Survey Literature “It’s another Mystery Monday!” December 1, 2008 Mr. Houghteling.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Reading Toolbox. This year you will receive your own reading toolbox! Each month you will receive a new tool. We will be completing activities at school.

Advertisements

Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie. Learning Target  Identify the genre of mystery  Analyze Plot and Theme.

Engaging the Reader: The Gist Mix and Share

Lesson 2 Learning Targets: I can:

Welcome to Family Reading Night at LES

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck.

Describe the setting’s time and place. Draw it. Name _______ Teacher ________ Title of Book ________ Name _______ Teacher _______ Title of Book ______.

Character Who is the major character in Miss Alaineus? What words would you use to describe her? Add this information to your Character/Plot chart on.

P.O.W.E.R.S. Writing Process The use of the P.O.W.E.R.S Writing Process to create better writers.

1 st Grade. Agenda  Welcome  Reading  Math  Word study  Home Work  Home Connections  Questions and Answers.

By Ray Bradbury Week 13 November 24-28

Midterm Test Review Week 8.

Weekly Objectives Understand and appreciate a classic detective story Examine building suspense Question in a detective story Understand and apply literary.

Survey Literature “It’s a Washed-Ashore Wednesday!” September 17, 2008 Mr. Houghteling.

Reader’s Notebook GOAL: I WILL USE MY READER’S NOTEBOOK TO HELP FACILITATE MY COMPREHENSION OF MY NOVEL BY COMPLETING ACTIVITIES USING READING SKILLS AND.

Reader’s Notebook Goal: I will use my Reader’s Notebook to help facilitate my comprehension of my novel by completing activities using reading skills and.

The Little Engine That Could By Watty Piper

Exposition: Victor is nervous about the 1 st day of school. Victor wants to impress Tereza. Rising Action: Victor finds out she is not in his math or English.

Reader’s Notebook Goal: I will use my Reader’s Notebook to help facilitate my comprehension of my novel by completing activities using reading skills and.

“ A WASP’S NEST”- DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS OR EVIL SPIRITS? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SPEND A NIGHT ALONE IN A HAUNTED HOUSE? DO YOU KNOW OF ANY HAUNTED.

Reading Stratgies Hosted by Mrs. B Reading strategies 1 Reading strategies 2 Reading strategies 3 Reading strategies

READING DIFFICULTIES AND STRATEGIES Limos, Laurence D.R.

READING STRATEGIES Thinking About How You Read Metacognition: Thinking About How You Think Before you can truly improve your reading skills, you need.

Unit 1: Lesson 4 Vocabulary Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott.

TODAY’S AGENDA!  Context Clues (p. 798) complete 1-5 & double check with dictionary  Wasps’ Nest pre-reading: active reading strategy: asking questions.

Weekly Objectives  Understand and appreciate a one-act play  Identify and examine dramatic irony  Draw inferences in a one-act play  Determine the.

“Think about It…” Answer the following questions HONESTLY… Do you ever read something but not remember what it says? What do you do if you catch yourself.

Reading Toolbox. This year you will receive your own reading toolbox! Each month you will receive a new tool. We will be completing activities at school.

Choices and Consequences

Cornell Notes Quick how to video!. Cornell Notetaking Why should you take notes? To minimize your “rate of forgetting”  Don’t take notes = Forget 60.

Survey Literature “It’s a Mystery Monday!” November 17, 2008 Mr. Houghteling.

September 14, 2011 Homework  Vocabulary page 26 and 27  Quiz Tomorrow!!  Summer Reading Test FRIDAY!!  Bring literature text notebooks and vocabulary.

Creative Connector Your job is to find connections between the literature and the world. This includes connecting the reading to your own life, to events.

Survey Literature “It’s a thinking Thursday!” September 11, 2008 Mr. Houghteling.

Weekly Objectives Understand and appreciate a classic detective story Examine building suspense Question in a detective story Understand and apply literary.

Close reading and QuickWrites. Continuing on…  I had asked you to read pgs 4-9 To find out more information about Ha.  Take a quick moment to review.

Lesson 3.7.  Today in class, I will…  Compare a fictional account of an event with a nonfiction account of the same event.  Evaluate an author’s purpose.

“I Can” Learning Targets 3rd Grade Reading 2nd Six Weeks Important Note: Slide 1 Cover slide Slide 2-10 (Skills to be covered throughout the year. All.

8:10 – 8:40 Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Science Journal Use complete sentences and reread your answer to be sure it is understandable.

Responding to Literature Houghton Mifflin Grade 3 D. Crisler 2012/2013.

Lesson 4- OPENING Back to Back/Face to Face - Take out your HW and Choose a partner - Stand Back to Back and wait for the question - After the question.

Danger Signs of Reading From pages LEARNING TARGET I can identify the danger signs of reading. I can practice ways to improve reading comprehension.

Cornell Notes Cornell Notes T HE STANDARD IN NOTE - TAKING AT H ARDING C HARTER P REP.

My favourite British writer

Skeleton Creek Book Club

Literature Buddies Day 1

“It’s a ‘Make-a-Good-Start’ Monday!” January 5, 2009 Mr. Houghteling

Crime Scene Investigation

BECOMING AN ACTIVE READER

Welcome to the Lair of Despair

Fourth Grade ELA Chapters 8 & 9

And Then There Were None

The standard in note-taking

Module 1 Unit 1 lesson 3.

“ A WASP’S NEST”-DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS OR EVIL SPIRITS

Inferring about Character: Close Reading of “Inside Out”

Daily Activity: Standard English Monday 2/19/18

CONVERSATION VOICE (Useful Voice)

Fourth Grade ELA Chapters 8 & 9

“I Can” Learning Targets

DEFINITION READING STRATEGIES

The Sign of the Beaver Novel Study

Peak Performance by Samantha Larson

Week Two August 15-19, 2016.

Warm-up: Beginning and ends

Becoming an Active Reader

Concept Definition Map

The Challenges Ha Faces and Ha as a Dynamic Character

Formative Assessment.

“I Can” Learning Targets

Presentation transcript:

Survey Literature “It’s another Mystery Monday!” December 1, 2008 Mr. Houghteling

AGENDA Quickwrite 2.3 Perform DOL Vocab-- context clue exercise.

“Wasps’ Nest” – Agatha Christie (759) Quickwrite 2.3 Imagine you need a good detective to investigate a murder. What kind of person do you want for the job? List the positive traits for the job. What negative traits might detectives have? List those.

DAILY ORAL LANGUAGE 2.3 INCORRECT 2.3 Once again Hercule Poirot prove hisself the bestest detective.

DAILY ORAL LANGUAGE 2.3 CORRECT 2.3 Once again, Hercule Poirot proved himself to be the best detective.

Daily Oral Language 2.4 INCORRECT 2.4 Which is you’re favorite Agatha Christie novel asked Sandra?

Daily Oral Language 2.4 CORRECT 2.4 “ Which is your favorite Agatha Christie novel?” asked Sandra.

Think Aloud reading strategy What happens? Students or teacher reads a section of text. After each section, the participant makes a reaction— “thinks aloud”—about the text. Participant then writes down that response, reflecting or reacting continually to each response. Types of responses Imagery / visual responses Make connections: – Text to self – Text to world – Text to text Make predictions Stating understanding or indicating confusion

Think Aloud—Dialectical or Double-Entry Journal Notemaking “I am investigating a crime that has not yet taken place.” (762). Notetaking --I know that in fiction Poirot is an incredible detective, but I don’t know he can possibly solve a crime that hasn’t taken place yet.

Homework Do vocabulary study for “Wasps’ Nest.” The ten words are on page 759: – absurd fathom foreboding – hospitable impersonally languorous – lullresolutely slackensuitor Students should complete the vocabulary chart for each word: – definition / synonym / antonym / Due Wednesday!

VOCAB–CONTEXT CLUES *IT WAS ABSURD TO SEE A 7 FOOT CLOWN RIDING IN THE SMALL CAR; HE LOOKED RIDICULOUS.

PRE-VOCABULARY 1. THE FOREBODING OF THE ATMOSPHERE MADE EVERYTHING SCARY; IT WAS AS IF SOMETHING HORRIBLE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

PRE-VOCABULARY 2. THE HOSPITABLE LADY MADE HER GUEST FEEL COMFORTABLE; HER WELCOMING MANNER PUT THE GUEST AT EASE.

PRE-VOCABULARY 3. HE ANSWERED HER IMPERSONALLY; THAT IS, HE DID NOT ACT FRIENDLY OR CARING.

PRE-VOCABULARY 4. SHE RESOLUTELY DENIED THAT SHE WAS GUILTY OF THE CRIME. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE FIRMLY DENIED ANY GUILT.

5. THE HIKERS SLACKENED THEIR PACE AS THEY REACHED THE PEAK OF THE MOUNTAIN, HOPING THAT MOVING MORE SLOWLY WOULD GIVE THEM ENERGY TO HIKE DOWN.