Monday, November 16, 2009

Day 2 of Shared Inquiry

Part of Shared Inquiry is reading a text over and over to find and appreciate the subtleties that the author has included for you.

Read "The Veldt" again today using the copy I made for you. Mark each spot where the parents are being good parents or bad parents.

Use

G = they are being good parents

B = they are being bad parents

Be prepared to explain why you marked these spots the way you did. You will use this as a tool in your discussion and it will be a part of your grade.

If you finish early and cooperated with the teacher, then you may play on the computers.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Shared Inquiry Begins This Week

This week, we will engage in a process called Shared Inquiry. This video gives an overview of the process, and, even though the children in the video are in third grade, it can give you an idea of what we are doing--though we will be at a higher level.

For day 1, we will work together to choose and read a story after we watch this video. Once we finish that, we'll begin to record our questions and share them with each other.

Ooka and The Honest Thief from The Great Books Foundation on Vimeo.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Fun House Of The Terror

The Joker-the Clown Prince Of Crime, Gotham city's most dangerous criminal-scapes from Arkham Asylum and tricks Batman into following him into an old warehouse.

guji gucji

its about a crocodile that thinks he is a duck. one day the bigger crocodiles came and told him to take'em to somewhere and the next day he took them and they threw rocks at the crocodiles.

the band

Its about four young boys having a band! and they ar not that good, and ther dream is to be famouse and give out autographs! but until theyre about to go and perform one of them half to leave becouse of a family emergency, and when theyr on the stage they playd the 1st not of the song and it was bad, until the drummer made a steady beat it put them on track and the croud turned back around and started cheering! and when they were done they were all cheering happy and they gave out alot of autographs

dakota sanders

diary of a wimpy kid:rodrick rules

Toni's biblography

auther-Garland,Sherry
title-the lotus seed
publish-harcourt.inc 1993
genre-fiction
character-the grandma and her generation
setting-they are in vietnom
conflict-the day the emperor last his thown ba stole a lotus seed to remember him by years later her grandson steals the seed and plants it in a patch of mud.
perpose-to inform people about generations of a veitnom family.

author-dillon,leo & dione
title-to everything there is a season
publish-singapore;blue sky 1998
genre-poetry
character-many diffrent cultures
setting-changes on every page goes to diffrent cultures
conflict-on each page is a conflict in other cultures
perpose-to show pictures in other cultures and make a poem out of it

auther-hunter,erin
title-twilght,warriors
publish-harper collins publishers
genre-fiction
character-diffrent clans
setting-changes in every chapter
coflict- on every page is a problem
purpose-to solve the problems and help others

auther-hunter,erin
title-warriors
publish-harper collins publishers
genre-fiction
character-searching for clan
setting-changes every two pages
conflict-they fight and causes problems
purpose-to find thier clan

auther-shannon,david
title-no david no
publish-scholastic.inc
genre-fiction
character-he always gets in trouble
setting-mainly at his house
conflict-does everything wrong
purpose-to have fun

auther-shannon,david
title-david gets in trouble
publish-scholastic.inc
genre-fiction
character-he is in trouble all the time
setting- mainly at his house
conflict-everything he does gets him in trouble
purpose-justto make people happy

auther-goldsmith,lynne
title-a christmas carol
publish-scholastic.inc
genre-fiction
character-hates chritmas
setting-snow on the ground
conflict-be's mean to other people
purpose-gets visited by three ghosts

auther-charles dickens
title-oliver twist
publish-bett's miscellany fiction
genre-fiction
character-goes and finds his family
setting-england (old)
conflict-hooks up with mr.fagan and doger
purpose-finds his family

auther-paulson,gary
title-hatchet
publish-simon & schoster childrens
genre-fiction
character-brian is stranded in wilderness in canada
setting-canada
conflict-gets taken and stranded
perpose-to entertain people

Author-Hiderori Kusaka
Title- pokemon red
publish- Vie media LLC
genre- fiction
character- battling the elite four
setting- traviling
conflict- battling to get stronger
perpose-entertain

Author- Hiderori Kusaka
Title- Diamond and pearl adventures
publish- Zie media LLC
genre- fiction
character- trying to meet dalgia
setting- traviling
conflict- wants to get stronger
perpose- entertain

Author- David benedictus
Title- return to hundred arce woods
publish- pengiun group
genre- fiction
character- christopher robin and pooh
setting- woods
conflict- returning to arce woods
perpose-to entertain

Author-hiderori kusaka
title- Pokemon yellow
publish Vie media LLC
genre- fiction
character- looking for red
setting traviling
conflict- gets attacted by elite four
perpose- to entertain