Week+21+~+January+21+-+25,+2013

=__ Reading Instructional Focus: Comparisons Cluster 1- 4 __= =__ (Review - Figurative Language & Symbolism) __= = __Quote Of The Week:__ "Success is hanging on after others have let go.” William Feather = = __Word of the Week:__ __ acquiesce __ : to comply; agree; give in = = __Essential Question:__ Should you obey an order with which you do not agree? Explain why or why not? =

4) Construct an original poem of selected genre
= = =__ Unit 9 Spelling & Vocabulary __=
 * =convoluted= || =twisted; complicated= ||
 * =disparage= || =to belittle; express disapproval= ||
 * =deviant= || =differing from accepted from social standards = ||
 * =dichotomy= || =a division into two= ||
 * =duplicity= || =deception; trickery= ||
 * =eloquent= || =fluent and persuasive in speech= ||
 * =ephemeral= || =short-lived= ||
 * =eccentric= || =odd; irregular= ||
 * =exotic= || =foreign and unusual= ||
 * =fallacious= || =based on a false idea or assumption= ||
 * =equivocal= || =ambiguous and misleading= ||
 * =explicit= || =very clear= ||
 * =exacerbate= || =to make worse= ||
 * =decimate= || =to kill a large part of a group, destroy= ||
 * =decorum= || =proper behavior= ||
 * =deference= || =respect; regard for another's wish= ||
 * =dispel= || =to drive out= ||
 * =dubious= || =doubtful= ||
 * =enervate= || =weaken= ||
 * =elated= || =joyful= ||

=__ Monday – 1/21/13 __=

=Martin Luther King, Jr. Day =
 * NO SCHOOL: **

=__ Tuesday: 1/22/13 __= __Warm Up __: __Florida Can’t Shake the Melaleuca Trees__ (Main Idea & Details) =__ Homework: __=
 * Stamina Completion and Review
 * Novel Study

=__ Wednesday 1/22/13 __= =__ Homework: __=
 * Warm Up: __The Arrow and the Song__
 * Review: Charge of the Light Brigade
 * Read: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
 * Novel Study

=__ Thursday 1/23/13 __= __Warm Up: ____Times Change__ (Drama) =__ Homework: __=
 * __Agenda __****: **
 * **Stamina Practice #2 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Novel Study

=__ Friday 1/24/13 __= __<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Warm Up: __<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> __A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains__ (Literary Analysis) =__ Homework: __=
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Agenda __****<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Warm Up: Check Weekly Warm Ups
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Paul Revere Test Unit 9
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Vocabulary & Spelling Test
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Novel Study