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Greetings all you girls & guys in 634, 734, and 834. I hope you all had a restful vacation. It is already the end of April, as we usher in May this week. Our author studies continue as follows: 634, you are reading and analyzing the work of Gary Paulsen; 734, you are reading and analyzing the work of Virginia Hamilton; 834 you are reading and analyzing the work of Ray Bradbury. Homework is as follows:

Friday 5/2/08
634: Complete conflict chart for your Paulsen book.Review Paulsen book for test on Tuesday. Write your questions or points of confusion on post-its.
734: Revise and rewrite your 'on demand writing' on loose leaf.Review your VH book. Test on Tuesday.
834: Continue your RB book. Make an entry in your IRL.

Thursday 5/1/08
634: Review your Paulsen book #2. Test next Tuesday. Complete the Predict/Support chart for the second meeting between Manny and Sgt. Locke in your RSB.
734:Read on in your VH book. Make an entry in your IRL.
834:Revise and edit your Ray Bradbury response in your Writer's Source Book.
Wednesday, 4/30/08
634: Review your Paulsen books; prepare for test next Tuesday (5/6/08). Complete
"What's Happening" chart for Manny, Sergeant Locke,and the policeman in The Crossing.
734: Continue reading your VH book, per pacing calendar. Make an entry in your IRL for each chapter you read.
834:Continue reading your RB book. Make an entry in your IRL.
Tuesday, 4/29/08
634: Read on in your Paulsen book, per pacing calendar. Make an entry in your IRL. Complete classoom entry in RSB describing "The First Meeting" between Sgt. Locke & Manny.
734: Continue reading in your Hamilton book, per pacing calendar. Make an entry in your IRL.
834: Read "S is for Space" in your Ray Bradbury packet. Write response notes in the margin. Read on in your Bradbury book. Make entries in your IRL.
Monday, 4/28/08
634: Revise and edit your 'character' paragraph in your Writer's Source Book. Continue reading your Paulsen book, per pacing calendar. Make an entry in your IRL.
734: Revise and edit your constructed response on "Anthony Burns" and "Eliza" in your Writer's Source Book. Read on in your Hamilton book. Make an entry in your IRL.
834: Read on in your Ray Bradbury book. Make an entry in your IRL. Finish your trait/support and story charts for "All Summer in a Day."

Posted by Mrs. Varga at 3:09 PM