October 3
Warm-up: MLA format reminders for essay
Type Narrative Essay final draft in lab 101
- Your goal is to finish typing the essay today
- Not finished? Plan to come by before/after school OR
complete on Thursday during AR
October 4
Revising and Editing CBA (quiz grade)
Homeless
by Anna Quindlan
-vocabulary
-non-fiction essay, literature book pgs. 368-372
- discuss author’s purpose & characteristics of a problemsolution essay
- create 2-column chart, see pg. 368
: write author’s direct statements about topic
: Think about what these elements tell you about
her purpose for writing
“Homeless” by Anna Quindlen p. 369
Vocabulary
anonymous- adj. – having no known
name or origin; lacking qualities that
make one different
legacy – n. – anything handed down
from an ancestor or from the past
enfeebled – adj. – lacking force,
strength or effectiveness; weakened
October 5
Warm-up: MUG Sentence 6-8 (Week 6)
Homeless
by Anna Quindlan, literature book pgs. 368-372
- create author’s purpose 2-column chart
: write author’s direct statements about topic
: Think about what these elements tell you about her purpose for writing
What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything?
- Review terms: theme and symbol
- Read short story, literature book pgs. 350-364
- in groups of 3-4: find text evidence relating to a symbol from story
: create graphic representation of symbol, surround with text evidence
-Write theme statement for story
Homework: Vocabulary Practice
by Avi
What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything? by AVI
Vocabulary
contemplate v. to consider carefully and at length
inevitably adv. unavoidably; without fail
preoccupied adj. lost in thought; distracted
retort v. to reply sharply
threshold n. a doorway or entrance
urgency n. a condition of pressing importance;
necessity
October 6
Warm-up: MUG Sentence 9 (Week 6),
check homework (vocabulary practice)
Read AR: Due 11/2 Read, test, go to library
- Finish typing Narrative Essay?
October 7
Warm-up: MUG Sentence 10 (Week 6)
Dirk the Protector by Gary Paulson
- service project
- vocabulary
- memoir, literature book pgs. 276-284
- create cause-effect chart using at least 5 text
examples
Homework: Vocabulary Practice & Idiom Review
Dirk the Protector by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary
cohort n. a companion or associate
conventional adj. usual; traditional
decoy n. person or thing used to distract others or lead
them in a different direction
forerunner n. person or thing that came before
hustle v. to gain by energetic effort
impasse n. a situation in which no progress can be
made; a deadlock
predatory adj. given to stealing from or hurting others
for one’s own gain
puny adj. weak and small