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Week 13

Monday- No Prefixes this week. ◦Clear your desk of everything except for your behavior card, a pencil, and a clean sheet of paper. ◦Today we are taking the midterm. (Don’t worry; you know this! )◦When you finish, turn your scantron into the turn-in bin along woth your short answer paper. (BE sure your NAME is on BOTH. )◦Read until everyone is finished. ◦We will finish presentations once all midterms have been turned in.

Tuesday- Prefix Practice◦Match each prefix to its correct definition then write a word that begins with

each prefix.

1. Anti _________, __________________________________

2. hyper ________, __________________________________

3. Extra______, _________________________________

4. Cir ________, _______________________________

5. Fore _______, ______________________________

A. Around

B. Above, over, More

C. Before, toward

D. Outside, out of, excessive

E. Against

Wednesday- Media CenterOnce you are settled, bring your reading log to me for me to check.

Thursday-AnalogiesWrite and Classify each analogy as:A. synonym B. Kind of C. Sequence D. Product of

1. Infant: toddler :: teen: adult ____2. Saliva: mouth :: bile: liver ___3. Limber: flexible :: rigid: stiff ___4. Dew: liquid :: steam : gas ___5. Windbreaker: jacket :: windsurfer: athlete ____

Friday- Milestones Practice◦There is no frigate like a book

To take us lands away,Nor any coursers like a page

Of prancing poetry.This traverse may the poorest take

Without oppress of toll;How frugal is the chariot

That bears a human soul! ◦-Emily Dickinson

Milestones Practice

◦1. What is the author comparing a book to ? _________________________________◦2. Cite 2 elements of figurative language that you see within the poem. Write the line, and the type of figurative language. _____________________________________________________________________________________________