Wednesday 1/29: Your Story (a little something different)

Rather than writing about someone else's story, use this post to write your story of getting home after school got out yesterday...

Tuesday 1/28: Snow!

1. Title:
2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___
3. Your name :-)
4. What would your character do if he/she/it was snowed in for 24 hours?

Monday 1/27: An important part of the book...

1. Title:
2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___3. Remember to capitalize as you write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.4. Your name :-)

5. Write about your favorite part of the book and why it was important to the story.

Thursday 01/23: New Words

1. Title:
2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___
3.  Your name :-)
4. The words...

• Find two words that are unfamiliar or unknown to you.
• Re-read the paragraphs where they are written in your book. Write two sentences with your guess at each meaning.
• Look the word up in a dictionary. Write two sentences with the definitions in complete sentences.

Wednesday 1/22: New Character

1. Title:
2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___
3. Remember to capitalize as you write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
4. Your name :-)
5. The author has hired you to add a new character to your story. Give the character a name, describe him/her,  and talk about the purpose this new character would have in the story.

Tuesday 1/21: Night of Reflection

1. Title:
2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___
3. Remember to capitalize as you write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
4. Your name :-)
5. If you had to write a skit or movie script for Night of Reflection about your RAMS book, what would it be like? How would you make sure the audience understood the main idea of your book?

Weekend 1/17-1/19: Journal entry

1. Title:
2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___
3. Remember to capitalize as you write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
4. Your name :-)
5. Pretend you are the main character in your book and write a journal or diary entry. Think about what thoughts your character is having or what feelings they may be experiencing.

Wednesday 01/15: Summary

1. Title:
2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___
3. Remember to capitalize as you write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
4. Your name :-)
5. Summarize what has happened in your book recently using 4-5 sentences ONLY. Really focus on the most important people and events.

Monday 1/13: your author's craft

• In 4-6 complete sentences, describe your author's craft: What is good about the author's writing?  What things might you try to do in your own writing that you learned from this author?

Thursday 1/09: Put yourself in the book

1. Title:
2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___
3. Remember to capitalize as you write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
4. Your name :-)
5. If you were to enter your book as a new character, how would it change the story? Would you get along with or be the enemy of the main character?
(Idea created by Cookie Monster with help from Ninja-kitty Emma)

Wednesday 01/08: New Words

1. Title:
2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___
3.  Your name :-)
4. The words...

• Find two words that are unfamiliar or unknown to you.
• Re-read the paragraphs where they are written in your book. Write two sentences with your guess at each meaning.
• Look the word up in a dictionary. Write two sentences with the definitions in complete sentences.

(Brought to you by Theo and Sarah and Ms. Rubenstein)