Week+9+~+Oct+17+-+21,++2011

__This Week's Agenda__ __October 17 - 21, 2011__

__ Instructional Focus: __ Reference and Research - Methods of Persuasion/Methods of Organization
Students will be able to:

[[file:Tone and Mood.ppt]]
= 3) Evaluate the use of organizational patterns in various text =



= __ Featured Selection: __ //The Tell-Tale Heart// by Edgar Allan Poe = = __ Word of the Week __: conspicuous: noticeable; eye-catching, strikingly clear =

=__ Quote of the Week: __= = “It's not the push from behind or the pull from the front, but the drive from within." ~ John Wooden~ = =__ Spelling Unit 5 __= = =
 * =**aviator** = ||  || =**photograph** = ||   || =**verse** = ||   || =**prairie** = ||
 * =**helicopter** = ||  || =**democratic** = ||   || = compare = ||   || = pasture = ||
 * = propeller = ||  || =**apology** = ||   || =**resemble** = ||   || =**awkward** = ||
 * =**glider** = ||  || =**heroic** = ||   || =**sacred** = ||   || = alcohol = ||
 * =**parachute** = ||  || =**column** = ||   || =**bureau** = ||   || =**toboggan** = ||

= __Monday__ = = __Warm Up:__ Checking Your Money's Worth p.23 #1 - 3 = = 1) Tone and Mood PowerPoint = = 2) Literary Analysis: Tone/Mood p.622 = = 3) Preview vocabulary ~ //The Tell-Tale Heart// pp.625 – 630 = = 4) Build Background p.256/624 =

= __ Homework __ : = = 1. __Reading Log:__ Read for 20 minutes and complete Day 1 activities. = = 2) Spelling: Activity 1: = = a) Write __bureau__, __prairie__, and __pasture__. Now write each word in syllables. = = b) Write __column__ and __awkward__. Cross out the silent letters in these words. = = c) Write the five words that refer to aviation and airplanes. =

= __ Tuesday __ = = __Warm Up:__ Checking Your Money's Worth p.23 #4 - 6 = = 1) Guided Reading //Tell-Tale Heart// IR pp. 247-256 = = 2) Discuss Sidebars/vocabulary in context = = 3) Literary analysis: Visualizing p. 623 = = Homework = = 1. __Reading Log:__ Read for 20 minutes and complete Day 2 activities. = = 2. __Spelling__ = = __Activity 2:__ = = a) Write compare and resemble. Make new words by dropping the final e and adding ed to each word. = = b) Write the words that might be used to describe (1) our form of government, and (2) a book such as the Bible. = = c)Write the New Word that begins and ends with ph. What sound has the ph in this word? =

= __ Wednesday __ = = __Warm Up:__ Checking Your Money's Worth p.23 #7 - 9 = = 1) Warm up and planner = = 2) Validity, Reliability, Relevancy = = 3) Vocabulary Textbook p. 632 = = 4) Thinking Through Literature p. 631 = = __ HOMEWORK: __ = = 1. __Reading Log:__ Read for 20 minutes and complete Day 3 activities. = =2. __Spelling:__ Activity 3= =a) One word has only one syllable. Write it.= =b) Write __apology__, __alcohol__, and __toboggan__. Find each word in the dictionary and notice the sound given each a and o, whether long or short. Write each word in syllables and mark the a's and o's either long or short.= =c) Write __parachute__. Say the word softly. What sound is given to the letters ch?= =d) Find and write the two words that end in ic.=

= __ Thursday __ = = __Warm Up:__ Checking Your Money's Worth p.23 #10 - 12 = = 1) Warm up and planner = = 2) Read and Discuss //Birthday Ritual a Grave Tradition// (The 5 W’s and H) = = 3) Review Methods of Organization/Persuasion = = __ No Homework: __ =

= **__Friday:__ Junior Achievement Field Trip** =