Week+6+Sep+24+-+28,+2012

= __ Novel Study: Slam __ = By Walter Dean Myers == Greg "Slam" Harris is a seventeen-year-old who thinks he is all that on the court -- and he's not that far off. He can play point guard and slam dunk the ball, making him a tough combination for a defender to handle. The problem is that this year Slam is at a new school, and here his new coach and teammates don't give him the respect he thinks he deserves, and his teachers just won't get off his back about his grades. ==

__ Word of the Week: __ fluctuate: (verb) rise and fall; ebb and flow; change.
= __ Unit 3 __ =
 * 1) == insidious - stealthily treacherous or deceitful ==
 * 2) == intimation - making known indirectly; a hint; suggestion ==
 * 3) == opulent - wealthy, rich, or affluent ==
 * 4) == pliable – easily bent; flexible; supple; easily influenced or persuaded; yielding ==
 * 5) == reiterate - to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively. ==
 * 6) == stolid - not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive. ==
 * 7) == tentative - unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant ==
 * 8) == unkempt - uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy; not combed ==
 * 9) == verbatim - in exactly the same words; word for word ==
 * 10) == warily - watchfully, cautiously, or on the alert ==

__ Monday __

 * == Warm Up ==
 * == Work on Group Research Project ==

__ Homework: __

 * == Read for about 30 minutes and complete the activities for Reading Log Day 1 ==
 * == Create a KIM Chart for Unit 3 Vocabulary words (Due Thursday) ==

__ Agenda __

 * == Warm Up ==
 * == Read Chapter 3 of Slam! ==
 * == Discussion questions: ==
 * == Why does Greg feel that running patterns is lame? ==
 * == How do you think Greg’s time in the car with Kicky will impact his relationship with Mtisha? ==

__ Agenda __

 * == Warm Up ==
 * == Work on Olympic Research Project ==

__ Homework __

 * == Read for about 30 minutes and complete the activities for Reading Log Day 2 ==
 * == Study For Vocabulary Test Unit 3 ==