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By LearningCoach

After reading, choose ONE of the following questions and write a response of at least 100 words. Use examples and explanations to support your thinking. Don’t forget to mention the title and author of your book.

1. How is a character in your book similar to a character in another book, story, or movie?
2. What does this book remind you of in your own life? Why?
3. What does this book make you wonder about? Why?
4. What just happened in your book, and what do you think will happen next? Why?
5. What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least? Why?
6. What was one of your favorite lines (or sentences) in what you read today? Copy it down and tell why you liked it. (It can be more than a sentence if you like, but not too long�you still need to write 100 words of your own.)
7. Explain how the author creates suspense in this book.
8. How did what you read today make you feel? Why?
9. What do you think about a particular character’s actions? Was he/she right or wrong to do that?
10. What is confusing in this book? Why? (Be specific)
11. What advice would you give to a particular character? Why?
12. What do you wish could happen in this story? Why?
13. Do you think you would read another book by this author? Why or why not?
14. Which character would you like to be like? In what way? Why?
15. What other character(s) beside the main character is really important to the story? How and why?
16. Make up a motto that one of the characters seems to live by. How and why does this fit the character?
17. Which character would you like (or not like) to be your friend? Why?
18. If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be? Why would you change it?
19. What has surprised you in the book? Why?
20. What in the book upsets you or bothers you? Why?

Please note that one does not have to finish the book in order to respond to it. These are not necessarily “book report” questions. The questions focus on how a reader connects with or engages with a text. It’s how them make personal meaning of what they read. Also, although most of the questions best fit novels, some questions work just as well with non-fiction or informational texts (e.g., questions #2, #3, #6, #8, #10, #13, #18, #19, #20).

Response: How about some open-ended sentence starters:

I was surprised…
I wonder…
I wish…
I didn’t understand…
I learned…

Would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not?
What kind of person do you think would like the book you’re reading?
How does this book make you feel?
Is there anything about this book that you don’t like?
How did the author of your book get you interested in the story?

2008

2008 20072007 National Council of Teachers of English.

Sportsmanship

By LearningCoach

Photo by Stephen Katin/WOU

This is a great read!

Central Washington offers the ultimate act of sportsmanship

Home Run Helpers

Watch the moment!

PLEASE do NOT retell the article, BUT RESPOND to it! SELECT a question or two from below and respond to it.

Have you had an experience that relates to the article?

Do you have thoughts to add to the author’s article?

Do have suggestions or facts on the subject matter to add to the article?

Share what you liked or disliked about article. WHY?

Is this a topic that interests you? Why or why not?

Be OPEN and HONEST! Post your true feelings.

Feature Articles: Questions (Lesson #3)

By LearningCoach

In lesson #2, I wrote everything I knew about Xavier basketball. This lesson, I will list questions I have about Xavier basketball.

Who is Sean Miller’s family?
Who came up with the idea for the Cintas Center?
What does Byron Larkin do now?
Which player has the most points in school history?
Who coached at Xavier longest?

List any questions you have about your feature article topic.

REMEMBER to COPY and PASTE in YOUR WNB: Feature Article page.

Skeletal Notes and Animations

By LearningCoach

Thumbnail from tabacco.blog-city.com

Click on thumbnail to see the names of the bones.

I.Bones - Your Support System
A.Purpose - The function of skeletal system
1.To support - gives shape
2.To protect - help move

B. Facts
1.206 bones in skeleton
2.Classified into 4 groups
a. skull
b. backbone
c. trunk bones
d. arm and leg bones

C. Parts
1. Skull
a. protects brain and gives head shape
b. made of 22 bones (only movable bone is the jaw)
c. The smallest bone is in the inner ear.
2. Backbone -Spine

a. protects spinal chord
b. made of 33 small hollow bones called vertebrae.
c. support weight of body
3. Ribcage
a. protects lungs and heart
4. Pelvis
a. protects liver and kidneys
5.Long bones - Arm and Leg bones
a. makes blood cells
b. main part of bone called a shaft
6. Palm
a. has five bones
b. fingers on one hand have 14 bones

II.Cartilage - example: gristle of meat
A.Characteristics
1. smooth
2. spongelike
3. not as hard as bone but tough and flexible
B. Function
1.cushions bones when you walk and move
2.reduces friction on ends of bones

C. Location
1. found between bones
2. also in nose, ear, trachea, and windpipe

III. Ligaments
A. Fibers
1. strong and tough
2. hold bones together at joints

IV. Joints - Bones are joined together at joints
A. Purpose - allow for movement

B. Types
1. Fixed - moves very little; skull
2. ball-and-socket - allows to move in large circles; shoulders and hip
3. hinge - allows movement back and forth; elbow and knee
4. gliding - allows bones to move in twisting motion; wrist and between vertebrae
5. pivot - movement up and down and in a circle; connects head to spine

V. Keeping Bones Healthy

A. Need calcium - without bones become soft

B. Vitamin D - good source is milk

C. Diseases of bones
1. Osteoporosis results in a loss of calcium, bones become soft
a. leaves bones thin, brittle and easily broken
2. Scoliosis is a lateral curvature of spine
a. unequal shoulders, and back pain
3. Rheumatoid Arthritis is inflammation of joints
a. chronic pain

VI. Safety
A. Use helmets
B. Keep things of steps to prevent falls

VII. First Aid
A . Sprains
1. apply ice pack for the first 12 hours and heat pack the next 12 hours

B. Broken
1. DO NOT MOVE or put weight on it
2. GET HELP!

C. Two Types of broken bones
1. Fracture
2. Compound Fracture - it breaks through the skin

Click on the links below to watch medical animations.

Ankle Ligament Injury

Osteoporosis

Osteoarthritis

Skeletal System Components

Red Blood Cell Production

Skeletal Formation