Thursday, January 12th 2017

What are we doing today? Bellwork: SILENTLY complete activity Homework Checked: None Classwork: New York Times Picture Grammar Review 18: Possessive Pronouns Quickwrite Ch. 3&4 of Maniac Magee Homework: READ. Finish anything you didn’t complete in class.

Bellwork Answer this question. Make sure it is at least one paragraph (five sentences). If you could only take 3 people with you on a trip around the world, who would you take and why? After you finish writing, silently read an AR book. Make sure to put the date beside your response and keep all bellwork responses for the week on the same page. They will be due the first day of the following week. Be sure to stay organized and keep up! Make sure to put the date beside your response and keep all bellwork responses for the week on the same page. They will be due the first day of the following week. Be sure to stay organized and keep up!

New York Times In the New York Times section of your binder, write what you believe is happening in this picture: Sheep were herded by their owners through downtown Madrid on Sunday as shepherds demonstrated the need to keep ancient grazing grounds from being overtaken by urban sprawl.

Grammar Review 18: Possessive Pronouns Silently and to yourself complete the review. We will go over it as a class and answer any questions you have for the quiz tomorrow. Answers: My Their Its His Our Her Hers Mine Ours Your ours

Maniac Magee Ch. 3&4 As I read aloud chapters 3 and 4, you complete the six comprehension questions (4 for ch. 3, 2 for ch. 4) If you notice any figurative language, be sure to note it in the chart. After reading, check your answers with your group. With your group, discuss point of view and try to answer the questions on the ch. 3 page. Also with your group, complete the prediction at the bottom. Chapter 3 answers: Amanda Beale Books So her brother and sister would not color inside them To borrow a book Point of View answer: The book is told from the third person omniscient point of view. We know it is third person because none of the characters are telling the story. It’s omniscient because we know the feelings of other characters besides Maniac. For example, the text says, “Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan hated each other, but because they were strict Catholics, they wouldn’t get a divorce.” If this book were told from Maniac’s point of view, we wouldn’t know this information.

Maniac Magee Ch. 3&4 (cont.) With your group, discuss dramatic irony. Try to figure out the answers to both questions by using context clues and the information given to you. Chapter 4 Answers: The high school star quarterback Maniac Magee Irony answers: Dramatic irony is in this chapter because the reader is aware of who the running kid is and also knows why he has a book. The characters on the field, however, do not know this information. From this chapter, the reader can infer that Maniac is eager to learn (because he wants to borrow a book), friendly (because he speaks to everyone), and athletic (because he punted the ball, and it sailed spiraling “more perfectly than anything Brian Denehy had ever thrown.”)

Quickwrite Write this question and answer it on a separate sheet of paper. Once you are done, put it in your writing response section in front of Chapter 3: Amanda values books. How do you know this? Cite evidence from the text to show how you know that books are important to Amanda.

Homework READ YOUR AR BOOKS!!!!! Finish what you didn’t finish in class

Announcements 1/13: Last day to bring in care package items 1/16: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no school)

1. PACK UP (and put your backpack in your seat) 2 1. PACK UP (and put your backpack in your seat) 2. CLEAN UP (check for assignments) 3. LINE UP (if everything is not clean and quiet, you will not be able to leave my room)