Thursday, November 19, 2015

Thursday November 19th, 2015



Last class of November! We are on holiday next week and class to resume on Thursday December 3rd at 4:30pm. No homework assigned for this week. Students should bring any assignments not yet turned in from previous weeks. Have a great week off! 


Vocabulary


  1. fables
  2. reformed
  3. perfection
  4. revolution
  5. animated
  6. alternate
  7. satirical
  8. nobleman
  9. deformed
  10. betrayed

Reading

Five Minute Reading Challenge

Students listened to a passage Miss Adrienne read out loud in class for specific details, so they could illustrate what they heard. Students encouraged to use creativity while strengthening their listening and comprehension skills. 

Read passage from "Descriptive Writing Tumblr - Driving to the Mountains". 

Class Reading 

Found our book! We started reading, again,"Everything You Need to Know About the World", Page 20 - 29.

Writing

Five Minute Creative Writing Challenge: "Photo Writing Prompt"

Students took 5 minutes in class to write as much as they could on the prompt using their creative minds! 

Class Writing - Vocabulary Comic Activity
  • Use 8 out of the 10 vocabulary words and create a short comic strip.
  • Use any of the excerpts that come from our class reading as your comic subject(s).
  • Include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitalization. Make sure to include setting, characters, and a plot.
  • Answer the following questions in your comic sequences:
  1. Where did Antaeus live and what did he do?
  2. Describe the meaning of "all animal are equal, but some animals are more equal than others".
  3. Who or what is Leviathan?





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