd at the latest. We will have one computer day -- May 19 to type these up in the computer lab. See the assignment in a nearby blog.

April10, 2008

April10, 2008
Students responded in their notebooks to the poem "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.
The substitute read to them a selection from Alice in Wonderland: "Down the Rabbit Hole."
The students received and went over the assignment for creating their own "underland," and worked on that the rest of the period.

Hopefully, you are working along on our book for the kindergarten child, and you exchanged phone numbers or e-mail info. with your partner if you have one. These are due by May 1.

Have a great Spring Break!