November 14
Students have begun reading Dateline: Troy. The novel compares the mythic legend of the Trojan War to present day conflicts. The reading will culminate in a mythic newspaper project. More on that in the upcoming weeks.
Students who are missing assignments were provided a list of the assignments that they must complete over the weekend. No late assignments will be accepted after Wednesday of next week.
Home Reading - Response to Literature
All students must respond to their independent reading using the quote sandwich format. These responses are due approximately every two weeks. The trimester schedule is below:
Trimester Lit Response Schedule Organizer (pdf) Organizer (Word) Exemplar
| Sept. 15 #1 Quote Sandwich | Oct. 27 #4 Quote Sandwich-cancelled |
| Sept. 29 #2 Quote Sandwich | Nov. 10 #5 Quote Sandwich |
| Oct. 14 #3 Quote Sandwich | Nov. 24 #6 Quote Sandwich |
Note: Students may turn in quote sandwiches BEFORE the due date. Students may revise their work as many times as they like-however, I do require that students revise assignments below meeting expectation at least 3 times. Also, should a student struggle with this writing assignment, they may email to me their work for my suggestions, come for extra help at lunch, or come for extra help after school.
Also, about 60 of our 74 families have signed up for the listserv. If you have not done so already please do so. This allows us to send electronic messages to you (in lieu of the cavern in backpacks). Additionally, I like to email individual parents when students are not turning in work regularly. This has been very helpful to parents in the past in keeping on top of what is really happening in school. Sign up for the Velocity listserv
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 14 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 17 Spanish Scavenger Hunt/Spanish Movie | 18Field Trip to URI | 19Dateline: Troy | 20 Dateline: Troy | 21 Dateline: Troy Mythic Newspaper |
22 |
| 23 | 24 Quote Sandwich due Mythic Newspaper |
25 Mythic Newspaper | 26 Finish Mythic Newspaper | 27 Thanksgiving | 28 | 29 |
| 30 |
Nightly homework consists of reading from self-selected texts 20-30 minutes per night. Occasionally, written work will be assigned. There are 5 summaries due by the end of Trimester. These are due approximately every two weeks.
Independent reading log sheets , summary form, summary sample, summary organizer Quote Sandwich organizerpdf Quote Sandwich (Word) Quote Sandwich Exemplar can also be downloaded here for home. Completing these sheets in a timely manner will help you to keep better track of your reading:) Books should be annotated at home and brought to school to be placed in reading folder.
