Class Agenda

October 29-November 2

We are currently reading The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. In the next few weeks we will continue working towards the following objectives through the novel and other short passages:

* analyze how words, phrases, and details reveal aspects of characters

* identify the setting of a text

*identify the theme and central idea of a text

* define words in context

* summarize the plot of a story

* identify changes and advances in the plot of a story

* analyze how a character's thoughts, feelings, and actions impact the reader

* explain how changing points of view changes the meaning of a text

We are learning the elements in order to learn them, as well as prepare for unseen comprehension exams and DCAs.

We will have a Vocabulary quiz on 16 words, identified in the current text, on WEDNESDAY October 31ST, 2018