Monday, April 9, 2012

Agenda: April 9-13

Spelling:


  1. cent/sent

  2. dew/due

  3. ewe/yew

  4. their/they're

  5. cellar/seller

  6. hoarse/horse

  7. groan/grown

  8. cymbal/symbol

  9. naval/navel

  10. berry/bury


  • The spelling test will be on Friday, April 13. Students will be responsible for knowing which homophone to place into each sentence and spell it correctly.


MONDAY: SSR/PREDICT


Assignment: Students will present their onomatopoeia pieces of work to the class. They will be grades on a 16 point rubric.



  • Week 1 spelling list: Students need to draw an illustration that would best describe each word. Due tomorrow.

  • Returned graded Tom Sawyer essays.

TUESDAY: SSR/CONNECT


Assignment: Students will present their onomatopoeia pieces of work to the class.



  • Spelling illustrations due.

WEDNESDAY: SSR/VISUALIZE


Assignment: Introduce the play, "Diary of Anne Frank"


Students will examine a map of Europe and discuss how Adolf Hitler came to power and what events were occurring.


Each student will role play the characters as the play is read. There will be props used for the readers.


THURSDAY: SSR/QUESTION


Assignment: "The Diary of Anne Frank": Act 1 Scene 1 and Scene 2



  • Discuss the two types of conflict: external and internal conflict


FRIDAY: SSR/FREE CHOICE


Assignment; Week 1 Spelling Test



Dates to Remember:


Book Talk: Friday, April 27


Book Talk essay: Due Friday, April 27