Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Hhhhmmm, Who Would it Be?


Thursday, September 27, 2018

Writing to the Prompt

The assignment:

Describe the impact the setting makes on the story in the book you are reading. Please give details from the book to support your response.

Hannah's Response is organized, stays on topic, uses topic sentences to keep the reader focused, and has many supporting details from the text.

Horizon Setting

In the book Horizon the setting first starts in a plane and then the plane crashes and leave nine people out of 500 to survive in the wilderness with nothing, but some items from the plane. The plane was heading to Japan for four of the kids to do a robot soccer championship. The kids brought their own robots but lost them in the crash. They had also got a cool gravity controller that can send them high up in the sky. The setting impacts the story because the kids have nothing but some luggage from other people, and a sword that Yoshi one of the people had brought on the trip to be safe. They have three survival kits that they found in the plane that had only three knifes and some water and a couple of snacks. They water and food wouldn't last for long knowing that they are in the wild. The setting impacted the story a lot in this book because the survivors saw some weird looking planet like things in the sky at night, this made them think that they were on a different planet.

The setting also changed the way they acted because knowing that they could be on a different planet made them scared. If they would have seen some type of town or other people that lived there, or even planes they had flown by could have helped. They got a cool gravity controller that could send them up in the air to see. This helped the kids because they could see some possible food sources or even water to drink after they ran out. The gravity controller helped them because the jungle that they wound up in had a really bad fog or mist in the day time and at night they could see the sky. The controller made them jump above the fog and they could see again. The setting impacted the book because they had to try new foods and there were no people to ask for help or to guide them. The jungle at night effected the story a lot because it was more scary to hear the noises and sounds. They were scared knowing that there might not be a way to leave the scary jungle.

The setting effected the book because the kids found some weird things that made them jump because they didn't know what it could be, like a scary bird or some big snake or even a new species. The setting could change the way they though. The kids were scared just because the planets made them think different. The setting made them want to explore more and get out there and see what they can do with what they have even if it's not much. The kids saw stuff that made them feel weird and not safe and it caused them to freak out and then freak out some more.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Be Kind, Be Caring, Be Great!

Just Be You


Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Signs of Success



What does your success look like? When you are at your best, how do we see it? How do you feel? What happens? Share your success on The Reading Workshop Forum Thought for the Day.

Monday, September 17, 2018

Edit Your Life

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Outstanding, Outstanding Article

Great job Elliana Hutchison for your recommendation of an Outstanding Article. This is an interesting article and the thought provoking question made me think.

How would you feel if there was a lizard terrorizing you and your family?

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Be Smart!

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Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Outstanding Articles

We are looking for some Outstanding Articles in Reading Workshop. Students, you will research looking for interesting and intriguing articles online. When you find one, you will write a short (1-2 paragraph) review with a link and a thought provoking question.

Articles that are chosen will be read by the entire class and responses will be shared on the Reading Workshop Forum. The student that has the winning article suggestion will earn an A for the article and will not have to write a response.

You might search for articles at:

Dogo News 
Kids Post


Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Good Morning!

 

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Monday, August 27, 2018

What Does Your Face Say About You?

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Start the Year on Fire

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Image from @Lilovebananas76

Monday, August 20, 2018

Don't Settle for Average


A Little About You


Tuesday, May 22, 2018

#ItDoesntCostAnythingTo

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Monday, April 30, 2018

Survival Mode

I came in this morning with a cold. My brain was working at about half this speed.





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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Writing a Memoir


Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Take a Chance on Yourself

 



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Thursday, April 5, 2018

Just Be You

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Remembering Greatness