Greetings all you girls & guys in 634, 734 & 834. It's April and we are well into our genre studies. Class 634 is reading, analyzing and reflecting on the works of Gary Paulsen. Class 734 has begun to take a look at Virginia Hamilton's folktales and books. The students in Class 834 are developing their characters and settings for their historical fiction stories. It's an exciting time of the year - both in and out of the classroom! Congratulations to Mark of 634 for being Student of the Month.
Homework is as follows:
4/7/07
634 -Read Chapters 10 -12 in your Paulsen books. Be a reporter.
734 -Read Chapters 8 -20 in your Hamilton books. Be a philosopher and a reporter.
834 -Read 30+ pages in your historical fiction book. On post-its, note lifestyle details and character details. Revise your introduction to establish setting.
4/6/06
634 -Read Chapter 9 in your Paulsen book. Be a reporter. Nightjohn group - What was Paulsen's purpose in writing this book?
734 -Read Chapter 7 in your Hamilton book. Be a reverberator, a reporter, a linecatcher.
834 - Read 15+ pages in your historical fiction book. List the character details and the lifestyle details in your book.
4/5/06
634 -Read Chapter 8 in your Paulsen book. Be a reporter using the Reporter's Guide in your Paulsen packet.
734 - Read Chapter 6 in your Hamilton book. Be a reporter using the Reporter's Guide in your Hamilton packet.
834 - Read the first 15 pages in your historical fiction books. Use the post-its to note lifestyle details.
4/4/06
634 -Read Chapter 7 in Paulsen book. Describe the tone of chapter. (Serious, sad,
humorous, cheerful)
734 - Read Chapter 5 in your Virginia Hamilton book. Be a reverberator.
834 -Revise introduction to your historical fiction story in your Writer's Sourcebook. Include the lifestyle details we charted in class.
4/3/06
634- Read Chapter 6 in your Paulsen books. Make a predict/Support Chart for what you think will happen next.
734 - Read Chapter 3 in your Virginia Hamilton book. Write a paragraph describing the main character.
834 - Write your introduction to your historical fiction in your Writer's Sourcebook in the 'Historical Fiction' table of contents. Be sure to establish the setting and the character.
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