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== = = =** This Week's Agenda **= =** October 31 – November 4, 2011 **= __ Unit: Tales Told in the Dark __ (The Tell-Tale Heart) Edgar Allan Poe

__ Instructional Focus: __ Literary Analysis __ Objectives __ : 1) analyze the use of figurative language 2) analyze the elements and write a horror story 3) evaluate the use of organizational methods and how they aid comprehension __ Word of the Week: __ commandeer (v) confiscate; hijack; seize __ Essential Question: __** What are the elements of a good detective/mystery story? **
 * __ Quote of the Week: __**
 * “ ** It’s better to be alone than in bad company.” George Washington


 * Unit 7 **
 * confidence ||  || judgment ||   || limited ||   || production ||
 * private ||  || favor ||   || immediately ||   || opinion ||
 * strength ||  || accomplish ||   || faculty ||   || expressed ||
 * character ||  || superintendent ||   || management ||   || illustrates ||
 * personal ||  || operated ||   || humble ||   || sincere ||

__ Monday: __ __Warm Up:__ Vocabulary Word Power: Check the Meaning p.35 #1-6 1) Review The Tell-Tale Heart 2) Answer question packet 3) Figurative Language PowerPoint __ Homework __ : __ 1) Reading: __ Read 20 min – 1. Reading Log: Read for 20 minutes and complete Day 1 activities. A) Write the words __immediately__, __opinion__ and __superintendent__ in syllables. Now write the whole words.  B) Find the meaning of __strength__. C) Find and write the words that contain these words: __express__, __limit__, __manage__, __person__. Beside each word write the suffix with which it ends.

__ Tuesday __ : __ Warm up: __ Check the Meaning p.35 #7-12 1) Review Methods of Organization 2) Figurative Language Practice 3) Practice Monologues __ Homework __ :  __ Reading __ 20 min – Read for 20 minutes and complete Day 2 activities.  2. Spelling Activity 2:  A) Find and write the meanings of __character__, __favor__, and __faculty__. B) Write __judgment__. Notice that you may drop the __e__ in __judge__ before adding __ment__.  C) Find these words in your dictionary: __illustrate__, __accomplish__, and __confidence__. Write the words in syllables. Write the whole words.

__ Wednesday __ : __ Warm up: __ Vocabulary Word Power: See Your Doctor p39 #1-6 1) Elements of a mystery/detective story __ Homework __

__ Spelling __
Write the new word ending in __tion__. Write __sincere__ and __private__. Make new words by adding __ly__ to each one. Write __operated__. Change the __ed__ to __ing__ to form another word.

__ Thursday: __ Warm __Up:__ Vocabulary Word Power: Check the Meaning p40 #7-12 1) Methods of Organization/Persuasion practice 2) Spelling Unit 6 Test

Spelling: Write Spelling words in cursive
__ Friday __ : FAIR Testing - Learning Center

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