Reader's Notebook
Notebooks will only be accepted one day late (with a late form signed by parent) due to the time it takes to grade them. Late notebooks will suffer a 30 point deduction.
Reader's Notebooks and Reading logs are due 11/1 - 11/4
This information is also available in the Reader's Notebook make-up binder in the classroom.
A running list of our notebook contents is in the classroom on the board.
Reader's Notebooks and Reading logs are due 11/1 - 11/4
This information is also available in the Reader's Notebook make-up binder in the classroom.
A running list of our notebook contents is in the classroom on the board.
Week One
8/27-8/29 Tangerine Quote Prompt
“But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can’t. Or won’t”.( p. 4)
What does Eric mean by that? Elaborate.
8/29 – 8/30 Personal Connections
The students pull text from Tangerine and make a chart that contains the quote (and page number) and their personal connection to it. They then write what the personal connection is, and underneath elaborate for half a page on their personal connection.
3 personal connections minimum.
“But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can’t. Or won’t”.( p. 4)
What does Eric mean by that? Elaborate.
8/29 – 8/30 Personal Connections
The students pull text from Tangerine and make a chart that contains the quote (and page number) and their personal connection to it. They then write what the personal connection is, and underneath elaborate for half a page on their personal connection.
3 personal connections minimum.
Week Two
9/3 – 9/4 Character Traits
The students choose characters from Tangerine and determine a minimum of 3 character traits for each character. They make a chart which contains the character traits and evidence from Tangerine (either a quote or paraphrasing) to support those traits.
3 character charts for periods P1 and R3
4 character charts for P3, P4, R2, and R4
In addition, the student makes one character trait chart for themselves, with their own character traits and evidence.
9/5-9/6 Mood and Setting
Fill out the “Analyzing Setting in a Story” chart using Tangerine.
Vanguard only: Also, answer one of the following prompts below. Your answer should be at least one page long.
1. Describe a familiar place, such as a classroom or a mall, under two different sets of circumstances, such as day and night, summer and winter, or crowded and empty.
2. Write a description of a festive holiday scene. Use details that appeal to your reader’s five senses. Your reader should be able to visualize a picture of holiday foods, music, colors, etc., that is appropriate to the mood you are trying to create. Next, try writing a description of a dreary or scary holiday scene. Be sure to use appropriate sensory details again. The smells, tastes, sounds, objects, etc., should be very different from those you picked for your "festive" description. Can you create a story that grows out of one or both of these descriptions?
3. Think of a natural setting that has affected you. The place may be one you visited on vacation once, one you visit frequently, or perhaps it is even your backyard. How does this place affect your thoughts, feelings, mood, and actions? Write an autobiographical piece describing how this setting interacts with your thoughts and/or the actions of your characters.
The students choose characters from Tangerine and determine a minimum of 3 character traits for each character. They make a chart which contains the character traits and evidence from Tangerine (either a quote or paraphrasing) to support those traits.
3 character charts for periods P1 and R3
4 character charts for P3, P4, R2, and R4
In addition, the student makes one character trait chart for themselves, with their own character traits and evidence.
9/5-9/6 Mood and Setting
Fill out the “Analyzing Setting in a Story” chart using Tangerine.
Vanguard only: Also, answer one of the following prompts below. Your answer should be at least one page long.
1. Describe a familiar place, such as a classroom or a mall, under two different sets of circumstances, such as day and night, summer and winter, or crowded and empty.
2. Write a description of a festive holiday scene. Use details that appeal to your reader’s five senses. Your reader should be able to visualize a picture of holiday foods, music, colors, etc., that is appropriate to the mood you are trying to create. Next, try writing a description of a dreary or scary holiday scene. Be sure to use appropriate sensory details again. The smells, tastes, sounds, objects, etc., should be very different from those you picked for your "festive" description. Can you create a story that grows out of one or both of these descriptions?
3. Think of a natural setting that has affected you. The place may be one you visited on vacation once, one you visit frequently, or perhaps it is even your backyard. How does this place affect your thoughts, feelings, mood, and actions? Write an autobiographical piece describing how this setting interacts with your thoughts and/or the actions of your characters.
Week 3
9/9-9/10 An American Childhood By Annie Dillard
Answer the following questions in the yellow Literature Book:
p.130 #1-3, 6-7
p. 131 #1-8
Start Reading Logs
Reading Logs are to be turned in with the Reader's notebook.
We should be reading 30 minutes a night, 5 nights a week.
Parents should be initialing each night, as well as signing at the bottom just prior to the student turning the log in.
Start Reading Responses
We should be doing reading responses in our reader's notebooks from our independent reading.
3 per week for VG.
2 for other classes.
Answer the following questions in the yellow Literature Book:
p.130 #1-3, 6-7
p. 131 #1-8
Start Reading Logs
Reading Logs are to be turned in with the Reader's notebook.
We should be reading 30 minutes a night, 5 nights a week.
Parents should be initialing each night, as well as signing at the bottom just prior to the student turning the log in.
Start Reading Responses
We should be doing reading responses in our reader's notebooks from our independent reading.
3 per week for VG.
2 for other classes.
9/18-9/19
Dinner Party Plot Diagram
Make your own plot diagram using the Dinner Party in your notebook.
Make your own plot diagram using the Dinner Party in your notebook.
| plotgraph.doc |
9/20-9/23
| reading_interest_survey.pdf |
| exampleofareadingresponse.doc |
9/24 - 9/25
9/24-9/27
Students prepared their notebooks to turn in.
Students prepared their notebooks to turn in.
10/2 - 10/3
Students found 6 instances of figurative language in Tangerine
10/4 - 10/7
Different scenery
10/8 - 10/9
Keep up with reading notebooks and logs
Students found 6 instances of figurative language in Tangerine
10/4 - 10/7
Different scenery
10/8 - 10/9
Keep up with reading notebooks and logs
10/10- 10/11
Sharks p.918 - 927
10/28- 10/29
Hummingbird STAAR practice p.444-449
Sharks p.918 - 927
10/28- 10/29
Hummingbird STAAR practice p.444-449