Sunday, October 18, 2015

Moby Max due 10/30, January 31, March 31 and May 31


Don't forget...Mobymax is due on 

10/31. http://www.mobymax.com/

Please complete 


one vocabulary section, and

one language section and

one reading section - either literature, stories 

or informational.

Bud, Not Buddy

Be prepared to "argue".  Is Bud thriving or surviving?

Words to know for Friday's quiz - commence, twine, promote,
glum, urchin, vermin, drowsy, lam, kin, gait, pout

https://quizlet.com/99326291/bud-not-buddy-vocabulary-chps-1-10-flash-cards/?new  Cut and paste link

Be sure you are...
Adding to your word catcher, writing down the rules, referring to your "what good readers do" handout when interacting with the text and summarizing each chapter.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Friday, October 16th Is World Food Day

http://freerice.com/category

Make the world a better place - feed people while playing a game and improving your vocabulary- and earning extra credit!

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Bud, Not Buddy

Listen . . .  
Here are the links to each Bud, Not Buddy chapter -
Be sure to summarize and be able to rename to chapter.


Trailer  - http://www.teachertube.com/video/bud-not-buddy-chapter-1-185287
Chp. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3XAwXob1bo
Chp. 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24qAMj42ix4
Chp. 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHNNFro08ZY
Chp. 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-ZM65OwVg8
Chp. 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZvPNYCOXbo
Chp. 6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6xPjEU_ySA
Chp. 7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj-6Uq_2xSA
Chp. 8 -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UyBR7TSINc
Chp. 9 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaslzeQUs78
Chp. 10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMxqFeG9UUw
Chp. 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cSfZpoywYY - right story, wrong copy
Chp. 12- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjoKKYVklpY
Chp. 13 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25632Xk3TE0
Chp. 14 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AadNV5VOxXU
Chp. 15 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBm6C0lpEpc
Chp. 16 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lj-Ar-qW5M
Chp. 17 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8WU0t3fktE
Chp. 18 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCime2To2Jo
Chp. 19 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WxqQfAwnzI

Extra Credit - Bud, Not Buddy!

To ponder...

1.  What's the difference between surviving and thriving?
2.  Why is it important for Bud to be a better liar?


3.  Why is Bud focused on the idea of a "funner" life?


Tone - the feelings a narrator has toward a character or subject in the story.
Figurative language - language that uses figures of speech to create images of what something looks, sounds, or feels like. It is different from literal language because literal language means exactly what it says. One common form of figurative language is when you describe something by comparing it to something else.

Question -
“How does figurative language affect the tone of the excerpt in which the woman is walking down the hall? What inference can we make about Bud’s feelings, based on his use of figurative language in this excerpt?”

Find other examples of figurative language, list the page number and tell how the author's word choice affected the story. 

Bud, Not Buddy

What rule or rules do you live by? 

One of mine is... Do something nice for someone everyday. 
           another one is...If you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing.                                 
                                finally... Let the people you care about know that you care about them...everyday.