The week of October 3 will be dedicated mostly to work on our fairy tales. After reading and discussing a range of fairy tales and fables from all over the world, students are working on an original fairy tale or a re-telling of an existing tale.
We expanded our list of common fairy tale elements and included common conflicts as well.
Students are completing a planning sheet over the weekend to help them decide which fairy tale elements they'll include, who their characters will be, and what conflict will occupy their characters. They'll make some plans about how their stories will unfold, and on Monday we'll start writing!
During the following week, we'll partner up for peer review and then revise our stories.
Final fairy tales will be due at the start of class on October 13.
On a different note, 5th-8th graders will travel on October 14 to Brattleboro for a special event with author David Macaulay. (Some of his books are: The New Way Things Work, The Way We Work, Castle, Cathedral, Mill, Mosque, Pyramid, and Ship.)
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English Homework
Upcoming I-Search Due Dates:
Over weekend of June 2 and 3: work on oral presentations and present to an audience twice.
June 5: fine tune and practice oral presentations
June 6, 7, 8: oral presentations (see e-mail from Tara for more details)