Week+16+~+December+12+-+16,+2011

__December 12 - 16, 2011__ __ This Week's Agenda __ = = =[|Interactive Vietnam Wall]= =[|Digital History of Vietnam War]=
 * __ Word of the Week: __**** ennui (noun, pronounced “on wee”) boredom or lack of interest **
 * __ Essential Question: __**** Do you think that war is ever justified? **
 * __ Quote of the Week: __**
 * “The price of greatness is responsibility." **
 * ~ Winston Churchill **

Students will be able to: 1) Determine the validity and reliability of information 2) Evaluate and summarize information using a variety of texts 3) Determine Author's Purpose, Perspective and Bias 3) Analyze word parts (prefix, base, suffix) to determine meaning
 * __ Re __****__ ading Selection: __** “Stop the Sun”by [|Gary Paulsen] pp. 48 - 54

__ Spelling Unit 12 __


 * agriculture ||  || including ||   || solve ||   || elevator ||
 * practically ||  || combination ||   || difficulty ||   || conclude ||
 * vast ||  || dispose ||   || solution ||   || percentage ||
 * cereal ||  || entirely ||   || operate ||   || stomach ||
 * preparation ||  || customary ||   || excess ||   || urge ||

__** Warm Up: **__** Vocabulary Quiz hemi-, hemi, semi- p.69 Part 1 **
 * __ Monday __**
 * 2) Copy Unit 12 Spelling List **
 * 3) Stamina #1 Practice **
 * 4) Cooperative Learning Activity: Examine materials determined to persuade. Identify the technique used and say whether it is an ethical or unethical technique. **
 * __ Homework __**
 * 1) Reading Log: Due January 2, 2012 **
 * 2) Spelling: **
 * a) ** Write the words that mean (1) very large or great, and (2) a share or part.
 * b) ** Find and write the meanings of __elevator__ and __excess__.
 * c) ** Write __conclude__, __urge__, __dispose__, __solve__, and __operate__ in a list. Make new words by adding the suffixes __ed__ and __ing__ to each one. What letter must you drop from the root word before adding these suffixes?

__ Homework __ : a) Write the words in syllables: __agriculture__, __difficulty__, __preparation__, __combination__, __practically__. Write the whole words. b) Find and write the words containing these little words: __custom__, __entire__, __prepare__. c) Write __stomach__. What sound does the __ch__ have? d) Find the word beginning with a c that is sounded like __s__. Write the word.
 * __ Tuesday __**
 * __ Warm Up __**** - **** Vocabulary Quiz hemi-, semi- p.69 Section 2 **
 * 1) Literary Genres **
 * 2) Stop the Sun Test **
 * 3) Discuss “Supporting the War” vs. “Supporting the Troops”. Assign Support the Troops Project. **
 * 1) Reading Log: Day 2 **
 * 2) Spelling: Activity 2 **

__ Wednesday __ __WARM UP__ - Vocabulary Quiz hemi-, semi- p.71 Section 1 1) Reliability, Validity, Relevancy 2) Support the Troops Projects __ Homework __ : 1) Reading Log: Day 3 2) Spelling Activity 3 Write the root word for __solution__.
 * a) t ** he word __including__ was formed by dropping __e__ from the root word before adding the suffix. Write the root word and the New Word.

__WARM UP__ - Vocabulary Quiz hemi-, semi- p.71 Section 2 1) Facts and Opinion - Whatever Happened to Freedom of Speech 2) “Support the Troops” Project __ Friday __ __WARM UP__ - Complete and Turn in Weekly Warm ups 1) Spelling Unit 12 test
 * __ Thursday __**
 * __ Homework: __**
 * 1) Reading Log: Day 4 **
 * 2) Study for Unit 12 Spelling Test **
 * (STARS) Review

= Happy Holidays! See on January 2, 2012! = = =

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