Sentence Modelling - Due Wed., Dec. 9th

They had a house of crystal pillars on the planet Mars by the edge of an empty sea, and every morning you could see Mrs. K. eating the golden fruits that grew from the crystal walls, or cleaning the house with handfuls of magnetic dust, which, taking all dirt with it, blew away on the hot wind.
                                                                                                   
                                     The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury

Sentence Modelling - due Tuesday, Dec. 1st.

Keep all your promises, don't take what doesn't belong to you, and always look after those less fortunate than yourself, and you'll do well in the world.
                                                                      The Dragon of Lonely Island by Rebecca Rupp

Sentence Modelling - due Thursday, Nov. 19th

That's my life approach to most of life most of the time: to ignore it. I have to in order to stay sane. Until something like this happens, and I realize what I've gotten myself into.
                                                                                                    Sidekicked by John David Anderson

Which Big Cat are you? Take the quiz.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/big-cat-week/interactives/what-big-cat-are-you/
Take the quiz and find out which cat you resemble most.  Post your results with an explanation.

Monsters In A Jar - 2014-15

Get ready to create your own superhero comic strip!

Superhero Quotes

Watch the above video and respond to the following quotes:
1.  "With great power comes great responsibility."
2.  "I think there's a hero in all of us who keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble..."
What do you think these quotes mean? Post your response.

What is your kryptonite?

The Saddest Little Bookworm....

Tell me 5 things you never want to end.  Try to be specific and explain your answer.  Post your response.

Rip Van Winkle - A Classic short story

http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Irving/Winkle/Irving_Winkle.pdf

How to Write Numbers

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/how-to-write-numbers

http://goo.gl/ceFSy9
Open the above link and read - The Treasure of Lemon Brown

Sentence Modelling

The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley's mood as he sat on the stoop of his building.
                                   
                                                 The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers

Short Story - All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury

http://goo.gl/reoWKz
Open the above link and read the short story All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury

Sentence Modelling

I thought myself pretty smart at many things, like holding my breath, running, jumping, or climbing the vines in Old Woman Swamp, and I wanted more than anything else someone to race to Horsehead Landing, someone to box with, and someone to perch with in the top fork of the great pine behind the barn, where across the fields and swamps you could see the sea.
                                                                                                     The Scarlet Ibis - James Hurst

Schoolology - Integrating Quotes

https://www.schoology.com/resources/public/14364199/profile
The above link provides a review of the work we did in class today.  The pdf on Integrating Quotes is a resource you may refer to when you are unsure of how to integrate quotes properly. Remember: a quotation is not just for when you are writing character dialogue - it should also be used when you quote text.

Integrating quotes from darinjohn2

Paraphrasing

http://goo.gl/OcZSW8 - Open the link and explore.

Sentence Modelling

She had been dreaming about a squirrel. In her dream, he was flying with his legs straight out in front of him and his tail straight out behind him.  He was a squirrel on his way to save someone!  He looked supremely, magnificently heroic.

Flora & Ulysses by Kate Dicamillo

When do I italicize?

http://www.kcitraining.com/styleguide/book/itals.html
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k70847&pageid=icb.page363226

Sentence Modeling

"The moon was a thin, bright machete cutting its way through patches of clouds."


- In the Time of the Butterflies, by Julia Alvarez, Page 89.

Proper Citation

A week in the life....

Diary Entry for a Main Character 
 Imagine you are the main character in your book. Write a diary entry for 7 days. Each entry must be at least one page long with 5-7 sentences per paragraph.

Sentence Modelling

Subsitute the words in red.  Write your new sentence(s) in your notebook.  Post your favourite one.

With a grin and a giggle, a hug and a whistle, we'd slap our knees and Mama would say: 'Bless the world it feels like a tip-tapping song-singing finger-snapping kind of day. Let's celebrate!' And so we did.

Libba Moore, My Mama had a Dancing Heart, p.2

Sentence Modelling

"My name is India Opal Buloni, and last summer my daddy, the preacher, sent me to the store for a box of macaroni-and-cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes and I came back with a dog."

Opening sentence to Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Sentence Modelling

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.” 
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings