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This Month's Homework:
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Friday, October 30th
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Monday, November 2nd
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Chapter 1-6 Quiz
Lesson 1 & 2 Spelling Test (Friday, November 6th)
End of Science - Fiction Cycle (Tuesday, November 10th)
FakeBook Project (Tuesday, November 17th)
Tuesday, November 3rd
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Vocabulary Lesson 3C
Read Chapter 6-annotate - mini-quiz
End of Science - Fiction Cycle (Tuesday, November 10th)
FakeBook Project (Tuesday, November 17th)
Study your Vocabulary Words - focus on tough ones
Lesson 1 & 2 Spelling Test (Friday, November 6th)
End of Science - Fiction Cycle (Tuesday, November 10th)
FakeBook Project (Tuesday, November 17th)
Wednesday, November 4th
- Try Spelling City
https://www.spellingcity.com/
- Copy or print poem - Mother to Son
http://allpoetry.com/Mother-To-Son
- Lesson 1 & 2 Spelling Test (Friday, November 6th)
- End of Science - Fiction Cycle (Tuesday, November 10th)
- FakeBook Project (Tuesday, November 17th)
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Thursday, November 5th
- Online 3 themes - identify 2 books &/or movies that fit
Good vs. Evil
A Change of Heart
Keeping Tradition
- Hold onto - Mother to Son
Lesson 1 & 2 Spelling Test (Friday, November 6th)
End of Science - Fiction Cycle (Tuesday, November 10th)
FakeBook Project (Tuesday, November 17th)
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Friday, November 6th
- Vocabulary Lesson 3 D
- Watch YouTube - 3 things you learned-notes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1jy_K7oJ2M
- Hold onto - Mother to Son
- End of Science - Fiction Cycle (Tuesday, November 10th)
- FakeBook Project (Tuesday, November 17th)
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Monday, November 9th
- Vocabulary Lesson 3 E
- Watch YouTube - 3 things you learned-notes - look above for the link
- Analyze Figurative Language
For each of the passages below write whether it includes a simile or a metaphor. Then explain what is
being compared and the effect of this on the reader.
Example: "Billy was a warrior when he was training his dogs."
a. Type of Figurative Language: metaphor
b. Comparison and Author's Intent: Billy is being compared to a warrior. The author's
intent was to further
develop Billy's character. In addition, to show that he is
tough, loyal, fearless, and strong; he does not want
to give up on accomplishing his
goal.
1. "With eyes as big as hoot owl's, I looked and listened."
2. "Papa's words perked me up just like air does an inflated inner tube."
3. "The girl pup saved him. Like a cat in a corn crib, she sneaked in from behind and sank her
needle-sharp teeth in the coon's back."
4. The day hunting season opened I was as nervous as Samie, our house cat."
5. "Old Dan....just lay there in the sunshine all stretched out and limber as a rag."
6. "The starlit heaven was a large umbrella, outspread and with the handle broken off."
- End of Science - Fiction Cycle
- FakeBook Project (Friday, November 20th) - Look Below for Project Description
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Tuesday, November 10th
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Thursday, November 12th
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Vocabulary Lesson 4A
WRFG Test Chapter 7 & 8
Report Card P/U (Thursday, November 19th)
FakeBook Project (Friday, November 20th)
Monday, November 16th
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Vocabulary Lesson 3 Test
Hold Onto Analyze Figurative Language
End of Science - Fiction Cycle
WRFG Test Chapter 7 & 8 (Monday, November 16th)
FakeBook Project (Friday, November 20th)
WRFG Test Chapter 7 & 8
Vocabulary Lesson 4B (Wednesday, November 18th)
Report Card P/U (Thursday, November 19th)
FakeBook Project (Friday, November 20th)
Tuesday, November 17th
- Read Chapter 9 WTRFG - ?'s online
1. Describe Billy's physical state after spending nearly two full days chopping down the tree.
2. To what does Billy attribute the tree's fall?
3. Analyze why Billy feels remorseful after cutting down the tree.
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Vocabulary Lesson 4B
Report Card P/U (Thursday, November 19th)
FakeBook Project (Friday, November 20th)
Your Choice - Independent Reading Application (Monday, November 30th)
Wednesday, November 18th
- Read Chapter 9 - 3 quotes = theme on loose-leaf
- Hold onto Chapt. 9 ?'s
- Read & Annotate - cartoon - Lexile Score - the link does not work, copy & paste it.
https://lexile.com/about-lexile/lexile-video/
- FakeBook Project
- Your Choice - Independent Reading Application (Monday, November 30th)
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Friday, November 20th
Read & Annotate - cartoon - Lexile Score
https://lexile.com/about-lexile/lexile-video/
Vocabulary Lesson 4C
Your Choice - Independent Reading Application (Monday, November 30th)
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Monday, November 23rd
- Read & Annotate Chapter 10 & 11 - theme chart for each
- Your Choice - Independent Reading Application (Monday, November 30th)
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Tuesday, November 23rd
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Read & Annotate Chapter 10 & 11 - theme chart for each
Your Choice - Independent Reading Application
Quiz - WTRF (Tuesday, December 1st)
Essay - If the World Were 100 People (Tuesday, December 1st)
Choose 1 of the 2 prompts
4a. After looking at the ratios on "If the World Were 100 People", which of the numbers surprises you
the most? Why? How do you fit into this picture? Are you better or worse off than most people,
explain?
4b. Half of the world's population suffers from malnutrition. Why do you believe this number is so
high in a world with so much food? What can we do to solve this problem?
- Vocabulary Lesson 4D (Tuesday, December 1st)
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