Language Arts – Week of November 5-9, 2007
Monday – ***** FIELD TRIP TO IMAX THEATER*****
Homework – Study for Chapters 4 – 7 spelling test tomorrow
Tuesday – Review vocabulary words before completing a spelling test from the words in Chapters 4 –7. Read and discuss Chapter 6 of The Cay. Grammar – Introduction to Adjectives, page 330. Complete Exercise 1 page 330, Recognizing Adjectives. Writing – Review proofreading marks with bellringer. Practice editing paragraphs.
Homework – Read Chapter 7 of The Cay
Wednesday – Discuss Chapter 7 of The Cay. Discuss possible theme, conflicts (internal and external). Grammar – Complete workbook pages 21- 22, The Adjective. Writing – Begin writing final draft of essay. (6.1.10) (6.1.21) (6.3.4)
Homework – Writing – Final draft of 5-paragraph essay due on Friday
Thursday – Review the sequence of events from Chapters 5 – 8 for a comprehension quiz tomorrow. Using prior knowledge, begin creating and illustrating a definition to vocabulary words from Chapters 8 – 10. Grammar – Discuss Adjectives used as Articles (a, an, the) and Proper Adjectives, page 332 – 335. Complete Exercise 3 page 333, Using Indefinite Adjectives, and Exercise 4 page 334, Identifying Proper Adjectives. Writing – Continue writing final draft of 5-pargraph essay. (6.1.10) (6.1.21) (6.3.4)
Homework – Comprehension quiz from Chapters 5 – 8 of The Cay tomorrow; Writing – Final draft of 5-paragraph essay due tomorrow
Friday – Complete a comprehension quiz from Chapters 5 – 8 of The Cay. Using prior knowledge, begin creating and illustrating a definition to vocabulary words from Chapters 8 – 10. Review similes. Assign simile illustrations. Writing – Write a 2 paragraph summary of the plot in Chapters 1 – 8. (6.1.10) (6.1.21) (6.3.4)
Homework – NONE
