Today we studied a classic short story by Ray Bradbury called “The Veldt” which begs to question the impact of technology on people’s lives, and more importantly, where does imagination end and reality begin? Click the links below to read the original published story, get the assignment, and watch the television presentation of “The Veldt”
click the link below to get a copy of the story
15.03.16 bradbury_veldt – short story
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Today We will be doing an activity called Exact Descriptive Writing. we will be experimenting with describing how to draw a very specific picture. To do this students will require a piece of blank copy paper (Mr. Ewert will supply in class), a pencil, and an eraser (if students wish). Students will first practice with an example demonstration from Mr Ewert. Then they will practice with a given picture and a partner. Then, students will have 20 minutes two hand write a very exact, descriptive piece, in proper paragraph format that accurately describes how to draw a picture of their own creation. Warning: this takes very exact detail and refined thinking. this will wish to do a fairly simple picture, however, the parameters for your picture are below. Be sure to follow all criteria for your picture.
Your picture must have:
-at least 3 different shapes
-at least 3 of the four quadrants (quarters) must have something in them (you can’t pile them all together
-at least 2 of the shapes cannot touch the edge of the paper
-you must keep it SIMPLE
If you are absent. I will be streaming the live lesson of this on teams at 2:10 PM today. I advise you to watch the teams broadcast on the ELA channel if you are absent. You will then need to complete this task at home with assistance.
Today we are going to begin to write a mystery story. To do this you must first pre-plan all the action. In a way, you will need to “reverse engineer” the story by working backwards from the end. This allows you to plant all the necessary clues so youur story can grow over time and lead the reader on an adventure.
To start our planning we observed the two documents linked below and worked with them together as a class. We first brainstormed to practice using them and then worked inividually on our own stories.
Today students are studying a short story by Ray Bradbury called “A Sound of Thunder”. We read the short story and observed some vocabulary and questions related to the story. Then we watched the classic television production of this story as represented in “Ray Bradbury Theatre”.
Click the link below for a copy of the story:
15.03.12 A Sound of Thunder- Ray Bradbury
Click the link below for a copy of the assignment:
15.03.12 sound of thunder assignment
Watch the video below
Today we are going to learn a method for identifying themes in literature. Watch the video below to see how we can begin.
Assigned Task Today: Whilst reading The Hobbit today see if you can identify some “topics” to share from the book.
Watch the video below to learn how to find themes in literature. Then check out these notes on the video for a review.
Some students have asked about online reading and if it can be included in their reading journals. The answer, of course, is “yes, but”. Yes, but it needs to follow a formula to be legitimate. Below you will see an example shown in class.
If a student is say, reading online fan fiction on a site such as Wattpad they can apply a formula to tabulate how many “pages” they have read. But first, the student needs to establish their reading rate. To do this, look at the example below. In this example Suzy read for 30 in one sitting and found that she was reading 25 pages in that 30 min. block of time. So she follows the steps below…
However, reading novels and other actual “books” MUST be the key focus in your reading journal. Your goal is to read 20 books this year. Also, please note that online reading such as Facebook, Snapchat etc. is not “reading time” as it much of it is scrolling, looking at pictures, and does not relate to the focus of reading and understanding literature. “Reading time” is time spent sitting with fiction or non-fiction books, focusing on the craft of written language.
We have been discussing how to find symbols in literature when reading our book The Hobbit. Students are asked to draw pictures of objects that come up in the book and follow the steps below to declare what they may be a symbol of.
Your assignments is written in the picture below. There is also a sample of this assignment below that.
Here is a picture of an example that was done when studying The Giver by Lois Lowry
The video below explains the process well.
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