Reading/Writing/Grammar Resources

Typing Resources- practice your typing skills with these Free programs

Typing Club

Typing.com

Reading Activities

Newsela-articles, stories, and questions about your reading

Scholastic Magazines-free access- fiction/non-fiction-plays-poetry and assessment

Reading and questions about your reading- Spanish and English

Word-Vocabulary Work- Expand your vocabulary skills

Free Rice- play on the app or the computer-test your word knowledge

Grammar-free printable grammar practice through short stories

Choice Book Clubs- YOU created your own reading schedule approved by your teacher: Please ask your book club members about what day you are reading if you are not sure as they are your best resource.

Activities for Book Clubs:

setting sketch book clubs

book club plot work 2020

character mood meter activity 2019-2

Grammar- Practice online

Check out the links below BUT you should also log into your No Red Ink account and practice on there…absent when we made the account? Go to my No Red Ink Page and follow the directions on creating an account.

Singular and Plural Apostrophe practice- 1

Contraction Practice

Other Grammar to Practice on your own…

Comma Review

https://youtu.be/uXQq4Ug1RIM

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Winter Book Clubs 1 and 2 (Empathy): Winter Book Club Reading Schedule

Pictures of Hollis Woods Pictures of Hollis Woods- audio version

Rules

Crash

Counting by 7’s

Crash: Audio version below

Wonder: 30 day free trial: Wonder- audio

Rain, Reign: You can try this out for free for 30 days off Audible, you do not need to put a payment method in…if the link isn’t working, email me and I will send you the link directly.

Rain, Reign audible

Dog of Pompeii QUIZLET– The Dog of Pompeii vocabulary

The Dog of Pompeii Kahoot

The Dog of Pompeii Resources

Read The Dog of Pompeii with the link below:

http://my.ccsd.net/userdocs/documents/y3iY4r6dY3JjYVat.pdf

Hear the story being read to you with the link below:

The Dog of Pompeii

Vocabulary for “The Dog of Pompeii”

Spanish- The Dog of Pompeii

Visual Vocabulary- The Dog of Pompeii

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The King of Mazy May Resources

Building Background Knowledge on the Alaskan Gold Rush

If videos are NOT working on my page, please go to Mrs. Tarasco’s page and use the video links there:

Reading/Writing Resources

Videos:

Video – Sledding

Video – Gold

Video – Dawson

The King of Mazy May Resources

The King of Mazy May: Reading below

Reading of Mazy May

Vocab for Mazy May

Toil: hard, exhausting work

Endured: help up under, usually in difficult conditions or decisions

prospectors: people who search for valuable ores ( like gold)

liable: likely

poising: balancing

declined: refused

summit: the highest part of something

claim: a piece of land or to make a statement usually without proof

stampede: sudden rush of people of animals

protagonist: the hero of the story

suspense: uncertainty

conflict: fight or battle

The King of Mazy May the reading-if you lose the copy that was given

Background:

http://www.american-historama.org/1881-1913-maturation-era/klondike-gold-rush.htm

https://kids.kiddle.co/Klondike_Gold_Rush

http://www.alaskakids.org/index.cfm/know-alaska/Alaska-History/Gold-Rushes

Model of a plot mountain for the story, The 3 Little Pigs

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Pay it Forward Resources

Character notes: click below to see what our classes are saying about the characters in Pay it Forward

Pay it forward- character notes

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Pay it forward reading schedule

Audio of Pay it Forward below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0ZKGbYSVOA&list=PLy1RS_4St1utCXbgHFEjv0QxjojI8gJ0E

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tim+mcgraw+humble+and+kind&docid=608037200648407956&mid=B1A441C2A03472248073B1A441C2A03472248073&view=detail&FORM=VRAASM9/20/19

Friday group work Video challenge: Tim McGraw- Humble and Kind- link is also above if it is not working below.

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In class- Fall 2019- Short Story/Poem- work

Love and the Cabbie: https://www.chickensoup.com/book-story/36172/love-and-the-cabbie

Smile: https://www.my-diary.org/read/e/540213265/smile-barbara-hauck

Love and Cabbie- Smile response questions

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Winter Book clubs- Students were given the sheets below and a calendar to help them keep track of important assignments and dates

Rules audio version

Crash audio version

Pictures of Hollis Woods audio version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwpXfV6vJBY

Winter Book Clubs Reading Schedule

Writing About Your Reading

Winter Book Clubs Sketch to Stretch

UNIT: SURVIVAL

http://www.goldbullionpro.com/top-10-klondike-gold-rush-facts/

LONG WRITE/SHORT WRITE

*Short Writes 2018

MODEL (Use the link above to access a chart form of this)

You have notes in your notebook about this!

Writing about your Reading: Short Writes

Title of Book: ___________________________

Week of: ________________________________

**Glue this into your notebook, fill it (each time you are assigned a short write) based on what you read that night. You will have 3 to complete each week, so you choose the dates to complete these!

I notice……..

SO…..I think….. OR SO, I wonder….

TEXT EXAMPLES*What you notice about characters, plot, suspense, setting, conflicts etc…..

Ex:

-Phillip did not need any help from the sailors when they found him on the island.

-He only wanted the knife that belonged to Timothy.

–Write 4-6 sentences where you explore your example from the book.** Your thoughts, wonderings, questions, noticing, and theories are important and need to be explored!

I think…..Phillip was proud of how confident and independent he had become since Timothy died. He felt like he just had to be guided to the boat. He also wanted the knife that would always remind him of Timothy. I think Timothy would be proud of Phillip for being rescued.

LONG WRITES about your Reading: These notes are in your notebook!

Writing long means to take your post it notes, chart work and book club conversations to develop a longer writing piece (at least a paragraph of 6 sentences) When you are writing long, you are allowing your mind to think about something related to your reading. Go with it…..develop a line of thinking or link ideas together. Think about the characters, and the roles they are playing in the story. Think about how and why they may be (or may NOT be) changing. Use these sentence starters to get you started.

-I think…

-I wonder…

-What if…

-Why…

-How/Why does…..(this happen)

-(Character name) is changing/not changing…

-If this happened…..then…..

-OR CREATE YOUR OWN LINE OF THINKING!

Example:

I wonder……how the novel “The Cay” would be differerent if we changed the setting. Maybe, instead of the story taking place in 1942, it could happen now. In 2018. How would that change things? I bet they could use a drone to find the island. I know that if Phillip had a cell phone, it would have been water logged after falling off the life raft. Timothy too. Maybe the Navy has access to better boats today, ones that would not be afraid to sail too close to the reefs. If boats could do that, then they would know that the Devils’s Mouth existed and could easily get close enough to explore and search for survivors.

How to answer discussion questions or readers response questions (for quiz)

You may and SHOULD use your book!

1. Restate the question.

(2 character traits that Phillip shows are…..)

2. Answer the question and use text details, examples, and evidence to prove your answer correct.

3. Check spelling, grammar, punctuation.

***It is NOT ok to spell things on the quiz paper or in the novel incorrectly. You also MUST remember that the names of characters MUST be capitalized.

Ex:

Question: What are some of the discouraging facts that Timothy discovers about the cay? Explain with text evidence.

Answer: Some of the facts that Timothy realized about the island that upset him were that the island was small, and in an area called ¨The Devilś Mouth”which are islands surrounded by coral reef. This means that boats cannot get too close to the island. There also is no fresh water, and limited food for them to eat, so that is discouraging to him.

How to Do Vocabulary

In order to help you be successful at mastering new vocabulary words, I have listed some procedures you will follow in my classroom.

Many words in the English language have multiple meanings. For example, the word “key” could be an object used to open a lock, it could be a low-lying island, it could a section of map, a set of answers to a test, the pitch of a sound or voice, etc. It is VERY important that when looking up a definition you make sure to choose the definition that seems most related to the unit of study going on in the classroom at that time. Don’t be lazy and automatically choose the first definition you come across. If it is the wrong definition, you will need to redo the work. Being lazy just costs you more time in the end….So….

DO NOT be a Copy-Monkey. I know that you all know how to copy something word for word from a dictionary or use the cut and paste method. This however, is NOT why we look up vocabulary words. DON’T be a copy monkey.

2. Be sure you understand the definitions you write down. Ask me in class if you are unsure of a definition you have. I want you to take ownership of these words, build a strong vocabulary. Then you can use these words freely and correctly anywhere at any time! Let people see how smart and educated you are. Do not have your parents do your work for you!

3. There will be a variety of vocabulary quizzes throughout the year. Spend some time reviewing definitions at home with friends or family. This will pay off in the long run. We will talk about other study strategies soon.

The Cay

Looking for the reading schedule? Check it out here: The Cay reading schedule

Looking for The Cay discussion questions? Check them out over here: The Cay discussion questions Answer your discussion questions on a separate sheet or paper or in your ELA notebook.

Audio versions are available online, here is a link for one below but you may use anyone that works for you.

Audio Part I of The Cay

Audio Part II of The Cay

Audio Part III of The Cay

The Dog of Pompeii Resources

Read The Dog of Pompeii with the link below:

http://my.ccsd.net/userdocs/documents/y3iY4r6dY3JjYVat.pdf

Hear the story being read to you with the link below:

The Dog of Pompeii

Vocabulary for “The Dog of Pompeii”

Note: Words with a * next to them are defined in the story packet for you. Other words will need to be defined by YOU. Please remember to use the word that makes the most sense for the context of the word, so be sure to re-read to ensure your vocabulary makes sense!