FICTION SHORT STORY UNIT:
In language arts class this month, students practiced literary analysis of story elements while reading fiction short stories. We read the following stories this month:
"Young Ladies Don't Slay Dragons,""Collecting Team," and
"Three Skeleton Key." Students got to demonstrate their plot-writing skills by completing a
creative writing assignment on the short story
"Collecting Team." Students wrote the next episode of the story, casting themselves as characters to help save the day for the Collecting Team!
We will be reading one additional story next week to conclude the unit before the end of the nine weeks grading period.
NOVELS FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS:In addition to the short stories, students have been reading an independent novel from the library, due November 1st. When the books are due, we will complete a book project on the novel and take the Accelerated Reader test.
The SSR bell-ringer book that students have been reading for the first nine weeks is the novel
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. The novel is due October 27th, and we will be taking the AR test then. Many students have already finished this book and gone on to the second novel,
So B. It.EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY:Mrs. Wright's
"Prepare-y for Harry: Reading Can be Magic Challenge" is underway. For the next month, students are invited to read the novels in the
Harry Potter series to prepare for the seventh and final movie. Students were given the official rules for the challenge in class.
