LANGUAGE+ARTS

Vocabulary- Biography and Autobiographies a written account of another person's life [|**http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/biography**] || Obstacles-Noun something that obstructs or hinders progress. [] || a history of a person's life written or told by that person. [] || Success-Adjective the attainment of wealth, position, honors [] || having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable [] || Networking- N a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest [] || not typical; unusual [] || Performance-N a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience [] || steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement. [] - || Genre-N a class or category of content or technique [] ||
 * Biography- noun
 * Autobiography-noun
 * Famous-adjective
 * Unique- Adjective
 * Perseverance- N

Donavan's Word Jar- Andrew [|vocabulary] DOL- Hartcourt[|DOL Game]

[|Create your own comics] VOCABULARY [|Vocabulary Quiz] [|Edgar Allen Poe- Tall Tale Heart] FAIRY TALES: [|Hansel and Gretel] GREEK MYTHOLOGY: [|WRITE YOUR OWN GREEK MYTH] [|Character Scrapbook Activity] [|GREEK VOCABULARY GAME] [|King Midos] [|Modern Day Ad's with Greek Mythological Characters] [|Zeus, Hera, and IO] Language Arts- Writing Prompts for Extended Literacy [|Writing a book review online] September 28~ What is one of the themes in your novel? What lesson can be learned by the reader.

September 29~ Is the setting of your story past, present, or future. Give support from your story.

September 30~ If you were the author, what would you change? Why?

October 1~ Is the setting described well enough that you can imagine it in your mind?

October 4~ Make a prediction about what will happen next.

October 5~ Put yourself in the story. How would you being there change the story?

October 6~ What have you been reading? Make a text-to-self connection.

October 7~ Make a text-to-text connection to a book or story you’ve read before.

October 8~ Would you recommend this book to friends? Give 2 examples from the story to support your answer.

October 11~ Write a quote from what you are reading that has meaning to you. Explain why you chose this quote.

October 13~ Your book will be made into a movie. In what place would you shoot the film?

October 14~If you could meet the author, what would you ask him or her?

October 15-Describe the similarities and differences between you and the main character.

October 18~ Give examples of figurative language from your text. (simile, metaphor, personfication)

October 19~What character do you like best? Give reasons from the text to support your response.

October 20~ Write down three words that you’ve learned from the story.

October 21~ Does the title fit the story? Explain why or why not.

October 22~ What is something you’ve learned from your reading?

October 25~ Create an advertisement for your book. [|KWL template] [|KWHL] __ ! __[|The Handy 5 W's and 1 H] [|GIST TEMPLATE] [|words in context graphic organizer] [|Word Questioning Graphic Organizer] [|SQR3] [|Homographs] [|Parts of a story- Matching]

c[|CRITIAL THINKING- Assessing what you read on the internet and beyond]