Monday, September 24, 2018
Wednesday is your The Giver cumulative vocabulary test! To review:

Part 1 https://quizlet.com/_3mk293
Part 2 https://quizlet.com/_3ncyzp
Part 3 https://quizlet.com/_3omgnj

Part 4 https://quizlet.com/_3oob58

Thursday your One-Pager on The Giver is due! Also bring your signed permission letter so you can watch the movie "The Giver"!
Today we will review the narrative checklist.  Then we will read the story "All Summer in a Day" and rate it on the checklist. 

Name: ______________________________________

Narrative Checklist

Purpose/Organization (1-4)	Self	Peer	Teacher
My narrative has an effective plot that gives a sense of completeness.
2. My narrative uses a variety of transitions to connect ideas.
3. My narrative follows a logical series of events.
4. My narrative has an effective opening/introduction.
5. My narrative has an effective closure/ending.
Elaboration/Development (1-4)
6. Experiences and events are clearly developed.
7. The setting and characters are clearly developed.
8. Connections to source material contribute to the narrative
9. Dialogue, description, and pacing is used to enhance the story.
10. I used sensory details and figurative language to advance my story’s purpose.
Conventions (0-2)
11. I checked the spelling of all words I wasn’t sure about.
12. I used correct punctuation, including commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, and parenthesis.
13. I punctuated, indented, and capitalized dialogue correctly.
14. I correctly capitalized proper nouns, and at the start of new sentences.
15. I used variety in my sentence and paragraph structure.
TOTAL/ 50

Today we will go to the library