Thursday 5/23: Last RAMS entry...

For the every last RAMS entry of the year...
1. Title
2. Page # 
3. Write your OWN question. 
4. Answer your questions in 4-5 grammatically correct sentences

Tuesday 5/21: Performing a song

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. If one of your characters was going to perform a song, what song would it/she/he choose and why?  
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences

Monday 5/20: The Author...

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. Describe the type of person you think your author is. What things in the book have you think he or she is like that?  
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.

Weekend 5/17-19: Animals...

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. You have been granted a magic wand and must turn one of your characters into an animal. Which character will you pick, which animal will they become, and why?!?!?  
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(Brought to you by Max-a-million) 

Thursday 5/16: Order of importance...

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. Rank the following items in order of importance for one of your characters and then justify your decision:

• mirror 
• jump rope
• band aid
• calculator 
• chocolate 
• dog

4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Avery & Cookie Monster)

Wednesday 5/15: Dear Diary...

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. Write a diary entry in the voice of a character in your book. Make this entry 6-7 sentences long. You could start with: "Dear Diary, ..."
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(Brought to you by Cookie Monster)

Tuesday 5/14/13 Save the Earth

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. Can you think of anything that a character in your book does that would negatively or positively affect the environment? What is something they could do differently to help conserve resources?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(Brought to you by Ms. Rubenstein)

Monday 5/13/13 Video Game

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. If your book was made into a video game what would it be like? Would this be a game you would want to play? How would you win the game?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(Brought to you by Avery)

Weekend 5/10-5/12 Slumber Party

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. If you were having a slumber party with the main character in your RAMS book, what would you do with them? What would you talk about? How late would you stay up? What snacks would you eat?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(Brought to you by Cookie Monster)

Thursday 5/09: Summarize & predict...

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. Summarize what you read to day and predict what you think might happen in the next 20 pages.
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.

Tuesday 5/7: Student Conferences...

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. If one of your characters had a conference, what would it be like? Include the goals, what she/he/it does well, and her/his/its struggles.
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Avery)

Monday 5/6: New Words

Title
Page #


1. Find three words that are unfamiliar to you.
2. Re-read the paragraphs that they are from in your book.
3. Based on what you read, write a definition for the word in your own words (not from a dictionary - we want to hear your hypothesis). The definition should be a complete, grammatically correct sentence :-)
Example...
Intuitive - I think 'intuitive' means someone who has insight into what other people are feeling.
4. AFTER you have written your hypothesis, look the word up in a dictionary and copy the definition. 

(Brought to you by Cookie Monster)

Weekend 5/3-5: HOM

1. Title
2. Page #
3. Give examples of when a character used a Habit of Mind. (If you need a reminder, these are in the resource section of your binder.)
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.

(Avery & Sarah, I forgot to write down your RAMS suggestions - please email them to me! :-)

Wednesday 5/1: Summarize & predict...

1. Title
2. Page # 
3. Summarize what you read to day and predict what you think might happen in the next 20 pages.
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.