HOMEROOM10/07/14 Write these important dates in your agenda: Thursday (10/09/14) – Hispanic Heritage Night 6:00-8:00 Monday - Friday (10/20-10/24) – Conference Week (Early Release) Book Fair Week Write a letter to our troops! For every handwritten, well-thought letter that you write, you can earn a Brain Buck! We will send these letters to the Bert Show and they will ship our letters to troops who are deployed during Thanksgiving. See the handout as an example.

E.L.T. 10/07/14 Get a copy of Scholastic Scope and: Warm Up: Read “Is It Time for Cursive to Die?” Work Session: Complete the “Central Ideas and Details” side of your worksheet. Closing: Complete the quiz (only #1-6) on the back of your worksheet.

LANGUAGE ARTS – WARM UP 10/07/14 FRUIT  Sit in your FRUIT teams.  Get a warm up sheet.  Warm Up Verbs Past – What already happened Present – What’s happening now Future – What will happen

10/07/14 Essential Question: What effect does conflict have on a story and its characters? Standard: ELA.6.RL.3 – Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

LANGUAGE ARTS – WORK SESSION 10/07/14  Reader’s Journey – p External Conflict vs. Internal Conflict # 1-2

LANGUAGE ARTS – WORK SESSION 10/07/14  Reader’s Journey – p “Stargirl” Answer: # 1, 2, & 6

LANGUAGE ARTS – CLOSING SESSION 10 / 07/14 Closing Session Review and revise your answers in your Reader’s Journey workbook. HOMEWORK: Your homework packet is due Thursday! Test – Friday! Add to your reading logs. (extra credit)

10/07/14 Closing Session  Homework:  Homework packet – Due Thursday!  Test – Friday!  Add to your Reading Record (extra credit)  Each entry needs parental initials!