We have made predictions, asked questions and now we have moved on to making comparisons.

We are still enjoying reading about George and Lennie’s adventures.

S3 Reading Logs will be checked again this Friday 18th September.

Please ensure that your parent/carer has signed your Log.

Can you guess which type of question we were learning how to answer today?

Yes – 

Remember – contrast means  ‘a difference.  You must therefore  remember to identify BOTH sides of the contrast in your answer.

Today we were working on Reading  Strategy 1: Making Predictions.  After analysing the cover, we read Chapter One of  ‘Of Mice and Men’ and began to think about how both character and plot will develop over the course of the novel.

Our period ended with a ‘Adjective Challenge’ to describe the portrayal of the characters of George and Lennie in Chapter One.

   will be checked on Friday 28th August.

 REMEMBER to ask your parent/carer to sign.

Reading Logs will be checked next Friday 28th August. Make sure that you have recorded your weekly entry –  a minimum of 30 minutes of reading.  Remember to ask a parent / carer to sign.

Step Two of the plan to further develop our Close Reading Skills – Newspaper Analysis…

Session 2015-2016 Analysis Number 1:

Looking for inspiration (or in other words an article that Mrs Changleng wouldn’t say was too short).

Royal News!

Trying to set a record for the number of S3 Blog appearances over the course of a week …

The Process…

Show Me Boards were out in force today to try and reinforce the two essential steps needed to answer an ‘In your Own Words’ question:

Remember

Step 1 –     Find the answer in the passage

Step 2   –  Rephrase using own words