Monday, 10/28/13Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.

Agenda

First Five

Vocabulary

DOL

Grammar

Writing (Reading Response- Compare and Contrast Character POV)

Reminders

EXLPORE

GB C. 10-15: Wednesday 10/30

First Five

Monday

Vocabulary

Enervate The Special Forces team hoped that the night raids would enervate the enemy.

BONUS: Decide whether each word below is a synonym or an antonym of enervate. Revive

Energize

Lessen

Relax

Wane

Enliven

Tire

Renew

DOL

The song meet me in st. Louis has been popular for a long time because many famous singers have sang it in different versions.

She went inside of the vacant house but she wouldn’t go down in the basement said Mia.

Grammar Define the parts of speech listed below. Give an examples for each.

http://prezi.com/_qrtjdyrg0sb/eight-parts-of-speech/

http://prezi.com/5wmrppymtyli/parts-of-speech/

1. noun _____________________________________________________________________________

2. pronoun ______________________________________________________________________________

3. verb ______________________________________________________________________________

4. adjective _____________________________________________________________________________

5. adverb _____________________________________________________________________________

6. preposition ___________________________________________________________________________

7. conjunction ___________________________________________________________________________

8. interjection ___________________________________________________________________________

Gathering Blue Reading Response

Think of an event that happened in the reading. For this particular event, each character had a different point of view. Compare and contrast how two or more characters felt about a particular event. Think about what the characters said and did. How were their actions,

thoughts, and feelings different? Be sure to include any evidence you found in the text.

Sentence Starters: From (First Character)’s point of view… (Explain what the first character

thought or felt.)

I know this because…

(Explain the key details that helped you understand the character’s point of view.)

(Second Character) felt… because…

The characters’ points of view were similar because…

The characters’ points of view were different because…

Tuesday, 10/29/13Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.

Agenda

*EXPLORE*

First Five

Vocabulary

DOL

Grammar

Reminders

GB C. 10-15: Wednesday 10/30

First Five

Tuesday

Vocabulary Covert

The fictitious James Bond was a master of covert operations.

BONUS Name a synonym for covert.

Name an antonym for covert.

Complete the analogy covert : ______________________ :: ___________________ : ________________________

DOL

Is the people in the west more friendly than those in the east

She must of did her packing early mom since she left for new York at 6:30 AM.

Wednesday, 10/30/13Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.

Agenda

First Five

Vocabulary

DOL

Grammar

GB C. 10-15 Reading Guide

Reminders

GB C. 10-15: Today

First Five

Wednesday

Vocabulary

Adulation After the spelling bee, the audience lavished the ten-year-old winner with

adulation.

BONUS: Give a synonym for adulation.

DOL

Who has broke this lamp again shouted mom it is an heirloom that I prize and like very much.

We have wrote our rough drafts of the essays and now we have a lot of revising to do.

Grammar

Crazy Tales

http://www.rinkworks.com/crazytales/

Super Grammar Ninja

http://ereadinggames.com/super-grammar-ninja/

Thursday, 10/31/13Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.

Agenda

First Five

Vocabulary

DOL

Grammar

Lit Study Groups- C. 10-15

Reminders

GB Writing Prompt Due Tomorrow

Quiz Tomorrow

First Five

Thursday

Vocabulary

Caucus The president met with the delegated caucus to discuss the

response to terrorist threats. The word originates from the Algonquin Indian word caucauesu (elder,

counselor).

The expression smoke-filled room is anther term for caucus, a meeting of politicians. It has been explained that this term was used not only because politicians may smoke as the discuss the issues, but many of the issues are likely to be cloudy as a result of all the “hot air.”

BONUS: Use caucus in a sentence of your own.

DOL

That boy who is very independent never asks for any help and don’t like to give none to others.

They should of went to see the play elmer gantry when it was at the regency theater.

Grammar

Crazy Tales

http://www.rinkworks.com/crazytales/

Super Grammar Ninja

http://ereadinggames.com/super-grammar-ninja/

Friday, 11/1/13Good morning! Please remember to get your folder. Take out everything from your folder and place it into your binder before you do anything else.

Agenda

First Five

Parts of Speech Matching

DOL, Vocabulary & Grammar Quiz

Reminders

GB C. 16-19: NEXT Wednesday 11/6

First Five

Friday