Happy New Year!!!!

      The students returned to school ready to work and ready to learn.  We are wrapping up two novels in Language Arts.  My morning block students are completing the novel Night of the Twisters  and the afternoon block is completing the novel Letters from Rifka.   I have been pleased with their fluency and comprehension during the novel studies.  Their assessment will be a one-pager for their novel.  The rubric will be sent home on Monday, January 12, 2015 so that parents will know the expectations. I have a few examples below that students can refer to as they complete this activity.  Students will begin their one-pager in class and complete the remainder at home.  The one-pager is due: Tuesday, January 20, 2015. 

Examples of One-Pagers

Novel One-Pager Rubric

Novel Title:________________________________________________________

(Copy Neatly on the One- Pager )

Author: __________________________________________________________

(Copy Neatly on the One-Pager)

• Novel Theme around the border 5 ___________
• Literary Connections (3) 15 ___________
• 3 Visual Images or illustrations (There must 15 ___________

be one illustration of a main character.)

5 Character Traits 10 ___________

• I believe statement 5 ___________
• Three questions using the words below 30 ___________

with the correct answers given.

• Colorful and neat 10 ___________
• Correct grammar 10 ___________
• Extra Credit:

A poem about the theme 7 ___________

Final Grade___________________

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Use one of the following words correctly in each of your questions.  

explain compare predict tell

use infer justify describe

pretend conclude find choose

change why why not how

Let's have a great week!