Announcements:
- SSR – Wednesday. Bring reading material
- Retake for vocabulary quiz #8 – Thursday after school. Only students who completed the required vocabulary homework may attend. Highest retake score possible: B (17/20)
- Study session – Friday @ 8:15. Focus: review for vocabulary quiz #9
Monday:
- Journal
- Return vocabulary quiz #8.
- Discuss “The Smallest Dragonboy.”
- Vocabulary List #9 (Homework: Write each word 5 times each. Write a definition.) Due Thursday.
- idiosyncrasy
- incriminate
- resilient
- savor
- placid
- persistent
- contorted
- legitimate
- optimism
- tumultuous
Tuesday:
- Correct last week’s ISAT practice test
- Begin literature homework: Read “Lose Now, Pay Later” by Carol Farley (pages 567-572) and “All Summer in a Day” by Bradbury (pages 489-494). Write clear, detailed responses to questions on page 573 (#2, 3, 4 only) and page 495 (#4, 5, 6 only). Due Wednesday.
Wednesday:
- Journal
- Discuss responses to assigned short stories.
- Review results from last week’s extended response.
Thursday:
- Vocabulary homework is due today.
- Extended Response exercise (only for students who did not score 3’s and 4’s consistently on practice tests).
- Begin reading “Desertion” by Clifford D. Simak. Answer questions at the end of the packet. This is homework if not finished in class.
Friday:
- Vocabulary Quiz #9
- Discuss responses to “Desertion.”
- Discuss needs and items allowed for ISAT tests next week.
- Journal share, if time.
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