Sunday, August 22, 2010

August 23-27

**We will have library orientation on Tuesday and students will be checking out books. **

Reading:
Main Text: Summer of the Swans (pgs. 20-33)
Reading Strategy: analyze story structure
Reading Skill: character, setting, plot
Vocabulary Words: abruptly, anxiety, conscious, intersection, engulf, procedure, souvenir, cascade
TEST ON THURSDAY, AUG. 26. Students should read over the story and study pgs. 1-3, 6 from their Practice "O" book. They will also have a study guide.

Language:
Daily DLR: TEST ON FRIDAY, AUG. 27
Sentence Types and Fragments
Writing a Personal Narrative
TEST ON SENTENCE TYPES AND FRAGMENTS ON THURSDAY, AUG. 26. Students should study pgs. 1-3 in their Grammar practice book.

HOMEWORK: Study for Thursday and Friday tests.

Spanish: TEST ON TUESDAY, AUG. 24 on the alphabet.
We will work on greetings this week.