Chapter 7 – Pippi Goes to the Circus – Sequence of Events
1-
Annika and Tommy invite Pippi to go see a circus that's come to town.
2-
Pippi doesn't know what a "surkus" is, but wants to get a
look at one and agrees to go.
3- Because Pippi pays for her ticket with a genuine gold piece and
refuses to accept any change, the ticket lady upgrades all of the children's
tickets so they are seated in the grandstand (lovely red chairs right next to
the ring).
4-
The first act features ten white horses, and when one stops right in
front of the children, Pippi shakes hands and (Pippi offers it greetings from
her horse at home).
5-
The second act features a lady riding a black horse, and when they
ride past the kids, Pippi hops onto the horse with the lady, Miss Carmencita.
6-
The audience loves Pippi's performance, but neither Miss Carmencita
nor the ringmaster are amused.
7-
Two guards try to throw Pippi out, but give up when they are unable to
budge her.
8-
The tightrope walker is the next act, and Pippi joins in on that one
as well.
9-
The ringmaster wants Pippi gone, but the crowd cheers for her and
demands he let her stay.
10- He attempts
to sabotage her by undoing the tightrope wire, but Pippi just swings around
for a while and then lands on the ringmaster before returning to her seat.
11- Next the
ringmaster introduces the circus strongman, the Mighty Adolf, and offers one
hundred dollars to anyone who can beat him in a wrestling match.
12- You can
guess who takes him on. Pippi accept the challenge and wins. She beats the
strong man.
13- When the ringmaster attempts to give Pippi a one hundred dollar bill,
Pippi tells him she has no use for an old piece of paper and suggests he use
it to fry some fish.
14- Last but
not least, after that all, Pippi goes back to her seat and takes a nap in the
circus.
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Personal Response
Dear student, your personal response to any text,
topic or story is, for example, a piece of writing by demonstrating a
perceptive personal understanding of a text. You need to describe the topic,
express your feelings and findings, and give some of your thoughts and ideas
about what you read, learned etc. In short, a personal response is (your
response) what we did about Pippi Longstocking in our classes. See the following
and last exercise we did last week at school.
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Chapter 7 – Pippi
Goes to the Circus
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Description
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In this chapter, (Pippi Goes to the
Circus) Annika and Tommy invite Pippi to go see a circus that has
come to town and Pippi doesn't know what it is. Tommy and Annika explain it
to her. However, when Pippi pays for her ticket with gold pieces she doesn’t understand
why she needs to pay for it, and she refuses to accept the change. Because of
that, the ticket lady gives the three kids special tickets so they get the
chance to sit at the grandstand, a much better place to see the act features.
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Feelings
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I feel sorry for Pippi. She is 9 years old and she has
no idea what a circus is. But I felt so happy when the ticket lady upgrades
all of the children's tickets so they could be seated in the grandstand. Pippi
was very lucky to have the chance and sit on lovely comfortable chairs and
stay right next to the ring.
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Findings
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I didn’t
know there were horses in the circus, I believed there were only elephants, monkeys,
and lions, but not horses. At first, I didn’t understand Miss Carmencita didn’t
like Pippi performing with her. Then after reading a bit more I found not
only the ringmaster was angry. Pippi was having fun, but people from the circus
didn’t like when she joined in on circus act features. It means that we need
to ask for permissions before we do somethings we would like to.
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Thoughts
and Ideas
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In my opinion, even though she got herself into
trouble, Pippi had an awesome time, and it was her first awesome time in the
circus. It was definitely a great day for her. When the first act features began,
the ten white horses stopped right in front of Pippi. I think it was very
funny when Pippi offered greetings from her horse to the circus horses. After
all the fun moments, though, I didn’t get why Pippi went back to her seat and
took a nap in the circus.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Personal Response Example
Monday, September 26, 2016
Social Studies Homework 29 due October 3.
Name:
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SS – Homework Cover #29
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Social Studies Homework 29 due October 3.
Personal Response about the Age of Exploration
After your PowerPoint Group Presentation, our
classroom discussions, and clarifications, please
improve your Social Studies PowerPoint Project
by writing a personal response about the Age of Exploration. We have done
activities in class on how to write a personal response. Make sure you include
in your personal response what is needed (Description,
feelings, findings, thoughts and ideas). In class, on the homework due
day, you will present your PowerPoint project again by sharing your personal
response to the whole class. Print out only your personal response or write it
on a separate sheet of A4 paper. Hand in for teacher’s check.
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Tall Tales and School Play Ideas
Paul Bunyan (Review)
Pecos Bill (Ideas for a School Play)
School Play (Readers Theater)
Readers theater - 5th grade Callie "Rumplestilskin"
"School Song" (Matilda the Musical)
"It's the Hard Knock Life" (Annie)
Children's Theatre production of Charlotte's Web
Solo Theater Performance
Artaud Solo Performance
Johnny Appleseed (read aloud)
Johnny Appleseed (Watch)
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Math Homework 28 due September 26.
Name:
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Math – Homework Cover #28
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Math Homework 28 due September 26.
Classify Triangles by Their Sides and Angles
We did some exercises on triangles in class;
however, you need to reinforce it at home. It is mandatory to use your pencil and a cm ruler to draw different
types of triangles, classify and find their area. Then answer the questions
that follow.
First, draw an equilateral triangle with a perimeter of 60 cm. The base of
this triangle must be 20 cm. Why is this triangle called “equilateral triangle”? What is its area?
Second, draw an isosceles triangle with a perimeter of 70 cm. The base of this
triangle must be 30 cm. Why is this triangle called “isosceles
triangle”? What is its area?
Third, draw a scalene triangle. One side of this triangle must be 18cm, and
another side must be 26cm. The third side should be 30cm long. Why is this
triangle called “scalene triangle”? What is
its perimeter?
If you need
any help to remember what we had in class, please see the images below. Do
your very best!
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Monday, September 12, 2016
Homework 27 due September 19.
Name:
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LA – Homework Cover #27
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Homework 27 due September 19.
Reread Pippi Longstocking
Chapter 7 – Pippi Goes to the Circus.
(Book Chapter read in class)
Find and write (in pen) the sequence of events from the beginning to the end of
this chapter.
Use a cm ruler
to make a chart and organize the events in the order they happened, and why
they happened.
Label the
cause (why it happened)
and the effect (what
happened).
We did some of
these exercises in class already, and you can see, as an example, the exercise we did
on chapter 4.
Remember, do
your homework in blue or black pen. Use a cm ruler and a pen to make the
chart (A4 paper). What will you do next? At school, firstly, you will exchange your work with your
peers, then read it aloud to the large class on the homework due day. We will compare, contrast, and, if needed, improve it.
Please, do not
forget to share your favorite part of the story (chapter).
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Pippi Longstocking – Chapter 4 – Pippi Goes to School
Pippi
Longstocking – Chapter 4 – Pippi Goes to School
Sequence of
Events (Cause and Effect).
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Cause (Why it happened)
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Effect (What happened)
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Tommy
and Annika decide school would be much more fun with Pippi there.
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They
set about trying to persuade her to come with them one day.
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Cause (Why it happened)
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Effect (What happened)
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02
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Pippi
is convinced to join them when she realizes that they, in attending school,
get Christmas vacation, which she, by not attending school, does not. (Pippi's
logic.)
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The
next day, Pippi rides her horse to school (on her own timetable, of course,
arriving after 10 a.m., not at 8 a.m.
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02
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Cause (Why it happened)
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Effect (What happened)
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Pippi
got late for school, however, the teacher welcomes Pippi, but has trouble
engaging her in her studies, so to speak.
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Pippi
is very talkative and does not show good manners. She finds out that there is
no Christmas vacation at school.
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03
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Cause (Why it happened)
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Effect (What happened)
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When
asked what seven and five are, Pippi replies, "Well if you don't know
that yourself, you needn't think I'm going to tell you."
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Things
escalate from there, with the teacher trying every subject and tactic she can
think of to no avail.
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04
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Cause (Why it happened)
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Effect (What happened)
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Teacher
asked Pippi to draw pictures. She wants to draw her horse, she fills her
paper and resorts to drawing all around on the floor.
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She
drew the horse on the floor because, according to her thoughts, she could not
have fit her whole horse on her paper, anyway.
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05
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Cause (Why it happened)
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Effect (What happened)
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At
singing time, Pippi decides to take a nap during class.
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Later
on, the teacher dismisses the whole class and talked to Pippi alone.
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06
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Cause (Why it happened)
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Effect (What happened)
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Pippi
is very surprised to find that the teacher thinks she has behaved badly in
class.
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The
teacher softens when Pippi explains that it is hard for a girl who has sailed
on the ocean her whole life and whose mother is an angel and whose father is
a cannibal king to know how to behave in school.
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07
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Cause (Why it happened)
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Effect (What happened)
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The
teacher suggests that perhaps Pippi should try school again… when she is
older, and Pippi smiles and gives her a gold watch.
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Pippi
rides away, but before she did it, she told all the children in the
schoolyard tales of school in Argentina, where according to Pippi, school is
only in session for about two weeks of the year and there are no lessons.
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Thursday, September 8, 2016
Monday, September 5, 2016
LA Homework 26 due Sept. 12
Name:
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LA – Homework Cover #26
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LA Homework 26
due Sept. 12
What is a Tall Tale?
We had some examples in class this Monday. Please do not pick “Paul
Bunyan” because we already found some characteristics and used it as an example
for you in class.
On A4 sheets of paper, answer the questions:
What is a tall tale?
Why is it called “Tall
Tale”?
What are the main
characteristics we find in tall tales? Describe and name 5 characteristics of a
tall tale in a short paragraph.
Next, find some tall tales
then…
Carefully read
one you liked the most. Copy at least 5 passages from the tall tale and beautifully
illustrate them, and then bring your work to class.
Here is an
example from Paul Bunyan:
“As a child, Paul was always hungry. His
parents needed tens cows to supply milk for his meals. Before long, he ate
fifty eggs and ten containers of potatoes every day.”
(This passage was beautifully illustrated in class)
In class, you will share your work…
Retell the tall tale, show
the illustrations on mini-posters (A4 paper)
Illustration: story elements
Mention the basic elements
of a story (we have learned them in class);
Use the anthology (classroom
books) to choose up a tall tale or check some of the websites to
help you find what you need:
http://global.britannica.com/art/tall-tale
http://www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/learningenglish/2012_01/se-as-paul-bunyan.pdf |
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Walt Disney's ''Paul Bunyan'' (1958)
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