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Good Morning! Today is Friday, August 22, 2014! As you come in this morning, please do the following: Find your seat quietly. Take care of your morning needs. This includes signing in, completing the “Climate of the Class” chart, sharpening pencil, checking out/in a library book, etc. If you finish 1-2, then read quietly until class starts. Interesting Quote of the Day: “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” --Harriet Beecher Stowe (American novelist) Trivial Fact of the Day: Fathers tend to determine the height of their children, mothers the weight.

Restroom Break

Morning Meeting “The Clown Got Sick” Stand in a circle around the room. The class chants together, “The clown got sick, the clown got sick!” The teacher says, “How did the clown get sick?” The first student says, “The clown got sick from doing this!”. The student demonstrates a motion and the rest of the class imitates. Repeat the process. But the second student adds another motion to the first. Then the third student. Finally the teacher says, “Stop, everyone! That is how the clown really got sick!” 8:35 – 8:45

Unit 1: Playing With Words

Figurative Language There are 8 types of figurative Language. In the table of contents we need to list them in order to allow 8 pages for notes. Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification Alliteration Idiom Onomatopoeia Allusion

Invitation to Combine My skin is fair and clear where it isn’t freckled. I have hair the color of carrots in an apricot glaze. My eyes are like summer storms. The three sentences above come from the book, Everything on a Waffle, by Polly Horvath. In the book, however, the sentences are combined into one sentence. How might we combine these sentences?

Move to Learn http://www.movetolearnms.org/how-do-i-do-it/fitness-videos-4-6/brain-ercize/

Story Devices Notes for Writing Inside Story Devices Foldable Flashback – interrupting the plot of the story to recreate an incident of earlier time Suspense – the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story Cliffhanger – an ending to a section, chapter, or book that leaves the reader in suspense Foreshadowing – hints or clues suggesting what may happen later in a story Story Devices are techniques that writers use to make a story more interesting and to enhance the experience for the reader.

Part Two – Via Pages 81 - 119 Part One – August Pages 51-80 Talk it through with your classmates. We will talk it through with the class. Do you feel differently about Via now? So far…What are the main themes in Wonder?

Vividly Describing Characters Building theories about characters takes effort. You are stepping outside your stories and looking back in, just as a researcher does, to study your characters. Today we are going to learn a technique that readers use to select just the right words to build wise and sophisticated theories about characters. Strive for precise, exact words to describe your characters and their actions.

Describe Characters with Precise, Exact Words When you begin to describe a character, you describe the character and their actions; then you reach for precise, exact words to describe her. This helps you think more deeply about what the character is really like.

Story Character Analysis First: Olivia seems to take care of herself. She is self-reliant. She knows that her mom and dad have their hands full with August, so she tries to avoid burdening them with the problems in her world. Then: The word self-reliant isn’t the most precise word I could use. I rewind and think more carefully about Olivia. Olivia is very insightful. She can look at the big picture and realize what is important and what is not. She understands that everyone has spent so much time trying to make August think he’s normal that he actually thinks he is normal. And the problem is, he’s not (p90). She realizes that she has the capacity to take care of herself, and she does. She also has tenderness for August that seems to rise above everything else in her life. Yet, she has a slight bit of resentment for him because the world of her family revolves around him. Olivia makes sacrifices in her life because she is August’s sister.

Create an Anchor Chart: Building Theories about Characters We step outside of the story to help us build theories about the characters. We pay attention to characters’ actions to reveal what kind of people they are. We pay attention to the ways in which other characters treat the main character. We use precise, exact words to describe our characters and their actions.

Small Group – Use Context Clues to Determine Meaning Part Two – Via p81-117

Figurative Language Search!! Find the metaphor on page 82! Metaphor – “August is the Sun. Me and Mom and Dad are planets orbiting the Sun.”

Classwork/PCR Answer one of the following questions by writing a detailed paragraph or two. Cite the evidence that supports your answer from the page and paragraph in the book. Inferring Questions p81-117 What do you think Via means when she says “the galaxy is changing?” Which of the “3 Augusts” do you think August sees himself as being? Why do you think Via wanted to have Daisy sleep with her that night (p97-98)? Do you think August would have liked Daisy’s company also?

Reading Focus

Independent Reading and Level Check

RESTROOM

Math Focus Lesson 11:35 to 12:00

Math Test Today

Animal Adaptations and Defenses

Adaptations

When an animal becomes dormant in the winter Hibernation When an animal becomes dormant in the winter

When an animal looks like another animal Mimicry When an animal looks like another animal

Protective Resemblance (camouflage) When an animal looks like its surroundings

Protective Coloration (camouflage) When an animal can change colors to blend in

When an animal moves to a new location Migration When an animal moves to a new location

When an animal has special outer coverings Body Covering When an animal has special outer coverings

When an animal uses chemicals to defend itself Chemical Defense When an animal uses chemicals to defend itself

Nocturnal

Adaptations http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=30883

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