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[[image:sle3rdele/character_ramona_star.gif width="123" height="144" align="left"]]Ramona Quimby, Age 8
by Beverly Cleary

Chapter 8: Ramona's Book Report and Chapter 9: Rainy Sunday

This week we will finish our journey through //Ramona Quimby, Age 8// by reading the last two chapters. You will read and do vocabulary and activities this week then on Monday, Dec. 6 we will work on our final post and do some evaluating of our online ELE experience and do one final Blue Hat Thinking activity. I look forward to what you have to say - as always!


 * Vocabulary:** conference, amused, affectionate, accuracy, absentminded, inspiration, beckoned, flustered, mischievous, dismal, moody, mute, unappreciated, pry, eavesdropping

Choose 1 of the following activities to complete on your own paper.
 * 1) Group and Regroup - think about these 15 words. Create a Tree Map showing 5 ways you could categorize these words. Some words may fall into more than 1 category. (i.e. Words that Describe Ramona, Nouns, Words with More Than 3 Syllables, etc.). Every category has to have at least 2 words in it and every word must be placed in at least 1 category.
 * 2) Vocabulary Analysis - Choose 3 words to work with. For each word create a Tree Map with the following headings: Definition, Part of Speech, Synonym or Antonym, How Used in Story, My Own Sentence


 * Activities**: Choose 1 of the following activities to complete on your own paper.
 * 1) In Chapter 8 Ramona thinks about her favorite commercials (I remember most of these myself). Commercials are a part of our daily life. They are everywhere - on TV, in magazines, on the radio, on the internet, on billboards, etc. Spend some time watching and reading commercials or ads. You are to create 2 lists. One is your favorite Top 5 Commercials of 2010. List the commercials from #5 to #1 with #1 being your absolute favorite. Be sure to give a reason why you chose each commercial (your top 2 should have more than one reason). On the flip side there are also lots of annoying commercials out there. Also create the Worst 5 Commercials of 2010 list. Once again it is a countdown list so #1 is the absolute worst commercial in your opinion and must be justified with reasons for your thinking.
 * 2) Be Mrs. Whaley! Ramona presented her book report to the class. Pretend that you are Mrs. Whaley. How would you have graded her? Create a report card that covers the criteria listed below. Give Ramona a grade for each area and be sure to give some her some comments about what you feel she did well and what she could work on to improve the next time.
 * Content - Did she tell about the story without giving too much away?
 * Creativity - Did she have an idea that was one of a kind?
 * Presentation - Did she speak up, stand still, look her audience in the eye, have confidence?
 * Overall - When she put it all together - What did you think?
 * Comments - What did she do well? What areas need improvement?
 * Character changes over time - choose one character from Chapter 9 (Ramona, Beezus, Mr. Quimby or Mrs. Quimby) and create a flowing bubble map to show what the character was like at the beginning of the chapter, in the middle of the chapter and at the end of the chapter
 * Blogging/Reflection**: Choose 1 of the following topics to write about in your blog. You need to be able to write a response of 50-100 words or more . Remember that in your blog you make a Claim, then tell what Evidence from the text (or life Examples) that you have to support your claim and your Reasons to support both the claim and the evidence. (CER)
 * 1) At the end of the story Beezus remarked, "That man paying for our dinner was sort of like a happy ending." Do agree with Beezus? Why or why not?
 * 2) Ramona suggests the family goes to Whopperburger for their dinner out. What if your parents suggested a dinner out to change a gloomy day? Where would you want to go and why?
 * 3) Ramona was not excited about the book she was suppose to give book report on. What was the hardest book you ever had to report about? Why was it challenging?