Wednesday, 5/25/16: The last Rams of the year !!

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I started on page _______.      I ended on page _______.


Well we made it through all our Rams for the year !!  This is the last one !!!  In 5 grammatically correct sentences, tell your main character, how you feel about how your school year went.  What were a few of the memorable moments for you ?  What was one of the challenging things this year?  If you had a chance to go back and do the year over, would you change anything?    

Tuesday, 5/24/16: 2016 Battle of the Bands

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I started on page ______.      I ended on page ______.


Today we all enjoyed the incredible Battle of the Bands performances !!!  Explain o your main character how you felt about the day?   Was it exciting to see all your friends perform?  Was it fun for you to perform for everyone?  Which performance did you enjoy the most?

Monday, 5/23/16: Countdown is on !!

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I started on page _______.    I ended on page __________.


We only have 4 days left of school.  And tomorrow is Battle of the Bands !!!   Explain to the characters in your book exactly what Battle of the Bands is.  What song is your group doing ?  How are you going to dress for the event ?  How long have you been practicing for Battle of the Bands ?  Have you enjoyed practicing for battle of the Bands ?

Friday, 5/20/16 - Sunday, 5/22/16 : Graduation Today

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I started on page ______.   I ended on page _______.



We all were fortunate today to be able to attend graduation today for our 20 Seniors.  To me it was pretty incredible, and you all will be graduating high school in the next 5 or 6 years, depending on the grade you are in this year.   In 5 grammatically correct sentences, describe to your main character, the graduation ceremony we attended this morning.

Thursday, 5/19/16: Planet Presentations

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I started on page _____.     I ended on page _______.


Many students presented their planet presentations today.  In 5 grammatically correct sentences, pretend you are presenting your planet presentation to the main character of your story.

Wednesday, 5/18/16: Summary Time

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I started on page ___.   I ended on page ___.


In 5 grammatically correct sentences, please summarize your book.  Be sure to go back to the beginning of the book and talk about the major events that have taken place in your story.  

Tuesday, 5/17/16: How will you spend your three days ?

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I started on page _____.    I ended on page _____.



You have three days off this week because of conferences.  Explain to your main character of your book, what you are, or have been doing with your time.  Please remember to write at least 5 grammatically correct sentences. 

Monday, 5/16/16: Electronic devices

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I started on page _____.   I ended on page _______.


Pretend one of your characters has an electronic device such as an iPhone 
    and/or iPad. What would that character use it? Can you think of an app that 
    might be their favorite? Give reasons for your answers.

Friday, 5/13/16 - Sunday, 5/15/16: Conferences

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I started on page ____.     I ended on page ____.


You have been preparing for your conferences all week and are now ready for next week.  In 5 grammatically correct sentences,  explain to the main character in your book, what conference are all about.  Why do we do student led conferences here at The Howard School ?   What was the process you went through in preparing for your conference ?  Did you work with anyone else in preparing for your conference ?

Thursday, 5/12/16: if your book was made into a video game ....

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  • What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___

  • Remember to capitalize as you write 5   grammatically correct sentences.
  • Your name :-)

  •  If your book was made into a video game what would it be like? Would this be a game you would want to play? How would you win the game?

Wednesday, 5/11/16: Changes

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2. What page number did you start on?___ What page number did you end with?___


3. Remember to capitalize as you write 4-5 grammatically correct sentences.


4. Pick a character in your book.  How has your character changed through out the story ? How has he/she gotten nicer? meaner ?  Has your character made new friends or enemies?

Tuesday, 5/10/16 : Poem Time

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  • I started on page ___.     I ended on page ___.

  • Write a 4-5 line poem about your RAMS book. You can describe the general story of your book, or focus on what you recently read. 

Monday, 5/9/16: Conference prep

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I started on page ________.        I ended on page ____________.


Today we spent time some time working on our scripts for our conferences.  In FIVE complete sentences, describe this process to a character in your book.  How did you get started doing this process this morning ?  Was this easy or hard ?  Why ?  Which part of the process today did you enjoy the most ?  Which part was the hardest for you ?

Friday, 5/6/16 - Sunday, 5/8/16: Yeah for the weekend !!

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I started on page ________.   I ended on page  ___________.



Its the weekend and you and a character from your book, are taking off on a jet plane to..... where ?  Where will you go, what will you do, and who will you see ?   What special things will you do together?  When will you return ?


Remember to write complete sentences.

Thursday 5/5: Planets

If the main character of your book was going to travel to one of the nine planets, which one would they travel to? Why would he/she choose that planet, and what would he/she do there?

Be sure to write complete sentences!

Wednesday, 5/4/16: Vocabulary time !

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I started on page ________.    I ended on page _________.



Please talk about the pages you read tonight using the following vocabulary words in your five grammatically correct sentences:


confined                 scrawny              sly               dejected              confounded

Tuesday, 5/3/16: Summary Time

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I started on page ______.    I ended on page _______.


Please be sure to answer the prompt with at least five grammatically correct sentences.



We haven't had a summary RAMS for a while, so we will have one today.  Give a summary of your book.  Please include a description of the major characters.  Try to include some descriptive words about your characters.  Maybe talk about some of the things they like to do, some of the things that they don't particularly like to do.  

Monday, 5/2/16: If you could choose another book ....

Title:   ______________


I started on page __________.   I ended on page ___________.



Please remember to write at least  FIVE grammatically correct sentences when answering the prompt below.


If you could choose a different book to read, what would it be ?  Why would you choose that book ?  Have you already read that book ?