Friday

OBJECTIVE: Students will review fact and opinion. Students will summarize independent reading. Students will define types of music from reading. Students will create a soundtrack for novel. Students will review literary terms and sentence structure.

DO THIS: What are your plans for the holiday weekend? Write 3 facts and 3 opinions about what you will do.

DO THIS: In 2 to 3 sentences, summarize the last thing you read in Autobiography of My Dead Brother.

DO THIS: Music is a big part of Autobiography of My Dead Brother. The book talks about classical music, jazz music, Cuban music, hip-hop, gospel and other types. Post the definitions of these genres of music in your blog. Find 2 examples of bands or singers that play this type of music.

DO THIS: What type of soundtrack would you create for this book? Think of a song that relates to each scene below. Post the scene, song and artist in your blog. You will get extra credit if you can find a link for each song.
1. Bobby Green's Funeral
2. Jesse's breakfast with his parents, talking about family bonding
3. Jesse giving a summary of his friendship with Rise
4. The meeting of the counts were Little Man wants to join
5. When Sidney Rock (the police officer) comes to talk with Rise and Jesse

DO THIS: What is another book that Walter Dean Myers has written? Find a book and a summary of it. Post this information in your blog. Include a picture, if you do not already have one of it in your blog. Would you want to read this? Why or why not? DO NOT PICK A BOOK YOU HAVE ALREADY READ.

DO THIS: Jesse and Rise have been friends for years, but lately their friendship has started to fall apart. What makes people stop being friends? In a paragraph, give several reasons that friendships can end or fall apart. Use complete sentences and proper punctuation.

DO THIS: What do you think Jesse looks like? Describe him in your blog. Is he tall? Short? Skinny? Blue eyes? Brown eyes? Does he have freckles? Wear glasses? What type of clothes does he wear? What type of sneakers does he like? Use what you have read and what you know to infer what Jesse looks like. Post this in your blog. Have at least 5 descriptions.

DO THIS: Find an image or picture that relates to what Jesse looks like. For example, if he wears glasses, post a picture of glasses. If has brown eyes, post a picture of brown eyes.

DO THIS: Review your knowledge of sentence structure. http://www.quia.com/rr/90027.html

DO THIS: Review your knowledge of literary terms. You will play hangman here. Your answers will be literary terms, such as: metaphor, similie, hyperbole, idiom, personification, onomonpetia. http://www.quia.com/hm/80390.html