Homework for the weekend of Sept. 29

CASI reading assessment continue in class on Monday.

Writing: most students have had postcard letter to Toronto edited and written one good copy.

A few more students have to hand in late assignment Monday. Incomplete work will be completed during lunch Monday. Oct. 15 is the deadline to send off the remaining 45 cards.

Media: in class we will be looking at the elements of an e-mail communication.

To think about: (Reading response to be assigned)

How do I communicate my ideas best?

(original assignment date was supposed to be last Friday)

subtopic: e-mail vs. letter/postcard writing

How is a letter similar / different to an e-mail?
What is the "proper" format for an e-mail?
Do you write letters or e-mail differently for different audiences?

This week we will start examining specific elements in narrative (story) writing.

Story elements?

plot (what is happening)
setting (where it is happening)
characters (who is in the story)
problem (what the main character(s) face.)
solution (how the main character(s) solve the problem.)
mood and tone (feelings made, sight, smell, sound..five senses)
theme (a lesson that the author is trying to share...eg. war hurts people)
point of view (who's perspective is the story being told from..eg. The real story of the Three Little Pigs is told by the Big Bad Wolf.)
Figurative language (how the author uses language (simile, metaphor, onomatoepeia)

Math:

Continue will numeration multiplication and division practice (see sheets in orange

duotang.

During the year you will be learning a number of new concepts. You must have

the problem solving behind when you use multiplication, division, adding and

subtracting (or how to choose best that makes sense to you) in order

to eliminate frustration.

Here is a scary story to share with you:

(audio only due to copyright laws)...but listen how audio helps to create tone and

mood)

The Simpsons, The Raven (originally by Edgar Allen Poe)