The document contains an agenda for a 5th and 6th grade language arts class that includes: - Taking a vocabulary pre-test for unit 7. - Working on a blog for the class. - Finishing an outline and beginning a rough draft for a compare and contrast paper on the novel and movie versions of "Night of the Twisters". - Spelling and vocabulary homework from unit 7 is due on Friday. - The rough draft for the compare and contrast paper is due on Friday.

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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 Writing
Spelling/Vocabulary: Unit 7
=Vocabulary Option 3 due Friday, December 9th
Homework:
Rough Draft due Friday, December 9th
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2. Characters in this segment:
Setting (Where are the characters now?):
What happened? (3­5 sentence summary):
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3. Night of the Twisters-Novel Night of the Twisters-Movie
BOTH
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4. Night of the Twisters-Novel Night of the Twisters-Movie
BOTH
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5. Writing an Introduction:
Hook: (An intriguing, exciting statement about the novel that HOOKS the reader):
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Opening Statement: (This is an overall statement of the topic of the paper. In this
case, the event of the twisters hitting a small town in Nebraska.):
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6. Statement about the novel (i.e. the author, title, main event, etc.):
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Statement about the movie (i.e. the director, the main actors, title, main event, etc.):
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Thesis Statement (What you are trying to prove in your paper. In this case, that the novel and the movie have
similarities and differences):
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7. Paragraph 2: SIMILARITIES
Topic Sentence:
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8. Paragraph 3: DIFFERENCES
Topic Sentence:
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9. Writing a Conclusion:
Re­state your thesis:
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10. Attachments
http://5thand6thlanguagearts.blogspot.com/