1. Title
2. Page #
3. Use two of your Where the Mountain Meets the Moon vocabulary words to describe a scene you read
about in your book today. The Where the Mountain Meets the Moon words to chose from are: dismay, inconspicuous, hesitate, eager.
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(Suggested by Max)
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Tornado Day, 1/30: A Desert Island
1. Title
2. Page #
3. Pretend one of your characters is going to be stranded on a desert island (free from tornadoes). What are three items your character would take with her/him/it? Why?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(Brought to you by Cookie Monster :)
2. Page #
3. Pretend one of your characters is going to be stranded on a desert island (free from tornadoes). What are three items your character would take with her/him/it? Why?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(Brought to you by Cookie Monster :)
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Tuesday 1/29: Unfamiliar words
1. Title
2. Page #
3. Find three words that are unfamiliar to you. Re-read the paragraphs that they are from in your book.
4. Based on what you read, write a definition for each 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 an understanding of what other people are feeling.
(Brought to you by Theo :)
2. Page #
3. Find three words that are unfamiliar to you. Re-read the paragraphs that they are from in your book.
4. Based on what you read, write a definition for each 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 an understanding of what other people are feeling.
(Brought to you by Theo :)
Monday, January 28, 2013
Monday 1/28: The Twin
1. Title
2. Page #
3. Pretend one of your characters has a twin that has a personality that is the opposite of your character. If your character is good, he/she/it has a bad twin. If your character is bad, he/she/it has a good twin. How would the twin act if they were both in the story?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(Brought to you by Cookie Monster :)
2. Page #
3. Pretend one of your characters has a twin that has a personality that is the opposite of your character. If your character is good, he/she/it has a bad twin. If your character is bad, he/she/it has a good twin. How would the twin act if they were both in the story?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(Brought to you by Cookie Monster :)
Friday, January 25, 2013
Weekend 25-27: Summarize & predict
1. Title
2. Page #
3. Summarize what you read this weekend and predict what you think might happen in the next 20 pages.
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Theo)
2. Page #
3. Summarize what you read this weekend and predict what you think might happen in the next 20 pages.
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Theo)
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Thursday 1/24: Sports
1. Title
2. Page #
3. If you could play a sport with one of your characters, what would you play with her/him/it? Is it something that you would have fun doing with them?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Sarah)
2. Page #
3. If you could play a sport with one of your characters, what would you play with her/him/it? Is it something that you would have fun doing with them?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Sarah)
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Tuesday 1/22: College
1. Title
2. Page #
3. Chose a character in your book to send to college. What kind of college do you think he/she/it might go to? What might he/she/it study there?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Theo)
2. Page #
3. Chose a character in your book to send to college. What kind of college do you think he/she/it might go to? What might he/she/it study there?
4. Write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.
(brought to you by Theo)
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