Week+15+~+December+5+-+9,+2011

__ This Week’s Agenda __ __ December 5 - 9, 2011 __ =[|Interactive Vietnam Wall] =



=__ Word of the Week :__ melange (noun): concoction, mixture, combination, blend = ==**__Essential Question:__** Do you think that war is ever justified? ==

=“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination." ~ Nelson Mandela =
 * __ Quote of the Week: __ **

**__ Reading Selection: __** “Stop the Sun”by [|Gary Paulsen] pp. 48 - 54 Students will be able to: 1) Determine the source of conflict in a selection 2) Analyze literature to identify theme, characterization, and flashback 3) Determine Author's Purpose, Perspective and Bias 3) Use new words that are introduced and taught [|Other Exciting Books by Gary Paulsen]

= =  Spelling Unit 11 = = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Monday __ = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Warm Up: __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Vocabulary Quiz de- p.53 Section 1 = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">1) Stop the Sun p.48 - 54 = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">- preview vocabulary - //persist, dry, founder, inert, chant// = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">2) Copy Unit 11 Spelling List = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">3) Stamina #1 Practice = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">4) Media Center = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Homework __ =
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">annually = ||  || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> favorable = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> import = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> liberal = ||
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">quantities = ||  || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> ample = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> variety = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> immediate = ||
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">concur = ||  || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> supplies = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> quantity = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> adjust = ||
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">justify = ||  || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> territory = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> quality = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> wages = ||
 * =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">recession = ||  || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> export = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> throughout = ||   || =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;"> midst = ||

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Reading Log: Day 1 __
=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Spelling: Activity 1 __ = > ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Now write __quality__, __variety__, and __territory__. Then write the plural of each word. Write __supplies__ and == > ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">the root word from which it was formed. ==
 * 1) ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Write __quantity__ and __quantities__. Write the rule for adding __es__ to words like __quantity__. ==
 * 1) ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Write __import__ and __export__. Find the meanings of each word. Use each word in a sentence. ==
 * 2) ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">One word is a compound word. Write it. Write the two little words in it. ==

=<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Tuesday __ = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> __Warm Up__ - <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Vocabulary Quiz de- p.53 Section 2 =

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">1) Concept of Definition – //Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD)//
= [|(PTSD)] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">//Survivors’ Guilt// =

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">3) Thinking Through Literature p.56
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Homework: __

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">2) Spelling: Activity 2
> ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">help you to add __ed__ and __ing__ to each. ==
 * 1) ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Write these words in a list: __adjust__, __concur__, __justify__. Use the rules for adding __ed__ and __ing__ to ==
 * 1) ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Write the words in which you see these little words: __mid__, __recess__, __annual__. ==
 * 2) ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Find and write the word that means "pay received for work". ==

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">2) Find 6 facts on the Vietnam War

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Wednesday __ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ WARM UP __ - Vocabulary Practice de- p.55 Section 1

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">b) __Do You Really Want to Post That Picture?__
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Homework: __ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">1) Reading Log: Day 3 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">2) Spelling Activity 3 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">2) Find 6 facts on Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Vietnam Syndrome
 * 1) ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Use your dictionary to find and write the meanings for __favorable__, __ample__, __liberal__, and __immediate__. Write these words in syllables.==
 * 2) ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Write all the words containing double consonants, such as __nn__, __mm__, __pp__, __rr__, __ss.__ ==

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Thursday __ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ WARM UP __ - <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">Vocabulary Quiz -de p.55 Section 2

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">1) Journal and Planner <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">2) Concept of Definition: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">3) Author’s Purpose/Perspective/Bias)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">- __//Charlie Brown, Peanuts & Me//__
=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">__Homework:__ = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">1) Reading Log: Day 4 = =<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">2) Study for Unit 11 Spelling Test =

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ Friday __ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">__ WARM UP __ - Complete and Turn in Weekly Warm ups <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">1) Author’s Purpose <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">- (STARS) Review <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">- Whatever Happened to Freedom of Speech <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">2) Selection Assessment (//Stop the Sun//)