Homework for the night of March 8, 2010

Complete tonight's journal entry here or on separate paper.  What are some thoughts, ideas or observations you have made after todays reading?  Is there a character you really like or dislike?  Why?  How do you think the children feel being sent away to live in a strange, new place?

Responses to Classmates Journals: Week of February 19th

Journal Entries: Week of February 19, 2010

Responses to Classmates Journals: Week of February 8th

Journal Entries: Week of February 8th

Responses to Classmates Journals: Week of February 5th

Journal Entries: Week of February 5th

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Why is it Morgiana's cleverness, and not Ali Baba's, that preserves the treasure and destroys the thieves?

Why is the captain of the thieves more concerned with revenge than with trying to save his treasure?

Why is Ali Baba able to enjoy his weath in "comfortable serenity," when it has destroyed so many others?

Independent Reading

Share something interesting about the independent reading book you are enjoying for 30 minutes each night.  Have you found anything interesting, exciting or surprising?  Why would you recommend this book to another classmate?  Let us know!