Language Arts
Informational Writing - Gathering Facts on... (Being) Toast(s)
Descriptive Writing Support - Adjective List
Use the website below to support you as you complete your Writing Tour this morning.
Lit Circle Sample Run #1
Term 2 Literature Circles Kick-Off
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Welcome to our first round of Literature Circles for 2022-23! We will work through all of the book choices together today and you will hear a book talk on each of them. Use your rating sheet to decide your interest level in each activity, and then vote below for your top 3 choices.
The Writing Tour
Over the next couple of weeks, we'll be exploring all of the different types of writing. They are:
Each type of writing has its own purpose and learning how and where to effectively choose and use these in life is very important.
We'll be doing this all with a one-word prompt that is the same each day. The prompt for this challenge is the word:
- Narrative (Personal & Creative)
- Descriptive
- Expository
- Persuasive
- Informational
Each type of writing has its own purpose and learning how and where to effectively choose and use these in life is very important.
We'll be doing this all with a one-word prompt that is the same each day. The prompt for this challenge is the word:
TOAST
We will start by breaking this word down and why it was chosen. Then we will move one by one through each of the writing styles in our Writer's Notebook. Be prepared to share your work with your peers in a Writer's Workshop style at least one day each week, too!
Thirst Final Project
Your final project is detailed in OneNote in the Content Library.
Thirst Choice Activities - Nov 7-10
Thirst Choice Activities - Oct 24-28 and Oct 31-Nov 4
Below are the choice activities for our first two weeks of our Thirst read-aloud:
20 Cool Things About Water Infographic
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Division 1 is embarking on their first-term read-aloud - Thirst by Varsha Bajaj. This story is featured as the middle grades book in the Global Read Aloud, with thousands of classrooms all over the world studying and connecting over the same novel.
Thirst is a story about a young girl named Minni who lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, India, where water is a precious commodity. Shortages are rampant and their access is under threat because of thieves who try to steal and sell the clean water for profit. Meanwhile, Minni begins working in a fancy high-rise building as a maid and learns that water flows freely from every tap, and there is even a swimming pool on the rooftop! One day, she comes face-to-face with one of the water mafia bosses and must decide if she should risk her job - or her life - to expose him. |
