April 27, 28, 29

April 27

Novel Basics

1.  Zoom call
2. Elements of a novel - https://www.tutor.com/cmspublicfiles/Providers/MainElementsNovel.pdf
3. Setting:  The setting of a piece of literature is the time and place in which the story takes place. The definition of setting can also include social statuses, weather, historical period, and details about immediate surroundings. Settings can be real or fictional, or a combination of both real and fictional elements.

Exercise - https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-comprehension-worksheets/setting-worksheet-01.pdf

4. Setting generators:

 Location and setting generator:
 https://www.springhole.net/writing_roleplaying_randomators/locationgens.htm

Create a setting: https://writingexercises.co.uk/create-a-setting.php

April 28
1.  Zoom meeting: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78714724675?pwd=TEZ1OFJkQmFManNUOUs3TTJMUmhFdz09
2.  Reading - Holes    Read chapter 3, 4, 5 (until the end of page 9)
http://www.hayatschool.com/kuwait/articles/Holes_by_Louis_Sachar1.pdf

April 29
1.  Zoom meeting:  https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72120162326?pwd=UFFnN3AxMS9xS2RFemhicG00R0YxQT09
2.  The story so far . . .
3.  What's up with those names???
4.  Setting: 

“There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.   There once was a very large lakehere, the largest lake in Texas. That was over a hundred years ago. Now itis just a dry, flat wasteland."
“There used to be a town of Green Lake as well. The town shriveled anddried up along with the lake, and the  people who lived there.”

You can tell that setting is important in Holes because that is where the author begins. At first glance, this setting seems like a realistic place: somewhere in the Texas desert, in the present time. However, the novel constantly reminds us that appearances can be deceiving. In the world of Holes, the reader
soon discovers that the real and the imaginary coexist and sometimes even blur together.

5.  Thinking about the setting
• Where does Holes take place?

• How does the setting influence what happens in the story?

6. Wordplay: “Stanley Yelnats” is a palindrome, spelled the
same both forward and backward. Other palindromes include the
words mom, radar, and racecar, and the names Elle, Anna, and
Otto. Whole phrases can be palindromes, too, such as “A daffodil
slid off Ada” and “Rats live on no evil star.” You can find more
palindromes in Jon Agee’s book Go Hang a Salami! I’m a Lasagna
Hog!: and Other Palindromes. Come up with some palindromes of
your own, or make your name into a palindrome. You might also
want to check out some of the Web sites devoted to palindromes
like
http://www.fun-with-words.com/palindromes.html  or
www.mockok.com, to see how inventive people can get with this
kind of wordplay.

HOMEWORK:  Read chapter 6

April 20, 21, 22

Year 7  Welcome to Term 3 - remote teaching and learning

April 20, 21

1. Zoom call

2. 5 minute warm-up   Respond to the following prompt on the padlet

     Is it better to be the oldest sibling, middle sibling, youngest sibling or an only child? 

3.  New Unit - Holes

Unit Questions:
Factual - What is a novel? What are the elements of a novel?
Conceptual - Why do we tell stories? What can we express through a story? What can we learn through a story?
Debatable - Is literature like life?  What is literature supposed to do?

Content includes:  Fact or Opinion, Elements of a novel, literary devices.

4. Book intro: 

5. Research the author:
Before you begin a short story or a novel you should always research the author.  Conduct a quick search about Louis Sachar to find out the basics: who he is, when he was born, where is is from, is he well-known, has he won any awards, does he have a website?

6.  Let's begin
     a.  Based on the title of the book, What do you think this book is about?
     b.  Now, look at the book jacket image, What do you think this book is about?

   
c. Read the blurb from the rear book cover then answer the question, "Do you want to read this book?"  Why or why not?  Explain, include details.

d.  What is a good opening (beginning) to a novel?  discussion

e.  Read the first chapter of this book. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=YWJwbnByLm9yZ3xlbmdsaXNofGd4OjZhMjExYmUwOTlkOTk4MzU

f. What do you think about this opening?  discuss

g.  Write 4 or 5 sentences of what you think will happen in this book. Put your answer on the padlet: https://padlet.com/rddietrich1/7am5mj98augr8hts

April 22

1.  Zoom meeting
2.  What is a juvenile detention center?