Let Perfect Begin!!!!!!

TODAY!!! FINALLY!!!
We have started our Utopias in class! So Far So Good!
Planning is fun....but lets start creating!
Remember to be kind as you work with others because together we can accomplish anything!

D.E.A.R. Family Reading Tips

Designate a special time for family reading. Whether it is the morning paper,
books at bedtime or stories after supper, a reading routine becomes something
everyone can look forward to.

Encourage your child’s reading. Praise the efforts of your soon-to-be or
beginning reader. Make sure that the busy schedules of older readers include
time for reading for pleasure.

Allow kids to choose books they are interested in reading or having read aloud.
Be aware of your child’s interests and abilities and make a variety of reading
materials easily accessible.

Register for a library card. If you already have one, use it frequently! Take
advantage of library programs or library book clubs.



Develop a reading-rich environment at home. Furnish your house with books,
newspapers, and magazines. Make sure there are also comfortable places to
read with good lighting.

Everyday opportunities for reading abound. From the cereal box at breakfast,
to the weather report in the newspaper, to the road signs on the way to school,
to the note in the lunchbox, to the recipe for dinner—words are everywhere!
Take the time to point them out or ask your child to read them to you.

Ask questions when you are sharing books together. Engage your children in
discussions about the books you read and help them relate to the characters or
situations. Share your own feelings and invite kids to do the same.

Remember, children want to do what the grownups do. So if parents just drop
everything and read, the kids will want to be a part of it!

Back to school night!

What an incredible turn out! Look for pictures....posted soon.....I hope you all know how lucky you are to be so loved!

Literacy Centers

LITERACY CENTERS

DIRECTIONS:
• Identify the type of errors you made by looking at your Benchmark Folder.
• To help remediate your weakness, practice that skill by clicking on a link below under that skill. Follow the directions for each activity carefully.
• Print out the results page for each completed activity to earn back points on your benchmark assessment grade. Write your name on the results page and hand in!

Central Idea/Theme
1. http://www.quia.com/pop/120023.html
2. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1169917.html
3. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=main-idea-benchmark&quesnum=1
4. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes15/wallaceble/mainidea.html
5. http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/main_idea/quiz1510.html
6. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/rosie/skill_pre.html
7. http://atlantis.coe.uh.edu/archive/langarts/langarts_lessons/langles3/journald.html
8. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_sr_1/12/3145/805217.cw/index.html
9. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/0,7989,1832680-,00.html
10. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/0,7989,1832780-,00.html
11. http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/weblessons/gettheidea/default.htm#page6

Literary Elements
1. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1314532.html
2. http://www.quia.com/quiz/270936.html
3. http://www.quia.com/quiz/449371.html
4. http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2309931a72b00.html
5. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=literary-elements_4
6. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes7/msreau/LiteraryElements.html
7. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/game/play.phtml?dest=Lit_v52.dcr&width=500&height=300&ini=lesson1.ini&height2=296
8. http://sitepeople.com/HARPERENGLISH/TESTS_EXERCISES/LITERARY_ELEMENTS_TESTS/LITERARY_ELEM_1A.HTML
9. http://www.squeetus.com/robopork/quiz_lit.asp
10. http://www.edcreate.com/quiz/game.php?id=713
11. http://quizlet.com/60157/english-literary-terms-quiz-9-16-07-flash-cards/ (Click Learn or Test under Study OR Scatter or Speed Race under Play)

Inference/Character Judgment
1. http://www.quia.com/pop/43335.html
2. http://www.quia.com/pop/89733.html
3. http://www.quia.com/ba/41785.html
4. http://www.philtulga.com/Riddles.html
5. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/e/drawconclusionsp.cfm
6. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencel.cfm
7. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/makinginferencep.cfm
8. http://www.hbschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_11.htm
9. http://gamequarium.com/readquarium/skillsi-p.html (Click any Inference Activity)
10. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/inferencesp.cfm
11. http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=11&act=2&que=1

Supporting Details
1. http://www.laflemm.com/dynamic/online_practice.php?practice_id=18
2. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/17/4414/1130236.cw/index.html
3. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_sr_1/12/3145/805256.cw/index.html
4. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_long_rw_2/43/11195/2866145.cw/index.html
5. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_long_srw_1/30/7798/1996414.cw/index.html
6. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=identify-supporting-details&quesnum=1
7. http://literacynetwork.verizon.org/fileadmin/technology/supporting.swf
8. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/27/7158/1832687.cw/index.html
9. http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter3/deluxe.html
10. http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter3/deluxe.html
11. http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter3/deluxe.html
12. http://cwabacon.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/seyler_ab/chapter3/deluxe.html

Text Organization
1. http://www.quia.com/rr/349784.html
2. http://gamequarium.com/readquarium/skillsa-h.html (Click Cause and Effect, Chronological Order and Compare and Contrast)
3. http://www.quia.com/mc/20632.html
4. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1137258.html
5. http://www.quia.com/rr/321552.html
6. http://www.quia.com/cm/406591.html
7. http://web1.asd.k12.pa.us/tp/cavs/6th%20Grade%20Reading.htm (Click Text Organization- An interactive powerpoint will open.)

Author’s Purpose
1. http://www.quia.com/pop/82118.html
2. http://gamequarium.com/readquarium/skillsa-h.html (Click Author’s Purpose)
3. http://fcit.usf.edu/FCAT/strategies/ap/default.htm (Click Strategy Overview then Student Activity)
4. http://www.citycol.com/basic_skills/Quizzes/Purpose/reading_purpose.htm (Click 1 and work through all 10 activities)
5. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/0,7989,1130503-,00.html
6. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/j/authorpurposep.cfm
7. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/authorspurposep.cfm
8. http://www.fcatexplorer.com/media/parent/tiplister/flash/tip210a.swf
9. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/authorpur.cfm
10. http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/term/matchgeneric2.asp?filename=kderitteauth
11. http://www.hbschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_20.htm
12. http://fcit.usf.edu/FCAT/strategies/ap/activity1.htm

Genre
1. http://www.quia.com/quiz/1044688.html
2. http://www.quia.com/jg/382369.html (Pick a game and play)
3. http://www.quia.com/hm/337032.html
4. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes7/carey_mcelroy/GenreQuiz2.html
5. http://www.mikids.com/Genres/quiz1.htm
6. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/o/genresp.cfm

Vocabulary/Meaning of Word (Context Clues)
1. http://www.quia.com/pop/35971.html
2. http://www.quia.com/rr/151544.html
3. http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=191
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/spanish/flash/wordmaster/051011_wordmaster_shell_spa.swf
5. http://theflashgames.blogspot.com/2009/03/original-word-burst.html
6. http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/ccdirect.htm
7. http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic01.html
8. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_1/0,1682,11856-,00.utf8.html
9. http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic02.html
10. http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=4253
11. http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=11&act=3&que=1
12. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm
13. http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=11&act=3&que=1

BOOK PROJECT

SCRAPBOOK BOOK PROJECT DIRECTIONS
DUE DATE: June 9th

A scrapbook is an album in which pictures, newspaper/magazine clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted in a creative design. Your scrapbook will be of your novel. It should be colorful, creative, and detailed. It should be neatly bound in a folder or a notebook.

SCRAPBOOK BOOK PROJECT RUBRIC
Page 1: Cover Sheet (Colorful picture of cover) __________ /5 points
Page 2: Setting (Creatively/clearly shows time and place) __________ /5 points
Page 3: Main Character (Description and illustration) __________ /10 points
Page 4: Main Character (Description and illustration) __________ /10 points
Page 5: Minor Character (Description and illustration) __________ /5 points
Page 6: Beginning of novel (Description and illustration) __________ /5 points
Page 7: Middle of novel/Conflict (Description and illustration) ____ /10 points
Page 8: End of novel/Resolution (Description and illustration) _____ /10 points
Page 9: Quote of Favorite Part (Quote, description, and
illustration) ___ /10 points
On time __________ /5 points
Handed in rubric __________ / 5 points
Used scrap-booking techniques to make your scrapbook neat,
colorful, creative, and detailed __________ /10 points
Spelling and Grammar __________ 10 points
TOTAL __________ /100 POINTS

Chapter 14

Chapter 14 “Over the Edge”

Brig- 129: A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts
Spars – 131: Nautical. A wooden or metal pole, such as a boom, yard, or bowsprit, used to support sails and rigging
Berthed -131: Docked
Trestle -132: A framework consisting of vertical, slanted supports and horizontal crosspieces supporting a bridge.

Edmund goes to the docks to talk to Capt Elias (who isn’t really a captain)

Edmund lies about his aunt and sis….saying they are “home”
Fortnoy is a friend of Elias.
Fortnoy was three days “locked up on the Lady Liberty”.
Elias is sure that Fortnoy was where he was.
Lady Liberty is docked.
Edmund walked the docks.
Edmund sees someone following him.
Sees the boat “sunrise”
Edmund runs to the end of the wharf and then pretends to go off the end …he then climbs under the wharf……to come up behind the person following him.
All he saw was white hair…was it Fortnoy?
Went off to Mrs. Whitman’s to find Dupin.



Study Guide;
1. 3 days
2. pretends to go off the end …he then climbs under the wharf……to come up behind the person following him
3. white hair
4. Fortnoy
5. Mrs. Whitman’s
6. PREDICT

Chapter 13

Chapter 13 “Our Secret Fears”
*Genially:119: pleasant, friendly
Apparition 120: a ghost like image of a person
Spectral 120: of or like a ghost
*Curt 120: rudely brief
Clerical 120: relating to the clergy
*Orations120:formal speeches
Consort 120: companion
Venomous 121 full of malice/spite
*Mockery 123:ridicule
Onslaught 123: a fierce attack
Improbable 124: not likely to be true
Bestial 124: of or like animal(s)
*Sordid 124: foul
*Daguerreotypes:125 early photo process: light sensitive silver coated metallic plate

Dupin is sweating, sick etc.
Tea at Mrs Whitman's
He saw 5 people at Mrs Whitman's all women were apparitions of the woman in the tomb and the men were Edmund.
Dupin is hallucinating
Dr Dillard, his orations are famous
Mrs Dillard
Mr Arnold
Mr MacFarlane: a poet
Catherine
Arnold inquires about Poe’s writing
P122 Evil is only the name we give our secret fears
“What if a man orders……
Dupin spoke to Arnold about coat
Mr Arnold leaves
McFarlane – Stories make me uncomfortable speaks of Auguste Dupin
Mrs Whitman speaks of a portrait studio and Dupin flirts and says he will have a portrait done for her to study.

Study Questions
1. the apparition, Edmund
2. a gathering of demons
3. the man who was to marry Mrs Whitman
4. Mr McFarlane
5. crime, brutality, death
6. the name we give our secret fears
7. what they know best
8. he leaves
9. he is a character in one of Poe’s stories
10. Mrs. Whitman
11. have his portrait done
12. he says he never knows
13. PREDICT