03 • J's Reading Logs/Mini Book Reports
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kircharaJ is eight years old and have started third grade. His daily homework includes reading for 20-30 minutes and answering "What did you read about?"
I'm taking the opportunity to have him write mini book reports (2-3 sentences).
To help him organize his thoughts, we're using the story sequence chart from IEW*'s Teaching Writing: Structure and Style Unit III: Summarizing Narrative Stories.
I ask him the questions and write down his answers. He has learned the “-ly” adverbs and the who-which clause dress-ups.
J just finished Roald Dahl's Matilda; his first mini book-report is about the book’s ending. We're taking a break from the Hobbit and picked up Narnia again with Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
* Institute of Excellence in Writing
☆ 03/100 moments in multiples of 50 words
I'm taking the opportunity to have him write mini book reports (2-3 sentences).
To help him organize his thoughts, we're using the story sequence chart from IEW*'s Teaching Writing: Structure and Style Unit III: Summarizing Narrative Stories.
I. Who?
When?
Where?
II. What do they need or want?
What do they think?
What do they say and do?
(Why?)
III. How is the need resolved?
I ask him the questions and write down his answers. He has learned the “-ly” adverbs and the who-which clause dress-ups.
J just finished Roald Dahl's Matilda; his first mini book-report is about the book’s ending. We're taking a break from the Hobbit and picked up Narnia again with Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
* Institute of Excellence in Writing
☆ 03/100 moments in multiples of 50 words
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