Homework this week:Using all 10 CHRON words, write a

short story, poem, or create a comic strip showing your knowledge of the words.

Vocabulary spotlights: CHRON words http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq5Kx45Ty2w   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyaThBbzLQg   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDyGl2uIQ-Q

Warm-up: WORD SPLASHUse as many words as you can in a

paragraph, sentence, story, or poem.

superpowers, Chicago, madman, triumph, shame, series

After reading, view the reality of superpowers:  http://ed.ted.com/lessons/if-superpowers-were-

real-super-strength-joy-lin

First answer on your own, then pair-share with a partner, then we will share as a class:

Brainstorm a list of superheroes and their superpowers.

Quickwrite- What superpower would you like to possess? Choose one from your list or invent one. Why would you want this super power? What would you do with it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43-rCEVA_nQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxCG3CXmCzY

(using Springboard pages 28-29) Create a foldable: Anecdote Question Quote Statement/statistic

Which technique does Greenburg use to begin his narrative?

Which writer uses an anecdote to start the narrative?

Which opening do you believ is more effective and why?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeSs3YZbmLk

Count nouns and non-count nouns: Categorize the following as Count or Non-count

Rice Flower Milk Freedom deer

Record events from each chapter:5.6.7.8. Bud and Bugs are planning to take

the train west. Bud has his first kiss with Deza Malone. Sadly, Bud is left in Flint.

After recording all events, add transition words and rewrite as a paragraph the events of this week’s reading.

Cause/Effect Chronological

Agreement (Compare)

Opposition(Contrast)

forthusbecause thethenhenceconsequentlytherefore as a resultunder those circumstancesin that casefor this reasonaccordingly  

afterlaterlastuntiltillsincethenbeforehencesincewhenaboutnextnow

againtoandalsothenequallyidenticallyuniquelylikeastoo

but(and) stillunlikeor(and) yetwhilebesidesas much aseven though

AFTER VIEWING CURRENT EVENT NEWS ON CHANNEL ONE:

AFTER YOU HAVE WRITTEN:

Write 4-6 sentences about your connections with the events and news.

What does the topic have to do with you?

What is your opinion? How does it effect our

world, society, or school?

Use your phone or tablet to log in to my wiki page:

Google: Kelly McNeirney Wiki

Click on the first search option.

Go to www.channelone.com

link on my home page. Go to “Next Big Thing” Vote yes or no.

www.discoveryeducation.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I24S72Jps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsJTh1ToPLM

What is the relationship between change and growth?

How do writers use different types of writing to express their ideas?