Week+13+~+Nov.+14+-+18,+2011

__ This Week's Agenda __ __ November 14 - 18, 2011 __ =~ Reading Night Thursday, November 17 @ 6:30 in the Media Center = ||
 * = Special Events ~ Book Fair: Visit Tuesday~

= __Reading Instructional Focus: __ Literary Analysis = = = = __Essential Question: __ Why are people sometimes disappointed when they finally get what they want? = = __Quote of the Week: __ “Quality is not an act; it’s a habit.” ~Aristotle, Greek Philosopher = = __Featured Selection: __ //__“The Third Wish”__// by Joan Aiken = = = = __Objectives: __ = =Students will be able to: = =1) Evaluate the use of figurative language = =2) Analyze the development of plot, theme, and character = =3) Evaluate persuasive techniques = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">4) Review literary elements: plot, theme, text features, figurative language = = __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Essential Question: __ Why are people sometimes disappointed when they finally get what they want? =

= = = __ Spelling Unit 9 __ = = __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Monday __ = = __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Warm up __<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> – Word Power Unit 2 Review page 54 = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">1) Journal and Planner = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">2) Methods of Persuasion = = //<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">3) //<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Preview Vocabulary: “Third Wish” //<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">extricate, preening, presumptuous, outskirts, malicious, protagonist, antagonist // = = //<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">4) //<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Point out words with foreign origins: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">credulity, fate, grimace, peril //  = = __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Homework <span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">: __ = = <span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">1) __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Read __<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> for at least 20 minutes and complete Day 1 Activities = = <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">2) __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Spelling __ = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">a)Write two words containing the word __music__. = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">b)Find and write the words containing __rr__, __ss__, and __ff__. = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">c)Write two meanings for the word __composition__. = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">d)In your dictionary find and write the meanings of these words: __render__, __opera__, __talent__. =
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">musical = ||  || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> opera = ||   ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> generous = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> friendship = ||
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">talent = ||  || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> violin = ||   ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> assistance = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> conduct = ||
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">composition = ||  || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> organize = ||   ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> musician = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> chorus = ||
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">choir = ||  || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> orchestra = ||   ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> privilege = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> arrange = ||
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">director = ||  || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> render = ||   ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> affect = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;"> leisure = ||

= __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Tuesday __ = = __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Warm up __<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> - Word Power Unit 2 Check the Spelling page 55 = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">1) Journal and Planner = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">2) Patterns of Organization Practice = = <span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">3) Discuss: conflict, genre, theme = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">4) The Crow & the Pitcher (Theme) = = __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Homework <span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">: __ = = <span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">1) __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Read __<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> for at least 20 minutes and complete Day 2 Activities = = <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">2) __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Spelling __ = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">a)Write the word that is the name of a musical instrument. = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">b)Write __leisure__ and __friendship__. Underline the __ei__ in __leisure__ and the __ie__ in __friendship__. = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">c)Find __orchestra__, __choir__, and __chorus__ in the dictionary. What sound has __ch__? Write each word. = = =

= **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Wednesday __** =

**<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">WARM UP - Journal: ** Word Power Unit 2 Beat the Crowd page 56 #1- 6
= <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;">1) Comprehension: "The Agony of Acne" worksheet = = <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">2) <span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Figurative Language Practice - "__The Seven of Them__" Packet = =<span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">3) <span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">Similes & Metaphors = = **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Homework: __** = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">1)Read for at least 20 minutes and complete Day 2 Activities = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">2)Spelling = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">a)Write the word ending in the suffix __or__. = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">b)Write __generous__, __privilege__, and __organize__ in syllables. Write the whole words. = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">c)Write two meanings for the word __conduct__. =

= **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Thursday __** = = **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Warm up __****<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> - **<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Word Power Unit 2 Beat the Crowd page 56 #7 - 12 = = = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">1) Journal and Planner = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">2) Sounds of /ch/ = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3) KIM Chart - Vocabulary (The Third Wish) = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">4) School Policy Unfair/Please Stay Home (Persuasive Methods) = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">5) Spelling Bee Tryouts = = **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Homework: __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> - ****<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Write spelling words in alphabetical order ** = = =

= __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Friday __ = = __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Warm up: __**<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> - **<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Word Power Beat the Crowd (Review) = = = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">1) Selection Assessment – //__The Third Wish__// = =<span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 130%;">2) Unit 9 Spelling Test = = <span style="color: #f79646; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Work with your partner on Newspaper feature story (Based on //__The Third Wish__//) = = =