Homework

Brainsplats and story planners (Thurs)

Multi genre glossaries and test (Fri)

Aliie Finkles Rules For Girls

Allie finkle's rules for girls

Rules rules rules! Do you like rules? I like rules and so does Allie Finkle the girl in this book.

Allie's rule #5: You Can't Let Your Family Move Into A Haunted House.

"At first I just stood there staring at them because they were the only forms of life I'd seen in our new neighbourhood the whole we we'd been there. All the house on our new street were just like ours- big and scary- looking with lots of turrets and windows and yards surrounded by tall hedges and old trees with creepy branches- and so i just i assumed that old people lived in all of them."

This book is called Allie Finkles Rules For Girls- Moving Day by Meg Cabot

Fourth grader Allie loves rules because she thinks it makes her life easier. Allie moves to a new neighbourhood and she doesn't like it! She writes a book of rules help her live in her new life. In the beginning the rules were not helping her and her life was miserable. Allie made a new friend named Erica and everything started to look better.

Read the first page of the book

I'd recommend this book to girls in grade 4,5 and 6 and who like realistic fiction.

Allie Finkles Rules For Girls is available at the school library, the public library and Chapters

By: Rina Pinsky 6B

Homework

1. Bring in a copy of a fairly tale
2. Prepare study sheet for glossary test
3. Glossary test on Monday

We begin in-class writing of our Fractured Fairy Tales next week. Laptops are optional.

effective/ineffective conclusion

The last book I read was The Lemonade War by: Jacqueline Davies. I thought the conclusion was both effective and ineffective. It was effective because it was a happy ending, that was really interesting and was the perfect ending. If the author was planning on writing a sequel it would be an ineffective ending because it answered all of my big questions and only left a very small portion of my small questions unanswered, so if the author was to write a sequel it would basically be a completely different story that barely had anything to do with the second one.

I don't think there is a sequel to this book so in the end it is and effective lead.

Multi Genre Glossary

protagonist

Protagonist is to hero as antagonist is to contender

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pro⋅tag⋅o⋅nist

 [proh-tag-uh-nist]–noun

1.	the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.

Origin:
1665–75; <>prōtagōnists actor who plays the first part, lit., first combatant, equiv. to prôt(os) first + agōnists one who contends for a prize, combatant, actor. See PROTO-, ANTAGONIST

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Main Entry:	protagonist
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who takes the lead; central figure of narrative
Synonyms:	central character, hero, idol, lead character, leader, mainstay, prime mover, principal, standard-bearer, warrior
	opponent
Antonyms:	antagonist __________________________________________ Q.In comics who always comes and saves the day? A. The protagonist

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antagonist

Entry:	antagonist
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person causing problem
Synonyms:	angries, bad person, bandit, contender, crip, enemy,opponent, opposer, opposite number, oppugnant, rival
Antonyms:	ally, protagonist, supporter ______________________________________________ an⋅tag⋅o⋅nist  [an-tag-uh-nist] –noun person causing problem Origin: 1590–1600; <>antagōnista <>antagōnists. See ANTAGONIZE, -IST _______________________________________________ Protagonist is to hero as antagonist is to contender _______________________________________________ "Yo Joe" "Hey Billy Bob" "Joe why do the antagonist always lose in the comics?" "Why I don't know, but i think it's because they are fantasies." "Oh Joe thank bro."

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denouement

de⋅noue⋅ment

 [dey-noo-mant]

–noun

the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel. Origin: 1745–55; <>dénouer to untie, OF desnoer(des- de- + noer to knot <>nōdāre, deriv. of nōdus knot) + -ment -ment _______________________________________________________ De(the) end of a novel or ur (your) entire brain might even not say that ______________________________________________________ Entry: denouement Part of Speech: noun Definition: the end result Synonyms: close,completion, conclusion ,climation, final curtain, finale, last act,resolution, windup _____________________________________________

Climax is to Peak as denouement is to end

Homework

1. Mult-genre glossaries for: protagonist, antagonist and denouement due Thursday

Conclusion

The last novel I read was Jane Eyre. The conclusion was half/half. It was good because logical and it was worthwhile. It was bad because it leaves you with way to many questions that should have been answered. I also thought it was a random ending and ineffective. I think the writer just wanted to finish the book because I thought the ending SUCKED.

-Chloe-

Effective conclusions

The last book I read was "Class A". This book had a effective conclusion. Cause he killed some one and in this campus he belonged to called cherub. You were not a loud to kill people.

zenen's ineffective conclusion

The last book i read was called mad dogs, i thought that this lead was ineffective because that it answered too many of the questions and was too specific witch gave me no room for imagination.

Dani's Efective Conclusion

The last novel I read was "Jatta" by Jenny Hale. The conclusion was an effective one because it was interesting and made sense. By that I mean, it did not just suddenly drop off and the book ended; it was following a path towards the end throughout the chapters. At the end of the book I wanted to know if there was another book by the author or in the series. Another thing that the conclusion had was growth of the character in her emotions, her ability, and herself. These and other aspects are what makes a good conclusion to me.

Last book I read

My book was: Dragon ball Z (comic). even though I still know what happens at the end the book still left me in suspense.

It also left me wanting more and worthwhile and as it went along it made sense.

And it left me with question's like

"Is he ever going to return" or "When will that happen." It was a really good book just to tell you

Eleane's Effective/Ineffective Conclusion.

The last book that I read, "The Series of Unfortunate Events #13" had an effective conclusion because it left a suspense that needed to be there. The conclusion also left a good moral.

Yaakov's Effective Conclusions

The last book I read was "Point Blanc". This book had a good conclusion because even though the last sentence was suckish, the few paragraphs were full of intense excitement.

Effective Conclusion

The last book I read was "Freak the Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick. The conclusion was effective because it was really touching and you could really feel Max's pain. It also shows growth in the characters, for example Max used to think he had no brain, now he's a lot more confident in himself and believes he can go on without Freak. At the end of the book, Max says he will write a book of all the adventures of Freak the Mighty, and that is the book that the reader just read. He also says "Now that I wrote a book, maybe I will read a few."I think that shows a lot of growth in the character and also, it shows that he learnt how to speak up and really try. It was a really good time to end the book, and it really lead me to the exit.

Joelle

Effective/Ineffective Conclusion

The last book I read was Eclipse. The conclusion was effective because it left you hanging but not really it was gliding you to the exit softly and sweetly. But you still have questions like “How will Charlie and Renee act when Bella tells them?” or “What’s going to happen to Bella and Jacob relationship?” the conclusion was really good and glided you to the next book well.

• Shayla

Effective/ Ineffective Conclusions

The last novel I read was Brisingr. I thought that the conclusion was very effective because it ties all the events of the whole series together very nicely. I really like it when authors leave you hanging and thinking What's going to happen next? and then everything is explained in the next book. I know from talking with friends, that many people DO NOT like it when the author leaves you hanging, because they just want to figure out [for example] "Who killed that man?" and they just want to find out in that book. It was also a good conclusion because it really gave the characters perspective of the situation (which I like).

Wanting Mor Gabi

I read this book a while ago but I still remember it because I loved the way I was written and the way it ended intrigued me even more. It is unfortunate that there is no sequel because if there was i would definitely read it.

Conclusion

The last book that I read had an effective conclusion. The name of the book was "Miss Popularity" by Francesco Sedita. The girl in the book was popular at her old school and when she went to her new one it was hard for her to make friends. She did this by organizing a huge fashion show to raise money for a charity. She hoped it would also help her make friends.

I thought the conclusion was effective because it made sense. It was interesting and tied it all together with a happy ending. It also showed growth when the people who were mean to her were very nice at the end.

Effective/Ineffective Conclusions By Noga

The last book I read was "The actual total truth, by Karen Rivers" it was a good conclution because everything in the book just went into the past.Then theres a new begining. Also a good conclution is when thers a big question that makes the reader want to read more. For example: "I tried my best right?" or "Will he survive?".

I THINK THATS A GOOD CONCLUSION!

Effective/Ineffective Conclusions By Josha

The last novel I read was Starclimber. The conclusion was very effective because it left me with some questions but I felt they were better left unanswered. I felt like it had been a very fulfilling book when I finished it.