Good evening!

All classes except Period 3:

Today the ficus was summary writing and deciphering between summarizing and retelling. There were some great classroom discussions about this topic! Students practiced a summary template and then went to the hard part - pulling out main ideas from a lengthy article or video. A key to this is to focus on the "controlling idea," which helps to keep the writer focused. It's a challenge!

Period 3:

Well, we started using Wordle to create an idea board for vocab and characterization words from LWTW, but we ended up using Word It Out. I loved seeing the story come alive with just isolated vocabulary and single descriptive words to tell a story!

H/W:
Periods 3:

Finish your Wordle or Word It Out pages(s). Remember, if you want to print in color, print at home. Please bring it in tomorrow.

Periods 2, 6:

Island Map due tomorrow. Remember, 25-30 items in total. Read RC chpt 12...some shocking things happening on the Island of Despair!

See you tomorrow!