Lesson Summary and Homework
Week of December 1, 2008
by Kate Bieschke
Lesson Summary and Homework
Monday, December 1 - Friday, December 5, 2008
Language Arts
This week in Language Arts the students will continue their study of persuasion and be introduced to writing a Persuasive Essay. We will also be focusing on Organization and Word Choice, two of the 6 Good Writing Traits. Students will review their possible topic lists and determine their Topic, Purpose and Audience. They will utilize a variety of prewriting graphic organizers and access the internet and other sources to research their persuasive topic. Vocabulary quiz on Vocabulary 6-8 Tuesday, December 2. Vocabulary quiz on Vocabulary 9, Friday, December 5, 2008.
Vocabulary - The Outsiders Chapters 7 and 8 & 9 and 10 (Dictionary) Chapter 7 & 8 definitions due on Monday, December 1. Chapter 9 and 10 definitions due on Tuesday, December 2.
Chapters 7 and 8: brawn, recurring, exploit, manslaughter, delinquents, radiate, divert, faltered, jet, aghast
Chapters 9 and 10: underprivileged, taut, delirious, conformity, contract6, clad, ruefully, stupor, leery, stricken.
Literature
This week in Literature students will continue reading, The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton. This is a classic tale covering several important themes. The students will be enhancing their understanding of a variety of literary elements like, plot, setting, characters, theme, idioms, simile, metaphor etc. We will be reading an average of 2 chapters each week. Students must keep up with the daily reading and assignments from their packets. I will be checking their work each day, but the packets are not collected until the entire book has been read. Ask your student about what they have read. This will strengthen their understanding of the novel and provide some nice conversation for the dinner table.
Homework
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Day |
Language Arts |
Literature |
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Monday |
Vocabulary Definitions Prewriting Packet pages 129 and 130 |
Work done during class time.
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Tuesday |
Vocabulary Sentences Prewriting Packet Page 131 |
Finish reading chapter 9 |
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Wednesday |
Rough Draft |
Work done during class time. |
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Thursday |
Study for Vocabulary quiz Rough Draft |
Finish Reading Chapter 10 Make sure all packet work is current. |
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Friday |
Work will be completed in class. |
Work will be completed in class. |
