ELAR WEEK: October 1 - October 5

ELAR WEEK: October 1 - October 5

Reading Workshop: 

Mentor Text: "Quickest Kid in Clarksville"

This week we will continue to look at Theme, and how stories can teach us about life lessons.
We will also begin to dive into Plot! We will study the plot elements:
- Exposition (Setting, characters)
- Rising Action (The events that are leading up to a conflict in the story)
- Climax (The turning point when things begin to change for the good or the working out of conflict)
- Falling Action (The events that are occurring as the conflict begins to draw to an end)
- Resolution  (The conflict is resolved, and everything is as it should be)

Students will learn about the plot elements, as well as how to summarize a piece of text containing the elements, being careful not to label the element parts in their writing. Students must have a good concept of the plot elements in order to be able to summarize a text thoroughly.


Writing Workshop:

We are already working on our Imaginative Stories! We are wrapping up building our Strong Characters, and we will work this week on creating conflicts in our stories as we brainstorm. We will also determine what Theme do we want our stories to have, and work toward building our own plot in our writing!

Grammar Concepts for the week: What are Adjectives?