Category: Reading - What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class?

Lesson 1: What Do We Notice About Poetry?

3/29/2016

What is the poem about?
What is it's subject?

I think it's about the person being in control and that he is in charge of what he does and where he goes.
I don't think that it was really an enchantment but it was easier to visualize then the one about the skate board.

How does the poem look on the page

1. It looks like a diamond or a shrunken skateboard. I think the author might have meant it to be a head because the person is about a person. It might be the head of a Zyggerian Slave Guard. No idea why though. It also might be a drop of sweat because you sweat when you skateboard.

Schoolwide Nonfiction Lesson 6

11/13/2015

Author's Purpose

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Persuade. The author wants you to do something or think something.

Inform. The author wants you to know something.

Entertain. The author wants you to have fun and enjoy the book

Stop and Jots

I think that Hawk won't be ale to survive because he won't be able to eat his prey because the arrow will stop him from reaching the food.
Now that his leg is broken I think that Hawk will start hunting birds.
I wonder where Hawk is going in the box. Maybe he will find a way to escape.
I don't think that the people who captured hawk will kill him but I think that they will actually help him.
Maybe they will try to train him to do their bidding.

Topic:
A hawk tries to survive even though he has a big wound.

Type of nonfiction:
Literary Nonfiction

Point of view:
Narrator

Information the author really wants us to know

The resilience of a hawk even if it was injured.
Should humans interfere with nature? How do we help animals that are injured because of us

So what's the point?

Summarize - What message does the author really want us to take away from the text, or what was the author's purpose in writing this text?

Questions

Answers

Schoolwide Nonfiction Lesson 5

11/12/2015

Using Context Clues to find out what words mean.

Schoolwide Nonfiction Lesson 1

10/23/2015

This is Reference Nonfiction.

There are photographs not illustrations.
Highly detailed notes and facts.
Don't need to read whole thing or start at beginning.
If you don't have time just skim and scan

This is Literary Nonfiction

There are illustrations not photographs.
Notes and facts in the form of a story.
Sometimes you don't even know that it is nonfiction
Need to read the whole thing and start at the beginning.

This is Biographical Nonfiction

Some illustrations and some photographs.
Normally about one famous or noteworthy.

Schoolwide Lesson 7

10/8/2015

Goal: Get less stop and jots but more details in them.

I wonder how Julian was able to get everybody to give Jack the silent treatment. He threw a big party but how would everybody be able to come? Plus, he convinced Jack's best friends to do it. They must not be that good of friends.
I think that Olivia is worried hat Justin won't come back because she said that most people didn't come back for a second play date.
I think that Justin's parents don't even listen at all to him so that is why he really likes Auggie's really likes Auggie's Family

Schoolwide Lesson 6 "Wonder"

10/7/2015

Stop and Jots

I think that "did you really punch Julian" symbolizes that they will get to be friends again.
I think that Julian told people to give Jack the

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Schoolwide Lesson 3

10/6/2015

I think that it started in a different country and it happened a long time ago because in America, even long ago the houses look different. Plus, I think that in America both genders went to school.
Why does she go to school if she is a girl and if her grandma wants Jessie to learn to read and write why doesn't her grandma want to read and write herself.
I predict that the Rabbi will pick Jessie to go to America because the book is about how Jessie went across the sea.
I think that the Rabbi detests the some of the people that are bragging. But I think that it is good that he is sleeping on it so he can buy himself some time to choose.

I think that Jessie doesn't want to go because she would have to leave her grandmother but at least she can find a new life.
I wonder why Jessie gave grandmother the ring because I think that she would have a personal connection to the ring because it was her mother's
I think because Grandma and Jessie were trying to teach each other a skill they will have need for it in their new life.
I think that it will be hard for her because she just left her only living relative behind.
I now think that it will be even harder because she just made a friend and then just lost him.
Now that Jessie designed the dress and has started to go to school I wonder what language she used to speak.
I think that Jessie will get married to Lou.
I thought that Jessie was saving up for a good wedding not for a ticket to America.
I think Jessie knew that Grandma would want to get the ring to her and if Grandma had the ring she would have to go to America.

Questions

Answers

What did you think of this book? What did you like and what did you dislike?
This was historical fiction. What do you like about historical fiction and what don't you like?
When the book ended, what were you thinking about? What are you still wondering or wish you'd know more about? Why do you want to know?

I think that is was a really good book. I liked the theme but I didn't like the part in the parlor when she was just weaving.
I don't like historical fiction that much and I prefer futuristic fiction but I don't think it is bad.
I was wondering if grandma would die soon because she was really weak.

Schoolwide Lesson 5

10/6/2015

I think that this book might not be only about basket ball.
He could jump really far.
He didn't make his high school basket ball team.
He could jump really really far and he could dunk from the free throw line
He always thought that he could do it and get back up.

Questions

If you were about to read a book about about an astronaut who went to Venus, what are three or more things you might think about before reading that would activate your schema?
If the book said, "The astronaut's helmet began to melt..." what would you imagine the cause was? Why would his or her helmet be melting? Use your schema to answer this question.

Answers

I would think that his helmet would melt. I think that he would suffocate. I would also think that it was a futuristic book.
I would think that the cause is that Venus 800ºF (426.222ºC) because of its thick atmosphere.

Schoolwide - Lesson 2

9/29/2015

I think Henry is brave for moving into a house that has been vacant for seven years. I think he would be scared of ghost and spiders.
He never thought to fix up a house that was really run down. At least he has all the stuff he needs.
I think that I would be fine as long I had by Rubik's cubes
I noticed an Again and Again because all of the neighborhood people are saying "that place is a disgrace" I think the author is trying to emphasize that his house is really crummy
When the people came and wanted him to fix his house he just walked away.

I really think that Henry should fix his house because he needs to think about the other people's need.
When the mayor told the people to try to be nice that was words of the wiser because I think that that is better than fining them
I think that Henry is selfish because even though the ladies baked a pie for him and then he just turned it away
Why did he just leave. It is way easier to just mow your law
I don't think that Henry will return because everyone was mean to him.
Why was he missing them because they were mean to him but then again they brought him a pie.

Where and when do you usually read?
What kinds of books do you like to read? Why?
Do you have a favorite author, series, or genre? What is it?
How do you decide what to read once you are ready to select a new text?
Select a question from the class Padlet, and write some notes to record the answer.

I normally read on a couch or on my bed.
I like to read long novels because I think that I get more out of them than I would out of short story. Plus they can normally fit more stuff into a long book because a short book is supposed to be short.
I really like Veronica Roth, Rick Riordan, myths, and futuristic fiction.
Sometimes I go off recommendations from friends or I look for specific authors or genres.
I choose to read because I think that is is very fun. Better than video games in my opinion.

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