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Media Center- Tuesday, October 28- Check out books

Expository essay: Rules are important in our daily lives. We have rules for driving, rules for studying, and even rules for playing. Think about the rules you have in your school. What three rules should every school have? Write an essay explaining the three rules you selected. Give clear reasons why each one is needed. This assignment will be done in pairs.

Prepositions

·        Brainpop

·        Unitedstreaming

·        Brainstorming A-Z

·        Pretest

·        Acitve Board lesson

·        Prepositions and prepositional phrases

·        Pronouns as objects of prepositions

·        Prepositional phrases and adjectives and adverbs

·        Workbook pages as necessary

·        Present posters

·        Jeopardy review

·        Chapter test

Posttest    

Vocabulary: brazen, foster, impugn, obsolescence, pretext, singular, sobriety, ultimate, wan, wane

·        Review words and meanings

·        Illustrated dictionary

·        Workbook- Words in Contest

·        Analogies

·        Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

·        Reading Comprehension

·        Crossword Puzzle

·        Think Dots activity

·        The Giver

·         Preview the book

·        About the author

·        Students will use vocabulary words to create a word wall

·        Vocabulary categories: noun, verb, adjective, etc.

·        Read chapters 1-10- The Giver

·        Quizzes

      Newspaper activity

Media Center- Tuesday, October 28- Check out books

Novel: Holes- Literature Circles

·        Preview the book

·        About the author

·        Anticipation statements

·        Students will use vocabulary words to create a word wall

·        Vocabulary Sort- sort vocabulary words into categories

·        Vocabulary Bee

·        Illustrated dictionary of words

·        Read chapters 1-25

·        Section Quizzes

·        Nicknames

·        What’s West Texas really like?

·        Inventions and their Creators

Expository Topic: Much has been written about the negative effects of television on young people. Are all television shows bad for children? Write an essay describing a show you feel has a positive impact on today’s teens and explain how this show could be helpful. This assignment will be written in pairs.

Spelling: Doubling the Final Consonant

·        Review key concepts with classes

·        Complete – spelling practice, spelling in context, proofreading practice, and spelling application

·        Word Find

·        Spelling Bee

·        Test

Prepositions

·        Brainpop

·        Unitedstreaming

·        Brainstorming A-Z

·        Pretest

·        Acitve Board lesson

·        Prepositions and prepositional phrases

·        Pronouns as objects of prepositions

·        Prepositional phrases and adjectives and adverbs

·        Workbook

·        Present posters

·        Jeopardy review

·        Chapter test

      Posttest

Expository essay: Rules are important in our daily lives. We have rules for driving, rules for studying, and even rules for playing. Think about the rules you have in your school. What three rules should every school have? Write an essay explaining the three rules you selected. Give clear reasons why each one is needed.

Last week we completed a persuasive essay instead of the above topic. This topic will be the assignment for this week.

Literature: “The Cat and the Coffee Drinkers”- The students will practice reading with rhythm, flow, and meter. Summarizing will also be addressed.

Pronouns- possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, reflexive, and indefinite

Qwizdom review of pronouns before test

Literature: “La Bamba”- Glencoe- pages 217-224

Analyzing Literature- page 225

Vocabulary worksheet

Media Connection- Blue Suede Shoes- p. 229

Interdisciplinary Connection- Mariachi Music- p. 228

flip chart, white boards

Expository Topic: Much has been written about the negative effects of television on young people. Are all television shows bad for children? Write an essay describing a show you feel has a positive impact on today’s teens and explain how this show could be helpful.

Last week we did a persuasive writing instead of the above topic. This will be our writing assignment for this week.

Pronouns- possessive, interrogative, demonstrative, reflexive, and indefinite

Qwizdom review for pronoun test

“rect,reg”- Complete Tyrannosaurus Rex and Nestor, Court Jester worksheets

“rect,reg”- crossword puzzle

Expository essay: Rules are important in our daily lives. We have rules for driving, rules for studying, and even rules for playing. Think about the rules you have in your school. What three rules should every school have? Write an essay explaining the three rules you selected. Give clear reasons why each one is needed.

Literature: “The Cat and the Coffee Drinkers”- The students will practice reading with rhythm, flow, and meter. Summarizing will also be addressed.

Pronouns: Brainpop, unitedstreaming, flip chart, white boards

Complex sentences- subordinating conjunctions-p. 199 (Glencoe), pages 193-195 (Glencoe), white board practice           

“mal” vocabulary:

-          Rest in Peace worksheet; Pardon Me worksheet

-          “mal” crossword puzzle

Literature: “La Bamba”- Glencoe- pages 217-224

Analyzing Literature- page 225

Vocabulary worksheet

Media Connection- Blue Suede Shoes- p. 229

Interdisciplinary Connection- Mariachi Music- p. 228

Pronouns: Brainpop, unitedstreaming, flip chart, white boards

Expository Topic: Much has been written about the negative effects of television on young people. Are all television shows bad for children? Write an essay describing a show you feel has a positive impact on today’s teens and explain how this show could be helpful.

Complex sentences- subordinating conjunctions-p. 199 (Glencoe), pages 193-195 (Glencoe), white board practice           

Vocabulary- appall, blasé, skeptical, nominal, persistent, feint, whimsical, integral, lurid ,seismic

_ Words in context

_ Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

_ Reading Comprehension

_ Think Dots Activity

State website expository writing expectations; sample papers; student rating of papers; expository prompts from teachers corner

Expository essay: What effect has the automobile had on the American society?

Literature: “The Circuit”- Prentice Hall- pages 64-71

Analyzing Literature- page71

Vocabulary activity

Pronouns: Brainpop, unitedstreaming, flip chart

“manu” vocabulary:

-          Vocabulary test- Monday, Sept. 22

Expository assignment: Students will complete an essay on the following topic: Explain the causes for the popularity of fast food restaurants.

Literature: “Shoes for Hector”- Glencoe- pages 230-235

Analyzing Literature- page 236

Vocabulary activity

Media Connection- Blue Suede Shoes- p. 229

Interdisciplinary Connection- Mariachi Music- p. 228

Pronouns: Brainpop, unitedstreaming, flip chart

“cor” vocabulary:

-          introduce words

-          Heartbroken-WS-55

-          Love Letters-WS-56

-          List of activities- (definition, sentence, part of speech, illustration)

-          Vocabulary test

Vocabulary- appall, blasé, skeptical, nominal, persistent, feint, whimsical, integral, lurid ,seismic

_ Words in context

_ Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

_ Reading Comprehension

_ Think Dots Activity

State website expository writing expectations; sample papers; student rating of papers; expository prompts from teachers corner

Literature: “The Circuit”- Prentice Hall- pages 64-71

Analyzing Literature- page71

Vocabulary activity

“manu” vocabulary:

-          introduce words

-          Complete Hand in Hand-WS-7

-          Complete Hand Done-WS-8

-          List of activities- (definition, sentence, part of speech, illustration)

-          Vocabulary test

Spelling- Double Consonants- Spelling Power(Glencoe)- pages 7-8;

Find-a-word

State website expository writing expectations; sample papers; student rating of papers; expository prompts from teachers corner

Literature: “Shoes for Hector”- Glencoe- pages 230-235

Analyzing Literature- page 236

Vocabulary activity

Media Connection- Blue Suede Shoes- p. 229

Interdisciplinary Connection- Mariachi Music- p. 228