We have had an eventful quarter! In Writer’s Workshop, many of you used mentor text to create your own comic strips. Some of those strips are on display in our room. In Reader’s Workshop, I have noticed that some of you have stepped outside your comfort zone and are now reading genres you never thought you would read. Yes! This means you are challenging yourself. With these thoughts in mind, I have a few questions for you:
(1) What are you reading? What has the novel taught you about the “human condition”? I would like for you to provide specific examples from your life to support this claim.
(2)Remember your writing goal from a few weeks ago? Well, have you accomplished it or are you making progress? Use your Writer’s Notebook and your earlier comments in this blog to help you answer this.
I can’t wait to hear from all of you!
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November 18th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Well I’m reading The true story of Hansel and Gretel and the novel has taught me a little bit because I started reading it last week and it is teching how to survie in the woods or the forest. I had a time when I was small and my mom went to the clothes and left me at the toys and I could feel like I was in a forest with nobody else their.
I did accomplished it when I was doing my writing from november 17, 2008 and I did have feelings and alot of stuff that I wrote down on my goals and well I do like my stories to have all that stuff!
November 18th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
THE BOOK I’M READING IS THE BOOK CALLED DON’T GIVE A BOY A GUN. WHAT THEY HAD THOUGHT ME TO NOT GIVE A BOY A GUN. I HAD ACCOMPLISHED MY READING GOALS IT IS TO TAKE MORE NOTES WHILE I’M READING.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
i am reading a book called “son of the mob” it is about a mob family that is in the “vending machine” buisness.ummmm i dont know if this has taught me about any “human condition” because of what the book is about. My writing goal from a few weeks ago was to put more humor in my stories and my status on that is that i am still working on it.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I am reading a book kaled FRINDLE i bairly finished the book the book was about a boy ho named a pen he named the pen frindle. Nic named the pen frindle beacuse nic wanted to name a pen a new name. And nic beacame rich just beacuse of naming a pen
November 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
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Th3 book th@t I im r@3d is Horror Hour By: R.L. STINS’S . The novel taught is all kind B3c@us3
there @r3 a lot of persons in it . Well ya my goal is that to be use commas appropviatery on it I do that
sometime not all the time.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
im reading this book nameed frindle. my goal is to get beter in 3 weeks in i progress in i im a little beter
November 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
i am reading a child called it and what i learnd was that alot of pearents dont like kids and so they traet them bad and i’m lucky to have nice peantres .
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yes my progrees to writing is to get more good ideas so people say oh i want to read that i want to make more intresting.
November 18th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I am reading is Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Rod Ricks Rules. A person geting pused by other poeple. The wimpy kid
November 18th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I am reading Always Running . I learned that life is violent & harsh .
November 18th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
I was reading a book called Frindle by Andrew Clements. The book has taught me that we could also create words and if your lucky you could get the word in the dictionary. And if you get that word on the dictionary you will get the money and maybe live like a rich person. first q
November 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Hello Mrs.Stephens I am reading, “Chew On This” it taught me what is the secret of fast food. Eww, did you know in Mcdonalds, Burger King and Wendys, they put a chemical in your drink, salad dressings, cookies, chicken dishes, and sandwich buns, that they also use in your makeup and to paint your house! They also put bugs so it can give it coloring.
I am very close to accomplish my goal. I feel I am doing better than before but I still feel I can do a little better.
Thank you
November 20th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
The book I am reading is The undertaker. The undertaker is a Wrestler. It say on page 5 he started to fight in 1991. And on page 13 it says that he payed basketball no only fight.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I am reading son of the mob. The novle has taught that gangs and mobs are bad for human life. For example, The son of the mob, vince hates his familys business. They kill rob and make people pay them money.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
1.)The book I am reading is called Alvoan High By Meg Cabot. This novel has taught me that you can be yourself and still make friends. For example,one time i tried to be friends with this girl but, then I started to be mean to my old friends. It was bad.
2.)My goal was to use more figuritive laugage and I have been making prosess.
November 20th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
I am reading son of the mob. The novle has taught that gangs and mobs are bad for human life. For example, The son of the mob, vince hates his familys business. They kill rob and make people pay them money.
I think that i have acomplshed the goal because my writing is more intresting with all the big words in it.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I am reading three days by donna jo napoli.This book has tought me to not take rides with stangers.
One time I was young and I want to rided with a stanger it did’tn happen.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:02 am
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November 21st, 2008 at 10:13 am
I’m reading a book called ANNiE’S BABY. What it taught me is that “they” which is the author is talking about a girl getting pregnant when she is aslo a teenager.From this book I’m learning that if you get pregnant as a teen you WILL have some problems. Aslo the novle has teach me that going to partys and drinking beer is BAD for you and even WORSE when your a teenager.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:16 am
the book i am reading is called fighter pilots it is cool to read about there is some airplanes from world war two and now there is jets in a page 11 there is a mab that fighted in combat and sayed that they have to practice this helps me tounderstand the book more easly or it well help me use one in real life or build one to use and yes i well remamber my goals
November 21st, 2008 at 10:19 am
The novel has tote me that there more to life.the book that I am reading is called the Tales Of Despereamx.like I would always get tised and i would go and push on hit them but now I just let it go past me. Some of my goals were to read the. I acomblished my goals like I read more 6th grades books.I am a proving I all my grades.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:22 am
wh@ts up I reading olivia kindney by ellen potter the book has six charters. from this book I have learned how to make queshtions I think I have met my goal because I starting to make qushtions I have somthing in comin with olivia because I used to feel lonley. yes I have made my writing goal I useing more discribsion. and useing my ponshoaion correctly
November 21st, 2008 at 10:22 am
the book i am reading now is storm breaker by reading this book I had learned that all people have to die and if you spend time with them its even sader for you and the people that knew him very well. for exapmle when my cousin died my whole family like my mom,dad, and brother we then started to cry and just be sad. I am making progress because I can explain my character in my comic strip by the powhe does he has and by the actions but I still need to explain his behavior with out saying it. that is what I am doing in readers/writers work shop.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:23 am
For question number 1 the book i’m reading is called A Child Called ”It” this book taught me that not all familes are great and always have a good time and the character dave has been through alot and some of it is scareness and i been through that to in my life.
Two of my writing goals are put captle letters in the begging of a sentence and Indent in the begging of paragraphs and i done both of them and i been making alot of prosess.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:26 am
The book I’m reading is called ANNiES BABY. What they thought me is too not get pregnant as a teen. I had ACCOMPLISHED My reading goals it is too take more notes while i’m reading and aslo learning more too write.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:28 am
the book i am reading is the boy who owned the school.its about a boy who thinks he owneds the school.he is shy. and when i did a play i was to shy to get on stage. i leared that ther are more book to read.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:27 pm
In question 1 the book I am reading is called Avalon High this book taught me that friendship is very imporatant and that you should not get in others people buissnes and that you should always be close to who you love.
Two of my writing goals are to use puncuation and to put them were they belong. My other goal is to make more paragrahs in my writing.i have been doing this and i have improved.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:29 pm
the book i’m reading is shadow jump in this book taught me that when you feel you have all that anger your not your self. and i’ve gone through those problomes. two of my goals are to indent at the biggining of every 6 sentenses and to and capitalize. And i’ve complited all of those tasks.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:29 pm
1.I am reading three days by donna jo noli.
it thout me when some thing scery has happen to you.you wish it had not happen to you.
writing- My goal is to have better hand wirting. I think I have reached my goal so far.