ELA News
Week of June 4, 2018
Quickwrites
Create a new Quickwrite document for the week and share it with us in Google Classroom.
Mentor Text
Our mentor text this week is "Summer in a Small Town" by Tony Hoagland. He was born in North Carolina and has written many books of poetry and essays about poetry. He won the Mark Twain Award from the Poetry Foundation and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Hoagland teaches writing at the University of Houston.
Quickwrite Prompts
Monday- Borrow a line
Tuesday- Write about a similar topic or imitate the format
Wednesday- Field Trip! No writing class today
Thursday- Give your opinion of the piece/Analyze what the author is doing
Friday- Free Write!
Mentor Sentence
Sherlock Holmes, a character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, continues to appear in television shows more than 100 years after his first appearance in print.
Writing
This week we will be writing reflections on the year.
Reading
We will finish reading The Perfect Score this week. As we read, we will discuss the book and take some notes in a Slides presentation that was shared with you in Google Classroom.
What is Mrs. Garver Reading?
I am reading 37 Things I Love (In No Particular Order) by Kekla Magoon. Each chapter is focused on something the main character loves, and through each thing we learn her story. Her father was injured in an accident and is comatose in a care facility, so she goes to talk to him every day after school even though he can't respond. I really like how this book is organized, and the characters are very true-to-life.
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Last Week's Winner
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Class Codes and Links
Mrs. Garver
Email: jgarver@rayder.net
Website: classroomcooks.weebly.com
Location: 13513 Division Street, Charlevoix, MI, United States
Phone: 2315478166
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MrsGarversClass/
Twitter: @mrsgarversclass