Week 10 Agenda

Week 10 Activities and Homework (October 19-23, 2009)

Language Arts:

M: Continue study of tone & mood. HW: work on book report.

T: Grammar. Continue tone & mood. HW: work on book report.

W: DUE: book report. Continue tone & mood. HW: none

TH: (Early release, P 1,2,3. Parent-teacher conferences) Spelling bee! HW: none.

F: (Early release, P 4,5,6) Spelling bee! HW: none

Honors:
-schedule is same as above. Literature selections, grammar, vocabulary, and activities will differ from regular language arts class.

Goals:
The student will:
• Predict outcomes based on evidence in the text
• Evaluate an author’s creation of tone and mood in a piece of writing
• Practice ‘showing’ tone and mood in their own writing
• Improve grammar skills with exercises and drills
• Improve vocabulary through the study of Greek and Latin roots.

Standards:
Reading:
• S1, C4, PO1: vocabulary from Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, suffixes
• S1, C4, PO4: figurative language
• S1, C5, PO1: read fluently
• S1, C6, PO2: make predictions and confirm
• S2, C1, PO2: compare and contrast themes
• S2, C1, PO6: tone and mood of text
Writing:
• S1: writing process
• S3, C2: expository writing
• S3, C5: literary response