Week of 1/12/2009
Winterfest Dance- Friday 16th- 7:00-9:30
Remember to support your choice of Winterfest Prince and Princess by donating to Make a Wish.
Social Studies
- Complete Chapter 12 Sec. 4
- Review for test
- Tuesday Ch. 12 Test
- Begin Chapter 13 West Central Europe
- Vocab. Sec. 1-3
- Map work
- Continue work on country research
Standard Language Arts
- DOL- Proofing-Capitalization, punctuation, verb tense
- Vocab. practice-Deadwood adjectives
- Wordly Wise Lesson 11
- Incorporate words into essay
- Finish prob./solution essay
- Read and discuss poem from Lit. book
- Read “Exploring Earth’s Last Frontier”
- Comprehension ques.
- Lesson 11 test-Friday
APEX Language Arts
- Analogies-Characteristics, action/object, grammatical, location, familial, antonym
- Grammar-Types of sentences, use of commas, homophones, alliteration, capitalization/punctuation, verbs, contractions, singular possessive, use of colon, paragraphing.
- Writing-Expository writing in a friendly letter
- Writing- Essay using list 2 words from WWW
- Word Within a Word-Test on prefixes Tuesday. Intro. list on pg.8
- Literature-Response/analysis of poetry, similes/metaphors, cause/effect
- “Annabel Lee” and “Ligeia” by Edgar Allen Poe
- Bring in favorite poem to present and discuss with class
- Write an essay comparing two poems
- Spell./Def. Test- Friday
