Friday, March 4, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  Respond in your composition book to the Bingo Prompt   B3 ___E4__   B4 __A3_

Children's books -- We will take our  Trip to Legacy March 8. 
Today we will do a practice interview.

More Poetry from The Hormone Jungle.


Children's story interview questions.doc


Grading for Children's book 2.doc

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A few books we remembered enjoying when we were younger:

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Amelia Bedelia
Arthur

Berenstein Bears

 Books based on Scooby Doo
Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Click, Clack, Moo

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cordoroy

Diary of a Worm

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Dr. Suess

Fairy Tales – The Pink

Falling for Rapunzel

Fish Out of Water

Franklin

Go, Dog, Go

Goldilocks

Goodnight, Moon
Green Eggs and Ham

Hop on Pop

Horton Hears a Who

Hooway for Wodney Wat

Humpty Dumpty

Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar

I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More

I Spy

If You Give A Moose a Muffin

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
If you give a Pig a Pancake

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Jungle Book

Junie B. Jones

Knuffle Bunny

Little Bear

Little Red Hen
Little Red Riding Hood

Lots of Little Golden Books

Magic School Bus

Micky Mouse Club House

Moosetache
Mr. Brown Can Moo.  Can You?Olivia

One Fish, Two Fish

Pal the Pony

Parts
Princess Pruney Toes

Rumplestiltskin

Skippy John Jones

Sneeches

Stand Back Said the Elephant

Stone Soup
Stripes

Teddy Bears’ Picnic

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
The Goose Girl

The Grouchy Lady Bug

The Happy Dump Truck

The Monster at the End of This Book

The Monster at the End of This Book
The Princess and the Pea
The Princess and the Potty

The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Ugly Duckling
Three Little Pigs
Thumblelina

Tortoise and the Hare

Uncle Wiggley

Very Hungry Caterpillar
Where the Wild Things Are

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/storytime/?cm_mmc=Facebook-_-BN-_-product_page-_-october_online_storytime

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  In your composition book, respond to Handout -- voice
Voice Overhead.doc

2.  More about voice and Point-of-View
      Examples of monologues
      Write a monologue from the point of view of the villain in a story.
Handout for this assignment:  Monologue -- Another Point of View.doc

3.  Voice in Poetry -- from The Hormone Jungle:  Coming of Age in Middle School

Monday, February 28, 2011

Bell-Ringer:  In your composition book respond to the painting.  Write a brief story or poem.

Tiger in a Tropical Storm by Henri Rousseau

More Love That Dog and writing "inspired by" poetry.
You should have in your composition book:
a poem imitating (inspired by)

1. The Red Wheelbarrow
2. Stopping By Woods (1 Stanza)
3. The Tiger (2 or more lines) 
4. Read both The Tiger and The Lamb
5. Love That Boy  -- See below.
6. and at least the sounds for a poem like Street Music.

Love That Boy by Walter Dean Meyers

Love that boy,
like a rabbit loves to run
I said I love that boy
like a rabbit loves to run
Love to call him in the morning
love to call him
"Hey there, son!"

He walk like his Grandpa,
Grins like his Uncle Ben.
I said he walk like his Grandpa,
And grins like his Uncle Ben.
Grins when he’s happy,
When he sad, he grins again.

His mama like to hold him,
Like to feed him cherry pie.
I said his mama like to hold him.
Like to feed him that cherry pie.
She can have him now,
I’ll get him by and by

He got long roads to walk down
Before the setting sun.
I said he got a long, long road to walk down
Before the setting sun.
He’ll be a long stride walker,
And a good man before he done.
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http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/lovethat.htm


We noticed poetry patterns -- rhyme schemes, stanzas.

Parent-Teacher Conference

Welcome, Parents! 
If you haven't used this blog before, take a few minutes to get acquainted with it.  The tab above about Navigating might be helpful. 
Ask me any questions you still have.

You may also look at some of your child's work on our class wiki.  

If your child is in B3, go to our class wiki at
http://cavewriting2011b3.pbworks.com

 
If your child is in B4, go to our class wiki at 
http://cavewriting2011b4.pbworks.com

Writing Contest about Farming

Do you have the background to write about farming?  This contest may be for you? 

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_e45ef758-9975-590a-8121-cb3d9a28b032.html

Thursday, February 24, 2011

No Cave Time on Friday.

Bell-Ringer:  Respond in your composition book to the bingo prompt:   B3 ___D2_  B4 ____

Back to Poetry:
Love That Dog -- writing "Inspired By" Poetry
and Hormone Jungle --

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

No Cave Time on Friday.

Bell-Ringer:  Respond to one of three scenes (photographs from old movies) shown on the board. Write as much detail as you can.  

Mini-Lesson on Detail and Description
 Senses -- sight, sound, smell, (taste), feel
Describe/draw my dog.  

These descriptions are from Gary Soto’s A Summer Life, from the story “The Taps.” Soto’s writing provides examples of using description and imagery in a short story.
“A passenger train the color of spoons rushed by.”
“The asphalt was a soft, blackish river on which cars traveled, windows down, the passengers soaked in sweat.”
“A man the color of a sparrow walked near the tracks.”

Computer lab 223 -- Add appropriate detail/description to one of your pieces -- short story, memoir, or another piece you are working on using the class wiki.

Go to our class wiki at
http://cavewriting2011b3.pbworks.com
or
http://cavewriting2011b4.pbworks.com