Week 2
Content PowerPoint
Quiz/Test Schedule this week
• Friday, Aug. 26 – Essential
Vocabulary Quiz (weeks 1 & 2)
Monday
Bellringer
Row Leaders: Please get textbooks for your row.
• Write five (5) complete
sentences about any
topic/topics.
• YOU MAY PRINT
Per 1 & 2
• Procedures Quiz Time
First, head your paper…
Procedures Quiz
Please record your answers on loose-leaf. Be sure to head your paper properly.
1. What is the correct procedure for
entering the classroom?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Quietly
Orderly
Both a & b
None of the above
2. What is the proper procedure for
asking questions?
a. Feel free to ask anytime.
b. Only ask at the end of class.
c. Raise your hand and wait your
turn.
d. No one may ask questions.
3. How are we dismissed from
class?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The bell rings and we leave.
An announcement is made.
Mrs. LePiane dismisses us.
We leave when we’re ready.
4. How do we proceed/walk to our next
class?
a. We walk quietly, in a single-file line
around the hall.
b. We go straight to the next class.
c. We can go however we choose.
d. We have to hop on one foot.
Planner
• Monday- Essential Vocab., Complete
Subjects/Predicates
• Tuesday – Context Clues/Main Ideas
• Wednesday – Supporting
Details/Sequence of Events
• Thursday – Synonyms/Antonyms
• Friday – Vocab. Quiz/Formal/Informal
Language
Essential Vocabulary
• Interpret- to explain the meaning of; to
make understandable
• Biography- a life story about someone
written by somebody else
• Autobiography- a biography (life story)
told by the person whose life it is
• Formal language- language in which
rules of grammar and vocabulary
standards are carefully observed; used
in textbooks, reports, etc.
Language Network
• P. 6 Complete Subjects/Complete
Pred (p7 e3 odd)
• P. 10 Simple Sub/Simple Pred (p11 e3 odd)
• P. 12 Verb Phrases
INDEPENDENT WORK
• Language Network: P. 13 Ex 3 odd
numbered items only
• Please work silently while I check with
those who need help. Read if you
finish early.
Tuesday
Bellringer
Write these sentences. Underline the simple subject
once and the simple predicate 2X. YOU MAY PRINT
1. Our house has been very hot this summer.
2. Helen gave her ice cream cone to her dog.
3. My teacher gave us a lot of homework last night.
Prepositions
• LN p. 152 (p. 154 ex. 3 odd)
• A preposition is a word that shows a
relationship between a noun or
pronoun and some other word in the
sentence.
Language Network
• P. 47 Nouns
INDEPENDENT WORK
• Language Network: P. 48 Ex 3 odd
numbered items only
• Please work silently while I check with
those who need help. Read if you
finish early.
HOMEWORK
• Worksheet handouts
Wednesday
Bellringer
Put the paragraph in order.
Other people think that the Vikings were first in 1000.
No matter who was here first, we are glad to be here now.
Some people think that Columbus was the first to reach the
Americas in 1492.
1
When you think of explorers, who do you think discovered the
New World?
Thirdly, a few think the Chinese found America even before that.
Take up/ck homework…
Language Network
• P. 92 Verbs
• P. 340 Main Idea
Literature Text
• P. 346-7 Main Ideas
Language Network
• P. 570-572 Context Clues
Thursday
Bellringer
Using the context clues, determine the meaning of the underlined words.
Then, write the clues that helped you find the meaning.
• Phyllis felt elated when she won the race.
• Elated means: ___________________________
• Clues: __________________________________
• The insidious burglar was able to sneak into the house without being
heard or seen.
• Insidious means: _____________________________
• Clues: ______________________________________
• Katie appeared infallible in math class because she had never gotten a
problem wrong.
• Infallible means: _____________________________
• Clues: ______________________________________
Time to READ!!
• P. 350 “The Good Samaritan”
INDEPENDENT
• P. 358 Numbers 1-6
• Write the questions.
• Your answers should be in complete
sentences.
• Please skip a line between each
question/answer.
Language Network
• LN 524 Main Ideas and Supporting
Details
• What is the main idea from “The Good
Samaritan”?
Literature Textbook
• P. 346-347 Sequence of Events
Friday
Bellringer
• Bellringer: Write the meaning of the underlined words,
and write the clues you used to find the meaning.
• The science project was easy, but the math homework
was arduous.
• meaning: ____________ Clue: ___________
• Mom is going to be so mad when she finds out that
Peter broke her fragile, or easily broken, lamp.
• Meaning: ___________ Clue: _____________
•
• The camaraderie in the class made it feel like a big
family.
• Meaning: ___________ Clue: ______________
Quiz Time