October 21-25

6th grade:

Monday: Introduction of new vocabulary words, parts of speech.

Tuesday: Vocabulary Quiz

Wednesday: Chapter 3, Explaining How. Reading a "How to" Article. Making Predictions, pages 86-88. Begin reading "Making a Flying Fish." pages 89-90. Answer the questions from the story.

Thursday: Discuss the reading and the answers.

Begin Writing a "How to" paper. pages 94-98

Friday: Review and Practice, Chapter 3

7th grade:

Monday: Chapter 3, Looking at both sides. Read page 83, "For Girls Only?" Discussion.

Tuesday: Vocabulary Quiz, Discussion: Reading an Advantages/Disadvantages Article. Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions, Denotation and Connotation. p. 86-90

Wednesday: Writing an Advantage/Disadvantages Essay, p.98

Thursday: Revising and Publishing, pages 102-107.

Friday: Review and Practice - Chapter 3.

8th grade:

Monday: Continue working on your Google Slide Presentation and work on next week's Vocabulary words.

Tuesday: Quiz, Vocabulary and Spelling. Continue reading and discussing "Egyptian Mummies." pages 51-53.

Wednesday: Greek and Latin words page 56

Thursday: Writing about a Complex Process p.58-64

Friday: Review and Practice

9th/10th grades:

Monday: Page 82: Use Gestures to Tell Your Story/ Symbols

Tuesday: Chapter 3: Exploring Similarities and Differences

Wednesday: Time Out, IS Baseball Finnished? page 89-90

Thursday: Writing a Comparison Contrast Essay page 98-106

Friday: Review and Practice

11th/12th grades:

Monday: Google Presentations: Greek Gods

Tuesday: The Iliad, Discussion

Wednesday: Using Words Origins

Thursday: Beginning of English Renaissance

Friday: A Passion of Love: Writing Workshop: Research Report