Friday, August 5, 2016

Weekly Happenings

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  • Campus School is requesting a 25.00 dollar supply fee this year. Please send this in with your child next week if you have not done so. You may pay with cash or send in a check payable to CSPN.
  • CSPN will soon hold their annual support drive. Please consider donating to support our school if you are able to do so. Any amount of money is deeply appreciated.
  • This week the students will have their first test over the chapters we have read in Because of Winn-Dixie. The students will be allowed to use their books for this test, as they will be ask to support their answers with evidence from the text.  
  • The remainder of the will consist of new vocabulary words, working with Point of View while we continue reading Because of Winn-Dixie, and opinion writing. 




First-person Point of View

 A character in the story is 

 the narrator.  This 
 character is telling the 
 story.  The narrator uses 
 the pronouns Ime and we.
 In first-person point of 

 view, readers learn about 
 events as the narrator 
 learns about them.

Third-person Point of View

 The story is being told by 
 an outside observer 
 (someone who is not in 
 the story).  The author uses 
 the pronouns heshe, and they.


 In third-person point of 

 view, the author can tell 

 about the thoughts, 

 actions, and feelings of 
 the other characters.