1. Week 15: 12/19/17 Homework I need from you:
Usage Qs (packet is yours)
Theme paragraph Habibi
Make-up work (Habibi Qs, paragraph practice, Is-Pal conflict, etc)
Week 15: 12/19/17
1.) Turn in homework 2.) Take agenda
3.) Visit corner and return Habibi (check off name on list)
4.) Hold onto favorite books until later

2. Writing Prompt: Time Lapse

3. What is poetry?
What makes a poem a poem?

4. “Introduction to Poetry”
Billy Collins

5. “Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they enjoy reading.” -Donalyn MIller
Book frenzy:
1.) To Be Read list
2.) Set books out
3.) Take 1-2 back to your seat to read a few pages of.
4.) As soon as you finish with one, put it back for someone else to view
5.) NOT borrowing directly from others, without total agreement & NAMES IN BOOKS

6. What are alternate uses for a snowball?
Break time Q

7. Fun options: Story telephone OR
3 person add-to-the-story. Students get a scrap of paper. Divide into 3 groups: character, problem, place. Then trade with someone. One of each get into groups of 3. Then you do a paper pass story. CAN’T SHOW GROUP YOUR SLIP. Your job is to work your bit in, and classmates have to try to figure out and build a story out of it.
Christmas & fairytale themed mad libs

8. Mad Libs Person, place thing Part of Speech Noun Verb Adjective Adverb
Definition
Example
Noun
Person, place, or thing
pizza, scarf, label, incinerator, garbage
Verb
Action word
jump, leap, run, spin, be, befriend, wallop, shine
Adjective
Describing word
red, sticky, iffy, thunderous, radiant
Adverb
Describes verb or adjective (usually ends in –ly)
Quickly, shortly, nearly, readily, frenziedly
Proper Noun
Name of specific person, place, or thing
The Empire State Building, Michelle Obama, Frodo Baggins
Pronoun
Replaces proper noun
He, she, it, they, we, you
Person, place thing

9. Copy a quotation into your journal:
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.” Kurt Vonnegut
“It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.” Anatole France
“To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations.” –Emily Dickinson

10. Story Telephone prompts
The classy Octopus takes a walk.
Little Red Riding Hood is selling lemonade.
The beans are in the wagon.
Darth Vader is eating pancakes.
“Wow, that girl is going really fast!” (no words in picture, please!)
Percy Jackson plays rock-paper-scissors with a goat.
The goat is eating the Octopus’ classy hat.
Llama where?
Ninjas try to be sneaky and fail.

11. To do Copy off select mad libs Print Julie’s paragraph, and Ellie’s
Write & draw story starters
Print agendas