Click on the following links to access the short stories:
http://americanliterature.com/author/w-w-jacobs/short-story/the-monkeys-paw
https://thevirtualneal.wikispaces.com/file/view/Landlady.pdf
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
Zondle App
Zondle is a FREE website which enables you to use games to support learning.
Download the app or go to the Zondle website and join my class to help study/review vocabulary and important skills.
Ms. Buck's class code is 43375-106779
Download the app or go to the Zondle website and join my class to help study/review vocabulary and important skills.
Ms. Buck's class code is 43375-106779
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Non Fiction Text Anchor Stations
Station
1: “Forest Fire” by Anais Nin
- Read the diary entry titled “Forest Fire” on pages 536-539
While
you're reading, think about how the text is organized. Also, think
about the author and her character traits.
- Copy and Complete the Text Structure graphic organizer in your literacy notebook.
List the key plot points of the diary entry.
- Copy and Complete the Inference/Evidence chart in your literacy notebook.
Write
inferences in complete sentences.
Make
sure to include the page number for text evidence.
“Forest
Fire” by Anais Nin
Inference
|
Evidence
|
The author is a compassionate
person.
|
“I thought of the foresters in
danger. I made coffee for the weary men who came down
occasionally...” pg. 537
|
The author cares about animals as well as people. |
What evidence supports this inference? |
What is another inference you can make about
the author? |
What evidence supports your inference? |
What can we infer about the author from this
evidence? |
“It is easy to love nature in its peaceful and consoling moments, but once must love it in its furies too,...” pg. 539 |
“Forest
Fire” by Anais Nin
Copy the
following chart in your literacy notebook. Then complete and chart
the main events of the story in the order that the author tells them:
-
1. The author can see fires burning in the distance. She makes coffee for her neighbors.23 Firefighters contain the fire before it reaches the back of their houses.456 One week later,7
What text
structure does this author use to retell the story of this forest
fire?
Answer:
______________________
Station
2: “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall” by Diane Ackerman
- Read the non-fiction text “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall” on pages 540-544
While
you read, think about the causes and effects throughout the text.
- Copy and Complete the Cause/Effect graphic organizer in your literacy notebook.
Write
your answers in complete sentences!
- Answer the questions below the graphic organizer in your literacy notebook.
Write
your answers in complete sentences!
“Why
Leaves Turn Color in the Fall” by Diane Ackerman
Cause
|
Effect
|
As Summer
ends, trees focus their nutrients on their trunk and roots.
|
Leaves don't
get their needed nutrients.
|
Leaves are
under undernourished.
|
What is
the effect?
|
What is
the cause?
|
Brilliantly
colored leaves are produced.
|
What is
the cause?
|
Leaves fall
off of the tree.
|
List one
cause /effect relationship
|
found on
page 544.
|
What
did you about leaves before reading this text?
What
are two pieces of new information that you learned?
Station
3: “Forest Fire” and “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”
- Think about the similarities and differences between “Forest Fire” and “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”.
- With your partners, add information to the Venn Diagram.Make sure you have copied and completed the Venn Diagram in your literacy notebook.
- Answer the question below the Venn Diagram, using evidence from the story to support your answer.
-Must have 6 total differences and 3 similarities to “Forest Fire” and “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”
-Copy and complete Venn diagram into your literacy notebook!
Station
6: Author's Celebration
- Take out your Literary Essays
- Taking turns, you will each read your essay aloud to your partners. The person with the next birthday will begin.
Partners
must be listening to the author as they read.
- After each person reads, EACH PARTNER must ask the author a question or make an observation.Discussion stems:A question I still have for you is....
I
really like how you …
I
wonder...
I
want to know more about...
4.
List at 7 questions/observations in your writing notebook.
Station
5: ALL NON FICTION TEXT
- Read “The Season's Curmudgeon” on page 545.
- Complete the Text Comparison Chart to “Forest Fire”, The Season's Curmudgeon”, and “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”Each group member will have their own worksheet for this station.
- Get on Quizlet
- The correct webpage should be saved to the desktop of your laptop or already on your screen ready to begin. Please do NOT close out the tab! If for some reason the activity is not displayed in your laptop, type the following link into internet explorer: http://quizlet.com/67590346/vocabulary-workshop-level-c-units-4-6-flash-cards/
- You may choose the activity of your choice to help review and prepare for your Units 4-6 Test next week. However, if you are off task at any time during this station, you will be given an alternative assignment. THE ONLY TAB OR WINDOW THAT SHOULD BE OPENED AT ANYTIME IS QUIZLET!!!!!
Station
4: Units 4-6 Vocab. Review
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Resources
www.writingprompts.tumblr.com
www.flamingtext.com
www.wonderopolis.org
www.pechakucha.org
www.igniteworldwide.org
www.qrstuff.com
www.padlet.com
www.hemingwayapp.com
www.readability.com
www.web.archive.org
Popplet is a tool for the iPad and web to capture and organize your ideas.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Poetry Unit
A little inspiration:
What will your verse be? Apple Commercial
The Dead Poets Society
Resources:
http://www.poetryarchive.org/
Poetry Notes
What will your verse be? Apple Commercial
The Dead Poets Society
Resources:
http://www.poetryarchive.org/
Poetry Notes
Monday, January 5, 2015
Back to reality...
Welcome back from the Christmas break!
We will be starting off the third nine weeks with poetry and speeches. We will also continue using the Vocabulary Workbooks. Tuesday, January 6th, we will begin Unit 4 of the Vocabulary Workbook. Pre-AP classes need to have purchased Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson on or before January 12th. We will begin reading this novel on Jan. 12th and will finish on February 13th.
The poetry unit and many of the notes can be found in your textbook on pages 640-645.
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