Somewhere over the Rainbow- Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

On the Top of the World- Imagine Dragons

Ain't no Mountain High Enough- Marvin Gaye

Crazy little thing called love! Queen

Homework- Estação Cultura

On a word file, write an opinion piece about your eating habits. Make sure you recall what we have learnt about nutrition, eating habits and sports.

On you writing support the following questions:

Do you eat healthily?

What is the importance of eating healthily? 

How can eating well improve your health and your mind?

What are the consequences of eating junk food?

Have you changed your eating habits after we studied about nutrition? Why?

Save it on a pendrive or sent it to:

fifthgradepd@hotmail.com

What did the character say? Dialogue rules when writing.

Dialogue in a story helps the characters come alive. Hearing the words from the characters through dialogue is a way to keep readers interested and more involved in a story's plot. The punctuation rules for writing dialogue are learned by children so they can add the voice of the characters they create into their stories.

General Rules

Dialogue, or the spoken word of characters, is enclosed in quotation marks. The stranger said, "Hello, my name is the Big Bad Wolf." A quotation mark appears before the first word spoken and after the last spoken word. If the dialogue is at the end of a sentence, the quotation marks go after the punctuation mark at the end of the sentence. If the dialogue is followed by a tag explaining who said the words (e.g., she said, he remarked, Dad shouted) place a comma after the last word of the dialogue and before the quotation marks. "I'm happy to meet you," said the girl. Always capitalize the first word of dialogue.

Dialogue with a Pause

Dialogue is also written with a tag explaining who is saying the words between the spoken words. "I'm just going through the woods, "she explained,"to visit my grandmother."

New Speaker, New Paragraph

Each time a new speaker begins speaking, a new paragraph begins. Each new paragraph is indented. Look in a fiction book and notice how many new paragraphs are on a page because of the dialogue and speakers changing.    Include quotation marks around all of the spoken words, but not the tag designating the speaker. A comma is enclosed in the first set of words. A comma also pauses the reader after the speaker is noted. Another set of quotation marks around the last part of the words with ending punctuation within the quotation marks will finish the dialogue.

Spice it Up

The word "said" when tagging the speaker becomes stale if overused. Use synonyms for said when identifying the speaker. Use words such as: whispered,mumbled,stammered,screamed,shouted,cried,demanded,pleaded,requested.

  Use words in dialogue that the speaker might say. A teenager uses different words than a teacher. Choose words in the dialogue fitting to the character to make the character more real for the reader.

http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/dialogue-rules-kids-3412.html

http://wp-blogs.moundsparkacademy.org/adatchison/files/2013/10/dialogue.jpg

"Pourquoi" [por-kwa] means "why" in French. Pourquoi tales are written to explain why things are the way they are and usually describe something in nature, especaily animals.  Pourquoi tales are old legends told to explain why certain events happened.  These tales often start in the past and end when the explanation is revealed.

Here is one for you to listen to.

Examples of Porquoi Tales

http://www.native-languages.org/legends-pourquoi.htm

Writing a personal response

Personal Response

How is the character?

How to Develop a Good Research Topic

Six Step Research Process

Flat and round characters

This week during our reading circle, we started thinking about the protagonists, about their personalities, their traits and if their characters are round or flat.

ROUND CHARACTER: A round character is depicted with such psychological depth and detail that he or she seems like a "real" person. The round character contrasts with the flat character, a character who serves a specific or minor literary function in a text, and who may be a stock character or simplified stereotype. If the round character changes or evolves over the course of a narrative or appears to have the capacity for such change, the character is also dynamic. Typically, a short story has one round character and several flat ones. However, in longer novels and plays, there may be many round characters. The terms flat and round were first coined by the novelist E. M. Forster in his study, Aspects of the Novel.

FLAT CHARACTER: Also called a static character, a flat character is a simplified character who does not change or alter his or her personality over the course of a narrative, or one without extensive personality and characterization. The term is used in contrast with a round character

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_R.html

Watch the video to see examples of round and flat characters.

Good Teamwork vs Bad Teamwork

Critical Thinking!