Highlighters and All-Nighters

I hope you enjoy this readaloud of W.W. Jacobs's The Monkey's Paw (adapted).

I hope you enjoy this readaloud of Button, Button by Richard Matheson.

I hope you enjoy this readaloud of The Veldt by Ray Bradbury. This is one of my favorite stories to teach! Did you know there's an electronic song based on this story? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rhuber/message

I hope you enjoy this readaloud of Horacio Quiroga's The Feather Pillow. Happy Halloween! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhuber/message

I hope you enjoy this readaloud of Click-Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman. Happy Halloween! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rhuber/message

Grab your pens/highlighters, and mark down the stressed syllables on your vocabulary sheet.

Follow along in your text as I read.

This is a short story from "Flying Lessons & Other Stories."

This is a short story from "Flying Lessons & Other Stories."

This is a short story from "Flying Lessons & Other Stories."

This is a short story from "Flying Lessons & Other Stories."

Fifth grade, I've read the beginning of our novel aloud. Feel free to follow along in your books!

This is a short story from Flying Lessons and Other Short Stories.

This is a short story from Flying Lessons and Other Short Stories.

This is from Flying Lessons and Other Short Stories.

Follow along in your copy of Tuck Everlasting as I read the end of our novel aloud!

Follow along in your copy of Tuck Everlasting as I read chapters 22-24.

Follow along as I read this week's myth.

Follow along with your copy of Actaeon while I read it aloud.

Follow along as I read this week's myth.

Follow along in your novel as I read the next section in Tuck Everlasting.

Here are the answers to chapters 9-11. I hope this helps!

I've gone over the answers to Tuck Everlasting chapters 12-14. I hope this helps!

I've gone over the responses to Arache to give you a better grasp of the myth.

I've gone over the responses to Echo & Narcissus to give you a better grasp of the myth.

Follow along with the reading as I talk about Tiresias, the famous Theban prophet!

I've reviewed answers to Hades & Persephone to give you a better grasp on this myth.

I've discussed the correct answers to the first two sections. Hopefully, this will help you better understand the story and help you earn full credit going forward.

Follow along in your novel as I read the next section in Tuck Everlasting.

Follow along in your novel as I read the next section in Tuck Everlasting.

I've gone over the responses to Prometheus & Pandora to give you a better grasp of the myth.

Follow along with your text as I read Baucis & Philemon.

Follow along with your text as I read Arachne.

Follow along with your text as I read Echo & Narcissus.

Now that everyone has turned in their answers, I've gone over responses for Sisyphus & Tantalus. I am still waiting for two more responses before reviewing Prometheus & Pandora.

Follow along in your novel as I read the next section in Tuck Everlasting.

Follow along with your text as I read Hades & Persephone. Fun fact: This is the myth I had to act out in sixth grade. I also created Hades's staff, which had a skull on it and was AWESOME.

Feel free to follow along with your copy in Classroom!

Follow along in your book as I read our next section aloud. Work will be posted in Google Classroom throughout the week.

Follow along as I read aloud this week's myth.

Fifth grade, I've read the next section of our novel aloud. Feel free to follow along in your books!

Hello! I hope you're all coping well with the change. I went through our normal vocabulary introduction. It includes pronunciations and drawing suggestions. Good luck!

Fifth grade, I realized I accidentally gave you Unit 15 instead of Unit 14. It is alright. We will proceed with Unit 15 and circle back later. Here are pronunciations and drawing suggestions (aka our normal Monday routine) to help you at home.

I've included samples of two poems and accompanying paragraphs. One has a strong ideological connection, and the other has an emotional connection. Use these to help you prepare and fine-tune your own presentation. You're going to be great!

Here is an example of a successful Book Talk as well as a breakdown of each component to help you prepare your own. Good luck!