Agenda: March 26-30

There will be no vocabulary or spelling for the next two weeks. Students will be working on MAP review skills.

MONDAY: Students will watch the movie, "Tom and Huck".
Assignment: Students will be taking notes over the following themes that exist throughout the play and book:

• bravery


• learning


• love and jealousy


• differences between the move and book

They will be allowed to use the notes taken for the essay test which will be given on Thursday, March 29.

TUESDAY: Continue watching the movie.

WEDNESDAY: Book talk check-out

Assignment: Students be required to write a book review over the book talk chosen. A handout will be given for this essay. It will need to be typed in MLA format. Essays will have to be typed at home due to the lack of availability of the computer labs.

DUE DATE FOR ESSAY: APRIL 27.

THURSDAY: Essay test over The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Students will be given 4 essay questions. Out of the four questions given, they may choose one. Students will be allowed to use their notes taken from the movie.

FRIDAY: MAP review of the different types of figurative language:

• alliteration


• simile


• metaphor


• personification


• onomatopoeia

Agenda: March 12-16

Vocabulary:Chapters 21-32 taken from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

• precipice



• diffident



• lair



• skiff



• magnanimous



• forlorn



• retribution



• serape



• eloquent



• vacant

Quiz: Friday, March 16

MONDAY: SSR/PREDICT (based upon the reading of Tom Sawyer)

Read chapters 19-22 and complete reading log entry.

Introduce vocabulary taken from Tom Sawyer. Students will create a foldable based on the vocabulary words. Due tomorrow.

TUESDAY: SSR: CONNECT (based upon the reading of Tom Sawyer)

Assignment: read chapters 23-26

WEDNESDAY: SSR/ QUESTION

Assignment: Read chapters 27-29

Activity: vocabulary bowl (review of vocabulary words)

THURSDAY: SSR/VISUALIZE

Assignment: Read chapters 30-32

Reading logs due at the end of the hour.

FRIDAY: NO SSR

Assignment: Finish the book!!! (Chapters 33-35)

Vocabulary quiz

Dates to remember:

March 12-16: Book Fair in the library.

Spring break: March 19-23

End of third quarter: March 16

Agenda: March 5-9

VOCABULARY: Chapters 9-20

pallid
incantation
chaos
ravenous
audible
foliage
flog
lugubrious
vestibule
haggard

QUIZ: FRIDAY, MARCH 9

MONDAY: SSR/CHARACTERIZE
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, chapter 13-15
Vocabulary matching: homework. Due tomorrow. Please bring to class as we are going to be doing an activity with the words.

TUESDAY: SSR/PREDICT
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, chapters 16-17
Vocabulary activity with new words

WEDNESDAY: NO SSR
Rough draft of book reports due!
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, chapters 18-20
Short answer questions to story

THURSDAY: NO SSR
Computer lab to type book report #2

FRIDAY: reading logs due
Vocabulary quiz: chapters 9-20
Final day to type the book report #2. Reports due at the end of the hour.

Reminders:

Spring break: March 19-23
End of 3rd quarter: March 16
Book Fair: March 12-16