Week of 11/17-11/25
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2008 by nchurvisInterim Reports 11/17
Thanksgiving Break 11/26-11/30
Semester ends 12/19
Plans are tentative and subject to change.
Social Studies
Continue Ch. 8 Central Amer. and the Caribbean Islands
- Sec. 3 The Caribbean islands
- Vocabulary Builders #2 and 3
- Map work
- Interpret a climate map
- Review/ play review game
- Present report on countries
- Test- Ch. 8- Thursday
- Reading a tourist map- Chicago O’Hare Inter. Airport
- Current events/debate
Begin Ch. 9 Caribbean S. America
- Map work- Political, physical, climate
- Voc. Sec. 1-3
- Columbia
- Venezuela
- Rainforest-Posters/Poems
- Ch. 9 test 11/25 Tues.
Standard Language Arts
- DOL- Proofing and vocabulary
- Wordly Wise Lesson 7
- Grammar-Ch.18 Conjunctions/Interjections
- Character studies
- Begin Collection 2 in Literature Text
- Create characters from past stories read
- Writing-use Lesson 7 words to create characters
- Test Friday- spell. and def. Lesson 7
APEX Language Arts
- Analogies-Object/functional, antonyms, synonyms, part/whole, characteristics, grammatical
- Caught Ya’ Grammar-continuing the saga of “Hairy Beast”- proofing
- Grammar Ch. 18 Conjunctions/Interjections
- Coordinating and correlative conjunctions
- Writing-Review characteristics of short story narration
- Respond to literature
- Analyze character motivation/ traits/ how they affect plot
- Select story characters and conflict
- Review steps to writing process-Prewriting, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Publishing
- Select topic-Begin writing draft
- Work individually or with peers to ,revise, edit, and proofread for presentations
- Word Within the Word-recognize the origin/ meaning of stems Lesson 1
- Monday 17 Be ready to give title of book for report
- Collect forms for AR books to replace tests
