READING SUPERSTARS!

Congratulations to the following students for meeting their monthly reading goals:

September: Cesar, Vallery, Lesly, Guianina, Jonathan, Raphael, Mitchelangelo, Divanur, John, Daniela

October: Vallery, Lesly, Solangie, Guianina, Jonathan, Mitchelangelo, Margarita, Jaqueline, Divanur, John, Daniela

November: Lesly, Solangie, Guianina, Margarita, Jaqueline, Divanur, Daniela

Thursday, December 2, 2010

I will be attending a meeting tomorrow, so I won't be in class. Please remember to bring your book club books. I'm planning on a 90 minute block for your club.

Classwork Assignment:

1) Discuss your Joanne Fluke or Diane Mott Davidson book with your group.

2) Read individually, in pairs, or in a whole group. Last week I heard one of the groups taking the roles of the characters and reading it as if it were a play. Remember if you do that to choice someone to be the narrator.

3) One letter per group: On looseleaf, compose a letter to the author of your novel. Write about how your class is reading her novel in your 7th grade class as part of a book club. Discuss the book you're reading. Include your thoughts on characters, setting, situations, and/or writer's style as well as parts of the book your group most or least enjoyed and why. Sign all of your names at the end of the letter.

Homework: Independent reading only

Happy Thanksgiving

COOL ADVERTISING WEBSITES

TEACHER TUBE Videos:

Advertising the “truth”

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=34342&title=ADVERTISING_THE_TRUTH

message/medium:

http://www1.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=167866&title=Cracking_The_Advertising_Code

Persuasive advertising*

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=persuasive_advertising&video_id=81885

the beginnings of advertising

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=15404&title=The_Beginnings_of_Advertising

subliminal advertising

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=44325&title=Subliminal_Advertising

How Advertising
Influences Consumer Choices And How To
Avoid That Influence.

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=72807&title=Media_Literacy_and_Advertising

Poses in advertising (cute)

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=103246

Soap, Sex & Cigarettes: A Cultural History of Advertising

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=5684&title=Add_Video_to_QuickList_________Soap__Sex___Cigarettes__A_Cultural_History_of_Advertising

Propaganda examples

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=82689

PBS Don't Buy It: Get Media Smart!

Tips on tricks advertisers use to get us to buy products, creating your own ads, and free stuff

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/advertisingtricks/

New American Dream Blog

Discussion about Kids and Commercialism

http://www.newdream.org/kids/facts.php

Movie Mom Blog: "Teach Kids About Advertising"

blog

http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom/2010/04/teach-kids-about-advertising.html

Time Magazine - "Captive Audience: Has Advertising in Schools Gone Too Far"

article

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2028060,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopular

Parent Teacher Conferences Next Week

Parent Teacher Conferences are next Tuesday, November 16th. The first session begins at 1 PM and ends at 3PM. The evening session begins 6 PM and ends at 8:25PM.

Remember that you should be attending the conference with your parents so we can go over your progress together.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

"Lamb to the Slaughter" by: Ronald Dahl

Anyone who read this story by Ronald Dahl maybe interested in watching the film version which appeared on the 1958 show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Here's the link to youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmpY9cpe6g8.

Veteran's Day Rememberance

National Veterans Day Ceremony

The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held each year on November 11th at Arlington National Cemetery . The ceremony commences precisely at 11:00 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues inside the Memorial Amphitheater with a parade of colors by veterans’ organizations and remarks from dignitaries. The ceremony is intended to honor and thank all who served in the United States Armed Forces.

Source: The United States Department of Veteran Affairs http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/