TKAM: Chapter 1-3 Focus

Things to discuss:

 Describe the Cunninghams
 What impression do we get of school: narrow minded, humiliating.

• Scout rebels against this because she is too innocent to recognize that you have to play the system.  She is the mockingbird teaching the others to sing?

 How Scout is portrayed as a child

• “I’d go off and drown myself ….then they’d be sorry."

 Why does Walter pour syrup on everything and why does Atticus get angry at
Scout for noticing?

• Walter does not get enough nourishment at home.

 Describe the Ewells
 What sort of man is Atticus?

• Fiercely non-racist and a true democrat – law is the king, civil liberties must always be respected.

TKAM: quotes, paraphrasing and summarizing

Chapter 1:  Who is Boo Radley?

• Sketch Boo Radley in your EAL notebook
• What does he look like?  
• Under your sketch-- write a caption that includes where you are getting your information or how that picture of Boo Radley was formed in your mind.
• Bullet point the following...
• What are some of Boo Radley's physical characteristics?
• Why do we have this image of him?
• What are some of his personal characteristics?
• How does the text influence our understanding of Boo Radley?
• Quote/Statement chart about Boo Radley
• Vocabulary to learn:
• Assuage, apothecary, chattel, unusually, detention, tyrannical, morbid, profane, compel, scrawl

 Helpful link:
Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing

The Monkey's Paw Continued

November 27:  Idioms and Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing is the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature.

• Try to identify some more examples of foreshadowing from the parts we have already read.  Add the examples in your notebook. 

An idiom is a phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words.

• Are there any idioms in this part of the story?  If so, what are they?  What do they mean?

• Continue watching the video-- stop it when you reach the end of part III.  
• Add 2 events to your plot-line (for the rising action).

http://youtu.be/ugjegclLNhM

The Monkey's Paw

Please read the assigned section of "The Monkey's Paw".  Then watch the video until minute 7:30.  After reading and watching the video (up until 7:30), write any questions that you have regarding the reading and the scene you watched.  Also add to your plot worksheet--- Complication and 1 event for Rising Action.

http://youtu.be/ugjegclLNhM

Black Bears

One of the SRA stories was about Lynn Rogers and his research/findings about black bears. Find out more about black bears and other wildlife by clicking on the link below.

Bear Study 

Amazing things...

Video clips at Ustream

Grade 1- Friends in the Stars

Grade 1 students have started a new story -- Friends in the Stars.  They are learning to retell and critically think about the story using guiding questions and small group discussions.

Last week, students looked at the stars to see what shapes and "things" they could see.  They then shared their findings in class.  Using the story for assistance, students were able to effectively communicate and discuss the things we see in the stars.

Grade 2- Grammar and Reader's Theatre

Grade 2 students have been working really hard to complete the video performances for The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Last week they reviewed their grammar knowledge while other groups were videoing. The performances will be available after the final cuts. :-)