Non Fiction- Home work

Middle School Homework - Ms. Abu

http://jmsalsich.edublogs.org/2010/05/01/nonfiction-text-features/

Please click on the link above and listen to the "voicethread." Your assignment is to reinforce your understanding of non fiction text features.  The audio is student friendly and will help you to remember what you learned in class.  When you watch the presentation,  you will see a cursor clicking on and identifying some very important parts of non-fiction" text. Pick three of the features and  write three short paragraphs for each; explain the parts by naming them and telling the reader what the feature does and the role it plays in non-fiction text.

Remember to pick 3 FEATURES( Play back the video is you needed)

Name each one and then create a paragraph for each feature. Be sure to explain the features telling us the function and role and/or why it should be included in non fiction text.

This assignment is due on Monday January 9th 2012

Also, Please be advised that I placed fun games and literacy resources on the links to your right.  I added them to make learning literacy fun.

6-8 Suggested Reading List/Common Core Standards

Exemplars of Reading Text Complexity and Quality

From the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts with Literacy in History/Social Studies and Science

Stories

Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women

Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time

Cooper, Susan. The Dark Is Rising

Yep, Laurence. Dragon Wings.

Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Hamilton, Virginia. “The People Could Fly.”

Paterson, Katherine. The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks

Cisneros, Sandra. “Eleven.”

Sutcliff, Rosemary. Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad.

Drama

Fletcher, Louise. Sorry, Wrong Number

Goodrich, Frances and Albert Hackett. The Diary of Anne Frank: A Play

Poetry

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Paul Revere’s Ride.”

Whitman, Walt. “O Captain! My Captain!”

Carroll, Lewis. “Jabberwocky.”

Navajo tradition. “Twelfth Song of Thunder.”

Dickinson, Emily. “The Railway Train.”

Yeats, William Butler. “The Song of Wandering Aengus.”.

Frost, Robert. “The Road Not Taken.”

Sandburg, Carl. “Chicago.”

Hughes, Langston. “I, Too, Sing America.”

Neruda, Pablo. “The Book of Questions.”

Soto, Gary. “Oranges”

Giovanni, Nikki. “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long.”

Informational Texts: English Language Arts

Adams, John. “Letter on Thomas Jefferson.”

Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

an American Slave, Written by Himself

Churchill, Winston. “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat:

Address to Parliament on May 13th, 1940.”

Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

Steinbeck, John. Travels with Charley: In Search of America


Informational Texts: English Language Arts

Adams, John. “Letter on Thomas Jefferson.”

Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

an American Slave, Written by Himself

Churchill, Winston. “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat:

Address to Parliament on May 13th, 1940.”

Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad

Steinbeck, John. Travels with Charley: In Search of America

Informational Texts: History/Social Studies

United States. Preamble and First Amendment

to the United States Constitution. (1787, 1791)

Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember

Isaacson, Phillip. A Short Walk through the Pyramids

and through the World of Art

Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire

Greenberg, Jan, and Sandra Jordan. Vincent Van Gogh:

Portrait of an Artist

Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me:

The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie

Monk, Linda R. Words We Live By:

Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution

Freedman, Russell. Freedom Walkers:

The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics, and Technical Subjects

Macaulay, David. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction.

Mackay, Donald. The Building of Manhattan

Enzensberger, Hans Magnus. The Number Devil:

A Mathematical Adventure

Peterson, Ivars and Nancy Henderson. Math Trek:

Adventures in the Math Zone

Katz, John. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho.

Petroski, Henry. “The Evolution of the Grocery Bag.”

“Geology.” U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science

“Space Probe.” Astronomy & Space:From the Big Bang to the Big Crunch

Over The Break Assignment

Hi Students---

I hope by now you are enjoying your Christmas vacation. I just want to take this opportunity to thank you for all the wonderful writing i received from you on the Friday before the break. I am grateful that many of you know how to write a four square essay and others are developing. When we return on January third, you will be  expected to bring in 2 book reports with covers. The first is based on literature, of which you can have read to you on one of the literature links i provided on this blog. There are several sites for e-books and others to have books read aloud. The second book report has to be non-fiction. This simply means to report on something you read that is actual fact or rather a true story. If you don't have subtopics, use three of the five w's Be sure to use the 4 square format and include a completed graphic organizer with transitions and bullet the response under each subtopic. If you can type your book report and bring both in with the argument summary on Tuesday January 3, 2012 .  You will see links with the assignment and also the 4 square template.
Meanwhile, I am wishing you a happy Holiday season and a Happy New Years.
See you in 2012.
Stay safe.
Ms. Abu

I Love Mrs. P's Read Alouds

Hi There,

I added Mrs P's because it's oral storytelling format allows for you to listen, relax and watch as the story is being told. This format is not for everyone because everyone has a different learning style. Anyway, if you enjoy this  format have fun. Take notes on your 4 square graphic organizer and playback for accuracy.


http://www.mrsp.com/mrspvideos/mrspvideos.html

Ms. Abu

Over the Christmas Break Projects

Hi 6-8th Grade ELA Students

I hope its okay that I started the SHR Scholars Club and that you all belong to it. I knew that all of you desire to become SCHOLARS and so I formed the Club. I hoped that your teachers, parents and the world would see that YOU are taking a greater role in working responsibility toward achieving success.

Over the Christmas break, I know you want to enjoy family and friends. So, I decided not to overwhelm you with too much homework. But, the ELA test is coming up and we must all work hard to achieve excellence and not lose ground. So I have prepared links for you to do 2 book reports and 1 argument summary. 

You must return on Jan 3, 2011 with ONE FICTION AND ONE NON-FICTION BOOK REPORT and one ARGUMENT SUMMARY.

This week before the break , will be all about 4 SQUARE WRITING. At the end, I will discuss with you how to do a  4 SQUARE BOOK REPORT and provide you with a template. 

Ms. Abu

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.
Ahmad Jamal

Vocabulary Test

Hi There,

I hope this message finds you well. I am looking for eager learners...Ready and thirsty for knowledge. By now, if you are looking daily on this page, its an indication that you are taking responsibility for your progress. Please note that on Tuesday December 20, 2011. I will give you a test on the vocabulary words associated with your texts. They include: Night, The Giver and Romiette and Julio. I have provided a fun way for you to learn new vocabulary words, take advantage of this opportunity and study.

Also join the site use your email to follow. You can also comment.

thanks for your cooperation
Ms. Abu

The Giver

Hi  Eighth Graders--

We are still deciding on the novel we will read as a grade. Meanwhile, since you are not enjoying the Giver. We will read the Novio Boy, one because it  fits in with the new common core curriculum map and secondly, it is a play. I think a play lends itself to greater textual inactiveness and the topics explored in Novio Boy are typical stuff teens experience. I will prepare the first lesson for Monday December 19th 2011.

Ms. Abu