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 I, me 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 he, she, and they.


 In third-person point of 

 view, the author can tell 

 about the thoughts, 

 actions, and feelings of 
 the other characters.