- 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
- Read all of "A Day's Wait" and answer the following questions on binder paper:
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
- Unit 4 vocabulary pages 55 &56/Test Friday
- Continue independent reading
- Preposition packet #2 pages 1 and 2 due tomorrow
- 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.
- Study vocabulary for test on Friday
- Page 3 of preposition packet #2
- Finish "Completing the Sentences" on pages 54-55 of unit 4 vocabulary
- Finish all of unit 4 for tomorrow
- Test on unit 4 tomorrow
- Pages 4 & 5 of preposition packet due Monday
- Next two Greek suffixes due Monday
- Finish reaponse to literature paragraph for tomorrow
