Week+8+~+Oct.+10+-+15,+2011

**__ This Week's Agenda __** ** __ October 10 - 15, 2011 __ ** ** __ Make-up Spelling tests will be given on Thursdays in the classroom during lunch __ **

= __Essential Question:__ How is nature like a mother? =  __Instructional Focus:__ Reference and Research (Organizational Patterns) 1) evaluate the use of organizational patterns in various text 2) use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught 3) utilize spelling rules to develop fluency in spelling = __Word of the week__: cacophony (noun) harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails. 2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds:the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday. = =__ Quote of the Week: __ "It takes a village to raise a child." =

=__ Unit 4 Spelling List __=
 * = secretary = ||  ||   || = accurate = ||   || = audience = ||   || = committees = ||
 * = computer = ||  ||   || = dictionary = ||   || = minister = ||   || = partners = ||
 * = perfectly = ||  ||   || = considered = ||   || = missionary = ||   || = seniors = ||
 * = situation = ||  ||   || = chairman = ||   || = companion = ||   || = rebels = ||
 * = opportunity = ||  ||   || = janitor = ||   || = burglar = ||   || = explanation = ||

=__Monday__ = =__Warm Up:__ Vocabulary Word Power1 -p14 #1 - 3 = =1) Symbolism PowerPoint = =2) Group presentations: Deserts = =2) Review Vocabulary: __//High Tide in Tucson//__ by Barbara Kingsolver =

[[image:BKT.jpg width="231" height="271" caption="Barbara Kingsolver" link="http://www.kingsolver.com/"]]
__Homework__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;">__Reading Log:__ - Day 1

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">__Spelling:__ - Activity 1
=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">List the following words and then beside each write the possessive form: = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__chairman__, __janitor__, __audience__, __minister__, __missionary__, = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__companion__, __burglar__, __committees__, __partners__, __seniors__, __rebels__. =

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 1) __ Reading Log Day 2 __
=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 2) __Spelling:__ Activity 2: = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Write in alphabetical order the Spelling List in the first two columns. =

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">__Spelling:__ Activity 3
=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Write __secretary__, __opportunity__, __chairman__ and __dictionary__. Now write the plural of each =

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__ Thursday __ = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__ Warm Up: __ = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1) Read and discuss Poems: //Mi Madre// by Pat Mora, //Fear/Miedo// by Gabriela Mistral = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">2) Identify: imagery, symbolism, metaphor in reading selection = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">3) Thinking Through Literature p. =

= Write __situation__, __explanation__, and __considered__ in syllables. Now write the whole words. =