Homework week of October 27-31

Thursday, October 30

1. For Monday, read Prologue and "Ships and Men" on viii-3 in Adventures of Ulysses
2. Chapter Notes
3. Match words 1-5 for Monday List 1 Ulysses
4. Greek suffix quiz tomorrow/packet collected tomorrow

Friday, October 31

1. For Monday, read Prologue and "Ships and Men" on viii-3 in Adventures of Ulysses
2. Chapter Notes
3. Match words 1-5 for Monday List 1 Ulysses

Week of October 20-24

Monday, October 20

1. Unit 6 vocabulary pages 65-67 & highlighting
2. Vocab test Friday
3. Final copy of autobiographical narrative due Wednesday with revisions on rough draft
4. Reading log due Wednesday complete with summaries and signatures
5. Finish reading "Rikki-tikki-tavi" in lit. book or Reader's Companion/finish
6. Worksheet side 1 "Analyzing Literature"

Tuesday, October 21

1. Unit 6 vocabulary pages 69 and 70 "Synonyms and "Antonyms" and "Choosing the Right Word"
2. Vocab test Friday
3. Final copy of autobiographical narrative due tomorrow with revisions on rough draft
4. Reading log due tomorrow complete with summaries and signatures

Wednesday, October 22

1. Unit 6 vocabulary page 68 "Completing the Sentences"/Test Friday
   
2. Finish reading "All Summer in a Day" page. 264 in text/ 79-84 in Reader's Companion
3. Record 5 similes/metaphors and 3 excerpts using repetition. Explain the effect of each of these literary devices.
   

Thursday, October 23

1. Unit 6 Finish/Test tomorrow
2. Type up alternative ending for "All Summer in a Day" using Bradbury's style due Friday
3. Preposition packet #3 pages 1-3 due Monday
   

October 13-17

Monday, October 13

1. Vocabulary unit 5 highlight/ fill in the blanks
2. Continue reading in your independent reading book for October 22nd deadline!
3. Preposition packet #2 completed by Wednesday
4. On binder paper, write your topic for your autobiographical incident
5. * select a topic that describes when you learned something important about yourself

Tuesday, October 14

1. Vocabulary unit 5 pages 62 &63 due tomorrow
2. Vocabulary test Friday
3. Preposition packet #2 due tomorrow
4. Rough draft of autobiographical narrative due Thursday

Wednesday, October 15

1. Unit 5 vocabulary "Complete the Sentence"
2. Vocabulary test on Friday
   
3. Reading log due next Wednesday
4. Rough draft of autobiographical narrative due tomorrow

Thursday, October 16

1. Study unit 5 words for test tomorrow
2. Study synonyms and antonyms
3. Reading log due next week
4. Final copy of autobiographical narrative with rough draft w/revisions due Tuesday

Friday, October 17

1. Unit 6 for next week
2. Reading log due Wednesday
3. Final copy of autobiographical narrative due Wednesday

Week of October 6-10

Monday, October 6

1. Fill in the blanks of pages 51-53 in vocabulary book/highlight the short definition, as well as unfamiliar synonyms and antonyms that you will need to study for Friday's test
2. Read all of "A Day's Wait" and answer the following questions on binder paper:

1. Do you find the boy's actions courageous, touching, or silly?
2. Why does the boy tell his father to leave the sickroom? What does this reveal about the boy?
3. Why does the boy think he will die?
4. In what way did the boy's bravery and/or fear contribute to the problem in the story?
5. In your own words, describe the boy's internal conflict.
6. Identify two actions and two spoken sentences that show the boy's internal conflict.
7. How might the story have been different if, right after the doctor's visit, the boy had asked when he would die?
Due Wednesday-Read "The Night the Bed Fell" and record five passages/excerpts that you found humorous. Explain why each passage was humorous to you.

Tuesday, October 7

1. Unit 4 vocabulary pages 55 &56/Test Friday
2. Continue independent reading
   
3. Preposition packet #2 pages 1 and 2 due tomorrow
4. Read "The Night the Bed Fell" for tomorrow and record five passages/excerpts that you found humorous. Explain why each passage was humorous to you.

Wednesday, October 8

1. Study vocabulary for test on Friday
2. Page 3 of preposition packet #2
3. Finish "Completing the Sentences" on pages 54-55 of unit 4 vocabulary

Thursday, October 9

1. Finish all of unit 4 for tomorrow
2. Test on unit 4 tomorrow
3. Pages 4 & 5 of preposition packet due Monday
4. Next two Greek suffixes due Monday
5. Finish reaponse to literature paragraph for tomorrow