October 27, 2009

5th graders should plan to finish A SHOCKER ON SHOCK STREET this week. There is a quite wonderful plot twist at the novel's conclusion. The test for the book will be on Thursday.

6th graders autobiographical essay is due Wednesday. The subject is monkeys for the rest of the week. We will read the African folk tale "Why Monkeys Live in Trees." And then we will try to figure out why Howler Monkeys started falling from trees in the Costa Rican Rain Forest back in the early 1970's. A scientific mystery... strange but true.

7th Graders will read "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs and "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, two scary, scary tales in preparation for Halloween. 7th graders will also begin a personal response essay on Wednesday.

8th graders read an essay by Barbara Kingsolver and begin  an author's study of Jack London with his action-packed short story "The King of the Mazy May."

Whew, what a week!

Please don't forget Book Club days: Tuesday.....,...........................7th Grade

                                                     Wednesday............................8th Grade

                                                      Thursday..............................6th Grade

                                                      Friday...................................5th Grade

Be prepare; bring a book; always be reading something that interests you.

Mrs. Reisman