Extra Credit Reading/Language Arts Assignment-- Due 1/19 :)

Hi Parents-

     I sent home an extra credit assignment today with your child. The assignment is due back on Thursday, January 19th as grades are due that day. Your child is to choose ONE book that they are currently reading or recently read that they can easily recall the main events and characters. The first activity is a flow map of the important events. I told the students to think of this activity as "beginning, middle, end." The first box should tell the beginning (introduce the character(s) and the setting). The three middle boxes should be the most important events in the story. The end should tell the solution to the problem in the story. The second activity is a Venn Diagram. Your child is to choose two characters and write the name of each one at the top of each circle. They are to write 3 characteristics that are different for each character (total of 6) and 3 characteristics that are the same in the middle of the diagram.

      Students are expected to write in complete sentences on the flow map, the Venn Diagram can be descriptive words or phrases. You may help discuss the book and guide your student, but they need to complete the chart with their own handwriting and use their own vocabulary.

    This assignment will replace their lowest grade in either reading or language arts for the second quarter.

    Please let me know if you have any questions!

Best,
Ms. Walker