1. Welcome to HMS Open House! ELA/Team1 Period 2 Mrs. Sullivan & Miss Gilhooly Mrs. Sullivan's Page Mrs. Sullivan's Page Your student will be interacting with literature, both fiction and non-fiction, in order to become independent readers, writers and speakers.

2. Who is Mrs. Sullivan? Yes- mother of 5! Yes- mother of 5! 19 th year of teaching 19 th year of teaching Elementary experience at all levels except for 4 th grade Elementary experience at all levels except for 4 th grade Dad, Me, Jason, Ashley, Meghan, Morgan and Mickey The Sullivan Family

3. Content Overview: Reading Strategies: predict, question, visualize, connect, clarify, evaluate, main idea, context clues Story Elements: characters, setting, plot, conflict, climax, resolution Figurative Language: simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, hyperbole Literary: point of view, theme, tone, mood, symbol, genre, author’s purpose, flashback, foreshadowing, imagery, paraphrase Poetry: stanza, line, repetition, rhythm, rhyme, free verse, limerick, narrative Writing: paragraphs, poems, narrative essay, compare/contrast essay, persuasive essay, 6 + 1 traits Grammar: capitalization, punctuation, nouns, verbs, adjectives, subject-predicate, conjunctions

4. Student Responsibilities? Class involvement, participation, and listen well Class involvement, participation, and listen well Careful homework completion Careful homework completion Nightly reading Nightly reading Reading Response Log completion and monthly hand- in. Reading Response Log completion and monthly hand- in. Preparation for quizzes/tests Preparation for quizzes/tests Awareness of class assignments Awareness of class assignments

5. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! by Team 1/ELA Period 2

6. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! # 5...

7. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School!...to see my friends that I didn't see over the summer.

8. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! # 4...

9. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School!... to become more responsible.

10. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! # 3...

11. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School!...to make new friends!

12. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! # 2...

13. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School!....to raise baby chicks in science class

14. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! And the # 1 reason:

15. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School!...to get back to learning!

16. Now with a bit of sarcasm! The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! by Team 1/ELA Period 2

17. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! # 5...

18. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School!... new school supplies!

19. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! # 4...

20. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School!... no more walking in lines.

21. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! # 3...

22. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School!... to escape chores at home!

23. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! # 2...

24. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School!...to get your own locker with a lock!

25. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School! And the # 1 reason...

26. The Top 5 Reasons to Go Back to School!...We have to! It's the law! It's the law!