Mrs. Churvis’ Blog- Social Studies – Language Arts – APEX

“Education is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire.” W.B.Yeats

Week of 12/15/2008




Social Studies

  • Chapter 11 Pacific South America
  • Vocab. Sec. 1-3
  • Interpreting an elevation map
  • Review game Thursday
  • Ch. 11 Test Friday

Standard Language Arts

  • Complete A Christmas Carol
  • Wordly Wise lesson 9
  • write Christmas story using Lesson 9 words
  • finding meaning in context
  • word study-synonyms
  • Wordly Wise test Friday

APEX Language Arts

  • Complete A Christmas Carol
  • review the main idea and themes
  • answer comprehension questions
  • become familiar with vocabulary from Staves 3, 4, and 5
  • construct a story map
  • complete analogies using vocab. from novel
  • become aware of the differences between American and British spellings
  • trace the development of Scrooge’s character
  • character analysis
  • practice writing to persuade
  • read dialog with expression
  • research projects due Thursday-Child Labor Laws, Industrial Era, Victorian England, Queen Victoria, Charles Dickens, character interviews, book covers and posters, Victorian games and toys
  • definition test Staves 3, 4, and 5 on Friday
  • novel test Friday
  • view film
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