February 10-12

ELAL

Analyze mentor texts to determine how word choice can influence the purpose or audience of a text.

Create expressive descriptions by selecting vocabulary to convey mood or sensory images.


What did students do:

Students learned about creating mood through watching a video and exploring and analyzing mentor texts. After watching a video on how mood is created in different ways, we looked at specifically how authors create mood in their writing. As a whole group we read some mentor texts and determined what mood the author was conveying. We looked for words and phrases that helped create the desired mood. Students were then given some short texts to examine and determine mood as well as the vocabulary used to create it. They then applied their learning to their own writing with another set of pages of their Journey text. Using their writing toolbox including their newly entered mood word list, they began creating mood in their writing. They are now writing about the character getting captured by the guards in the book but she escapes with the help of the bird she released and draws a magic carpet that they fly through the clouds on. These pages provide an excellent opportunity to move from a mood of fear, hopelessness and desperation to one of joy, freedom, and belonging. Students can't wait to share their amazing stories. 





Student Writing Sample: 
The guards dragged her into a cage like she was an object. Locked in the cage she cried for help but nothing came out. The cage was small and tight. She felt like she was suffocating inside and out. She was terrified. She started to wonder whether she would be able to get out or not. She got desperate and started to shake the cage clank clank clank! “I'm stuck here, I'm stuck, I miss my mom! I wanna go back home!” She crumples into a ball. She looks out to the night sky and imagines being back home warm with her mom and dad and sister.


Student Writing Sample:The guards grabbed her and kept on pulling her and pulling her across the ship. Lila was miserable and nervous she was wondering where they would take her. Lila couldn't do anything to save herself.The guards dragged her further and further across the Wood bridge into the metal cage they threw Lila in. She hit her head hard against the back of the cage. The metal bars felt like ice Lila said “Ow” to the guards but they didn't help her they just laughed they slowly lowered Lila down.She was floating above the dark grey sky the cage was small, tight and cold it was so scary lila just sat there didn't do anything to get out of the cage. She felt like did at home, invisible,empty and desperate for help.



Coming Up at Sibbald  

February 13, 14th  - Teacher's Convention - no school for students 

February 17th – Family Day holiday – no school for staff or students    

February 24th – Mon/Wed Kindergarten and Gr. 3 Celebration of Learning (9:30 am)   

February 18th – Scope and Sequence documents for parents go home this week     

February 26th – Pink Shirt Day, Mary Lambert presentation for K-5 students   

February 28th – Professional Learning Day for Staff – no school for students  

March 4th – Gr. 5 Field Trip to The Confluence (Ms. Chen's Class)  

March 3 – 7th Basketball residency for K-5 students     

March 6th – Fun Lunch  

March 10th – Gr. 5 Field Trip to The Confluence (Mrs. Sampson's class) 

March 12th – School Council Meeting  


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