1. http://5thand6thlanguagearts.blogspot.com/December 5, 2011 Agenda:+Vocabulary Pre-Test Unit 7+5th and 6th Grade Language Arts Blog+Night of the Twisters Compare and Contrast Paper->Finish Similarities and Differences Outline->Begin Rough Draft WritingSpelling/Vocabulary: Unit 7=Vocabulary Option 3 due Friday, December 9thHomework:Rough Draft due Friday, December 9th1

2. Charactersinthissegment:Setting(Wherearethecharactersnow?):Whathappened?(35sentencesummary):______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 3. Night of the Twisters-NovelNight of the Twisters-MovieBOTH 3 4. Night of the Twisters-NovelNight of the Twisters-MovieBOTH 4 5. Writing an Introduction:Hook:(Anintriguing,excitingstatementaboutthenovelthatHOOKSthereader):________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________OpeningStatement:(Thisisanoverallstatementofthetopicofthepaper.Inthiscase,theeventofthetwistershittingasmalltowninNebraska.):_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 6. Statementaboutthenovel(i.e.theauthor,title,mainevent,etc.):____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Statementaboutthemovie(i.e.thedirector,themainactors,title,mainevent,etc.):________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ThesisStatement(Whatyouaretryingtoproveinyourpaper.Inthiscase,thatthenovelandthemoviehavesimilaritiesanddifferences):________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 7. Paragraph 2: SIMILARITIESTopicSentence:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7 8. Paragraph 3: DIFFERENCESTopicSentence:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8 9. Writing a Conclusion:Restateyourthesis:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 10. Attachments http://5thand6thlanguagearts.blogspot.com/