Week+5+~+Sep+19+-+23,+2011

__ This Week's Agenda __ __ September 19 - 23, 2011 __ ==

= __Reading Selection: The Great Rat Hunt__ =

=__ Essential Question :__ Do you know of anyone who couldn’t play sports because of a childhood illness? How do you think that person felt? =

= = Students will be able to: 1) utilize new vocabulary that is introduced and taught 2) evaluate and use various reference resources and text features 3) determine cause-and-effect relationships __ **Word of the Week**: __ [|myriad]- immeasurable, infinite, countless =__ Quote of the Week: __ "If I look at the mass, I will not act; if I look at the one, I will." Mother Teresa of Calcutta =
 * __ Instructional Focus ____ : __** Informational Text

1) Warm Up: Vocabulary Practice 20 2) Media Center Visit (15 - 20 minutes) 3) Rule #1: Spelling Plural Nouns
 * __ Monday __**
 * __ Homework: __**
 * a) Read for at least 20 minutes. Complete Reading Log Day 1 Activity **
 * b) __Spelling__ - (Spelling Exercises are due on Friday of each week) **

__**Unit 1 Spelling List**__


 * =properly = ||  || =budget = ||   || =virtue = ||   || =compass = ||
 * =establish = ||  || =excursion = ||   || =diary = ||   || =battery = ||
 * =annual = ||  || =blouse = ||   || =schedule = ||   || =society = ||
 * =gradually = ||  || =expression = ||   || =process = ||   || =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">university = ||
 * =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">informed = ||  || =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">entertainment = ||   || =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">sketch = ||   || =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24px;">community = ||

__** Exercise 1: (Homework)**__
=<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 120%;">A singular noun means just one person, place, or thing. A plural noun means more than one. = =<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 120%;">~ Write the fifteen singular nouns given in the second, third, and fourth columns. = =<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 120%;">Next to each singular noun write its plural form. Review the rules listed in your copy of Spelling Rules. =

1) Warm Up: Vocabulary Practice 21 2) Interactive Reading: “The Great Rat Hunt” 3) Discuss elements of a memoir and Point of View 4) Recognize cause-and-effect relationships in text 5) Writing an autobiographical incident (Textbook p.177) **a) __Read__ for at least 20 minutes. Complete Reading Log __Day 2 Activity__** =** b) __Spelling:__ Exercise 2: Write the words that end in -y  **=
 * __ Tuesday __**
 * __ Homework: __**

1) Warm Up: Vocabulary Practice 22 2) Discuss diseases caused by #|rats 3) Vocabulary: Denotation and connotation 4) Discuss Plot elements – Complete plot #|diagram
 * __ Wednesday __**
 * __ Homework: __**
 * a) __Read__ for at least 20 minutes. Complete Reading Log __Day 3 Activity__ **
 * b) __Spelling__ : Exercise 3: Change the tenses of all verbs on the list - If they are present tense, make them past tense. If they are past tense, make them present. **

1) Warm Up: Vocabulary Practice 23 & 24 2) Informational Text: Mini BAT – Florida’s Three Henrys 3) Cause and Effect: At War with the Mosquito
 * __ Thursday __**

=** __ b) Spelling: __ Exercise 4: **<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;"> Find __establish__, __expression,__ __informed,__ __entertainment__, and __university__ in your dictionary. Copy them in syllables, and then write the whole words. = = c) Study for Spelling Test tomorrow!! =
 * __ Homework: __**
 * a) __Read__ for at least 20 minutes. Complete Reading log __Day 4 Activity.__ **
 * __<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 24px;">Spelling Exercises 1- 4 Due on Friday!! __**

1) Warm Up: Vocabulary Practice 25 2) Assessment: The Great Rat Hunt 3) Informational Text Resources Quiz 4) Unit 1 #|Spelling Test
 * __ Friday __**
 * __ Homework: __ Read for at least 20 minutes and complete Reading Log Day 5 Activity. **

= __**Reading Log Days 1 - 5 Due on Monday!!***__ =