1. Thursday, October 20th
Hello, young scholars. Your warmup is to open up your notebook to yesterday’s chart, and share what you have with your neighbor(s)…Also, drop your reading log into your class’ bin Today’s Learning Goals: 1.) I can characterize All the people that we met in chapters ) I can categorize Coraline into a certain Genre Tonight’s Homework: Read chapter 3 of Coraline Reading Quiz tomorrow on chapter’s 1-3 Remember to bring your copy of Coraline to class tomorrow

2. Genre (noun) 1: a kind of literary or artistic work
2: a variation of an art form

3. Fantasy
Stories that involve beings and events that could not exist in real life
May have realistic features
May involve time travel, imaginary beings, talking animals, different languages, or magic

4. Horror Written with the intention of scaring…
What makes something scary to you?
Why might people like to be scared by books or movies?

5. Coraline Likes to explore Hates spiders
Gets bored- she’s an only child- no other kids around
Does not get much attention from her parents
She is curious
Not easily scared

6. Miss Spink & Miss Forcible
Former Actresses
Get coraline’s name wrong (Caroline)
Bunch of Scottie Dogs
Jar with unusual items- they believe in the supernatural-read Coraline’s leaves and tell her she’s in danger
Stone with hole in it

7. Mom & Dad They both work from home on their computers a lot
Somewhat neglectful towards coraline
Father attempts to cook- Coraline does not enjoy his recipes
Dad tries to please her more than the mom
They have money; but not a surplus

8. The Man upstairs Also mispronounces coraline’s name
Has a mouse circus, but they do not play the music right
Mice: Don’t go through the door- the doorway blocked off by Bricks- they get her name right