Literacy Skills for 6-1 LaBarbera/ Jan 27-Feb. 2, 2010

Literacy Skills for 6-1 LaBarbera/Jan. 27- Feb. 2, 2010.

1. Students should be reading AR books and self selection this week. We will have the introduction to vocabulary for the genre of "mystery" in class.
Up and coming: We will read And Then There Was None Or Shakespeare's Secrets, Or The Westing Game.

2. Extended response: There is an extended response due every Monday until ISATs . This was announced right after winter break.
This week's prompt: If the main character of your novel was to be "lost" , how would the character solve that problem? How would YOU solve that problem. Share an example.
3. The progress reports will go home with students this Thursday, Jan. 28. The second trimester ends February 26.