Enriched Language Arts - January 7-11, 2007
WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL!!!
Monday – Complete the Diagnostic Test for Collection 2, Characters. Introduce Collection 2, Characters: The People You’ll Meet, pages 122 – 123. Review characters, plot, complications, and climax, pages 124 – 125. Complete practice on examples of characters and conflict. Grammar - Begin discussing sentence-combining techniques. Introduce the 1st way to combine sentences, inserting words or phrases, page 29. Complete Exercise 1 page 29, Combining with Words or Phrases.
Homework – NONE
Tuesday – LOGIC and Enrichment with Mrs. Triplett and Mrs. Beauford. Review the 1st way to combine sentences, inserting words or phrases, page 29.
Homework – Grammar - Complete Exercise 10 page 442, Combining Sentences, and Exercise 13 page 445, Combining Sentences Using Phrases.
Wednesday – Introduce and read the story of the week, from Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis pages 127 - 130. Review the difference between facts and inferences, page 126. Complete graphic organizer on inferences, “It Says, I Say, and So,” pages 132 – 133. Grammar - Introduce the 2nd technique for combining sentences, making compound subjects and verbs, page 30. Complete Exercise 2 page 30, Forming Compound Subjects and Verbs. Grammar - Check homework - Exercise 10 page 442, Combining Sentences, and Exercise 13 page 445, Combining Sentences Using Phrases.
Homework – NONE
Thursday – Developing Word-Attack Skills – adding different suffixes to base words to change the part of speech of the word. THINK LINK FOCUS – Making inferences. Grammar - Complete workbook page 71 - 72, Combining Sentences, as individual practice.
Homework – Quiz tomorrow on inferences and characterization
Friday – Complete a quiz on inferences and characterization. Grammar - Check homework - Exercise 10 page 442, Combining Sentences, and Exercise 13 page 445, Combining Sentences Using Phrases. Discuss the 3rd technique for combining sentences, forming compound sentences, page 31. Complete Exercise 3 page 31 and Exercise 11 page 443, Forming Compound Sentences.
Homework – NONE
