Week+of+August+18

**Plot: Rising action- main character begins interacting with problem Climax- faces problem Falling action- discusses life after climax Resolution- all is explained
 * Prior to August 18th
 * Exposition- introduces the setting and characters and conflict

Week of August 18th Language Arts** Review of Collage- many ideas and images/one theme. Finish Five Themes collages in class (5th period will get more time) Introduced new project Cultural Heritage Collage **** Announced quiz on Five Themes on Thursday. After quiz will be in-school work on Cultural Collage.
 * Characteristics of Fables**
 * short
 * animals acting like humans (personification)
 * serious purpose (teach a lesson about life)
 * moral stated at the end (sometimes in the text)
 * Aesop**
 * many fables are attributed to him
 * lived from 620 BCE to 560 BCE
 * slave freed by owner
 * traveled extensively
 * Fables**
 * not considered a genre until 1 AD
 * used to illustrate points in speeches
 * passed down orally, then eventually recorded in written form
 * many variations
 * Social Studies**

August 19 Students worked on the rough draft of their personal narrative. LA2 Rough drafts due tomorrow.
 * Language Arts**

Quiz on Plot and Fable due Friday.

SS1 Discussed examples of cultural traits. SS2 Finished working on 5 themes projects
 * Social Studies**

Quiz on 5 themes tomorrow.