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=Welcome to English 9 = December 2, 2011 Vocabulary Ego (Latin Root): I Examples: egotistical, egocentric Bell-Ringer: First 5 minutes Work on Vocabulary Unit 5--Bubble Maps, LINCS Tables, or Narrative. If you wish, you may choose to work on poetry.

December 1, 2011 Vocabulary Cred (Latin Root): to believe, trust Examples: credibility, incredible Bell-Ringer: First 5 minutes Work on Vocabulary Unit 5--Bubble Maps, LINCS Tables, or Narrative. If you wish, you may choose to work on poetry.

Yes-vember 29, 2011 Vocabulary Aqua (Latin Root): water <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">examples: aquifer, aquarium <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bell-Ringer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary: accomplish as much as you can for Unit 5 Project in the first 5 minutes of class.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Yes-vember 28, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Ann, Enn (Latin Root): year <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">examples: annual, bicentennial

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Yes-vember 10, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Morph (Greek Root): form <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">examples: metamorphosis, anthropomorphism

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Yes-vember 9, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Micro (Greek Root): small <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: microscope, microorganism <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bell-Ringer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary: get as much done as you can in the first 5 minutes. Bubble Maps, LINCS, Narrative, Glossary, all need to be finished for Unit 4 by the end of next week.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">November 7, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Dem (Greek Root): people <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: democracy, epidemic <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">**Bell-Ringer: from now on, in Vocabulary** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">**Once you have written down the Word Part of the Day, finish whatever other items you can for your current Vocabulary Project. Work on Bubble Maps, LINCS Tables, your Narrative, gathering words, etc. until we begin with the day's work.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">November 2, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Chrom (Greek Root): color. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: chromatic, Kodachrome. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Main Tasks of the Day:
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Finish Unit 3 Vocabulary Project. Due Yesterday.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Finish Quarter 1 Grammar Project. Due Today.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Finish anything that you have missed this quarter.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Begin Vocabulary Unit 4 (project sheet on Google Docs).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">November 1, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Biblio, Bibli (Greek Root): book. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: bibliography, bibliographer, biblical. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Main Tasks of the Day:
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Finish Unit 3 Vocabulary Project. Due Today.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Finish Quarter 1 Grammar Project. Due Tomorrow.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 31, 2011

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Rupt (Latin Root): to break or burst. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: disrupt, eruption, rupture.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Main Tasks of the Day:
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Finish Unit 3 Vocabulary Project. Due Tomorrow.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Finish Quarter 1 Grammar Project. Due Wednesday.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 28, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Mort (Latin Root): death <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: mortal, mortician, mortify <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bell-Ringer: in the Journal Section of your notebook, write your answer to this question: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">What questions do you have about the Grammar Project, which is due next Wednesday, November 2?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 27, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Juven (Latin Root): young <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: juvenile, rejuvenate <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bellringer: Prepare for CCR <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">As soon as possible, you should have the following on your desktop: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Once you have done that, await further instructions.
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Something to write with
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">A CCR Quarter One Response sheet
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">A copy of the Literature textbook
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Nothing else.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 26, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Grat (Latin Root): pleasing, thankful <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: gratitude, congratulations

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 25, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Fin (Latin Root): end, limit <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: finish, infinite <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bell-Ringer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Find where you left off in the 1-Sentence-Summary of "The Cask of Amontillado." In addition to the 6 summaries we did together, you need to complete 10 more: one for each column in the story for pages 175-179. Begin where you left off yesterday. We will discuss the story in class today.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 24, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">dic, dict (Latin Root): to say, to speak <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: diction, dictionary, dictate <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bellringer, in the Journal section of your Notebook <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Writing for length, 15 lines minimum: Explain why it bothers so many readers that "The Lady or the Tiger" does not resolve the conflict. The author chooses to leave us to decide which door is chosen, and what happens when that door is opened. Why does that bother so many people who read the story? Did it bother you? Why or why not?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 21, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Cog (Latin Root): to think <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: cognition, recognize <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bell-Ringer <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">List __at least 5 words each__ to describe the following Nouns:
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Truck
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">House
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Day
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Game
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Music

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 20, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Cent (Latin Root): one hundred <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: percent, century, centennial <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bellringer
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Turn to Page 298 in your Literature book.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Read "The Lady or The Tiger" until you think that you have found the main conflict in the story.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Identify the main conflict in the appropriate place on a Plot Graph.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">If you have time, list the main characters and the setting in the Exposition area of the Plot Graph.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 19, 2011

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Aud (Latin Root): to hear

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: audience, auditorium, audible <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bellringer
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">List 10 words that you do not know. They will be used for your Unit 3 Vocabulary Project.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Find the definitions to those words.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Complete LINCS Tables for those 10 words.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">If you finish with time remaining in class: Begin Bubble Maps for your Word Parts for Unit 3 (you already have Act and Aud).

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 18, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Act (Latin Root): to do, to drive <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: action, actor, react. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bellringer <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">By 5 minutes into the hour, you should be ready for the In-Class Essay and have the following on your desk:
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">A Writing Tool: sharpened pencil or functional pen
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Paper to write on, separated from your notebook
 * 3) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Your Plot Graphs for Gift of the Magi and The Necklace
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Your Double-Bubble Thinking Map for Gift of the Magi and The Necklace
 * 5) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">A copy of the Literature Textbook

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 17, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Theo (Greek Root): God <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: theology, theocracy. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Bellringer: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Complete a Plot Graph for Gift of the Magi. You must have something written for each spot on the graph. You may use your book for help, but you may not use your classmates. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Do I know what to write on tomorrow's In-Class Essay? <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Reminder: Vocabulary Project #2 is due at the end of the day tomorrow.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 14, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Instead of writing down the objectives, Please identify ALL of the nouns and verbs in the following sentences:
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Mr. Black teaches in Room 32.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I am proud of my schoolwork.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Today is Friday; therefore, we are learning grammar.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, is the setting of our tale.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Pseudo (Greek Root): false <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Example: pseudonym.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Can I identify Nouns and Verbs, however they are used?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 13, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Gift of the Magi and The Necklace <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Photo (Greek Root): light <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: photograph, photogenic <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">What am I going to write in my In-Class Essay next week?
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will complete a Double Bubble Thinking Map to find the similarities and differences in the two stories.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 12, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Short Story: Gift of the Magi <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Ortho (Greek Root): Straight <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: orthodontist, orthopedic =<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 11, 2011 = <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Short Story: Marigolds <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">2. Short Story: Term Sheet <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Meter, Metr (Greek Root): measure <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: diameter, metric, millimeter <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">What are the things that make a Short Story different from other forms?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will examine the similarities and differences between this story and "The Necklace."
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will discuss the end of the story.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will use the stories that I have read to understand the elements of Short Story.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 10, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Strategic Reading Inventory <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">2. Vocabulary Unit 2 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Hypno (Greek Root): sleep <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: hypnosis, hypnotize, hypnotic.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will complete the SRI Test to the best of my ability.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will begin the work on Bubble Maps and LINCS Tables for my words for Unit 2.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 7, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Grammar: Action Verbs
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will know an Action Verb when I see one.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">2. Vocabulary Unit 1
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will enjoy my weekend knowing that all parts of my project are done.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Hydro (Greek Root): water <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: hydrogen, hydroplane

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 6, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Vocabulary Project
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will finish my Vocabulary Unit 1 project and submit it by the end of the day.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Ethno (Greek Root): nation <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Examples: ethnic, ethnocentrism

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">How can I prove that I know my 20 vocabulary words?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">October 5, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">1. Marigolds
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will finish the story, and respond to it by writing about it and discussing it.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 40px;">Vocabulary

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 40px;">Chrono (Greek Root): time

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 40px;">Examples: chronometer, chronological

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 40px;">What do you think the author is trying to tell us about growing up?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">October 4, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Vocabulary Project
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will get answers to all of my questions about Vocabulary projects.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will understand exactly what is expected of the project that is due this Thursday.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Bio (Greek Root): life <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Examples: biology, biochemistry, biodegradable

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">October 3, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Short Story
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will read and discuss "Marigolds."

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Ped (Latin Root): foot <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Examples: Pedestrian, pedicure, pedal

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Reminder: Vocabulary Project #1 is due at the end of the day on Thursday, October 6.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 30, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Grammar
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will understand the requirements for Grammar in Quarter One.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Vocabulary

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Manu, Mani (Latin Root): hand. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Examples: manufacture, manual, manicure.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 29, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Short Story


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will read and discuss "Thank You, Ma'am."

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Lingu, Langu (Latin Root): tongue. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Examples: language, linguistics

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Which is better in a story: when characters act exactly the way we expect them to, or when they act in ways that we do not expect?

Procedure Beginning: Write down daily objective and Vocabulary word part. Engage: Read "Thank You, Ma'am" aloud. As they read, concentrate on how the characters act differently than you would expect in the given situation. Exit: Work on Vocabulary Project--Bubble Maps, LINCS, and Glossary Page. Practice: Wriing for Time: 7 minutes. React to the story.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 28, 2011

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Vocabulary Project
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will understand the requirements of my Vocabulary Project.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">2. Short Story
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will read "Thank You, Ma'am" to prepare for Thursday's class.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Dent (Latin Root): teeth. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Examples: dental, dentist, Dentine.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Do I know how to do well on my Vocabulary Project?

Procedure Beginning: Write down daily objective and Vocabulary word part. Engage: Distribute Vocab #1 project sheet. Demo Bubble Maps and LINCS. Answer questions as needed. Exit: Read "Thank You, Ma'am for tomorrow. Practice: Take the words that you have already (7 word parts, any words on your Vocabulary Log) and begin completing Bubble Maps and LINCS.

Handouts:

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 27, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Vocabulary Project


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will understand the requirements of my Vocabulary Project.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Dent (Latin Root): teeth. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Examples: dental, dentist, Dentine.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 26, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Short Story: Discussion <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">2. Vocabulary Project
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will discuss my opinions about the end of "The Most Dangerous Game."
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will understand the requirements of my Vocabulary Project.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Corp (Latin Root): body. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Examples: corpse, corporate

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 23, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Grammar: Nouns
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will demonstrate what I've learned so far about nouns.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will learn about compound nouns.

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Vocabulary (Greek Root): <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Cor, Cord, Card: Heart <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Examples: Cardiovascular, Coronary

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">How well do I understand nouns?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 22, 2011

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Short Story: Discussion


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will read and discuss "The Most Dangerous Game."

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Poly (Greek Root): many <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Examples: Polychromatic, Polygon <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">When you get so good at something that it gets boring, how do you make it interesting again?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 21, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Short Story: Discussion
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will discuss the first part of "The Most Dangerous Game."

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Vocabulary <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Opt (Greek Root): eye. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Examples: optic, optical, optometry.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 20, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. Short Story: Conflict and Setting
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%; line-height: 50px;">I will examine the use of Conflict and Setting in "The Most Dangerous Game."

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #800000; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%; line-height: 50px;">Vocabulary:
<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mono (Greek Root): one

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%; line-height: 50px;">Essential Question of the Day:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">How can an author use setting and conflict to pull a reader into a story?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">September 19, 2011 <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">1. NOTEBOOKS! <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">2. Short Story: Conflict and Setting
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">I will understand how a well-organized notebook is the key to success in Room 32.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%; line-height: 50px;">I will examine the use of Conflict and Setting in "The Most Dangerous Game."

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'arial black',gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%; line-height: 50px;">Vocabulary:
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%; line-height: 50px;"> derm (Greek Root): skin <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%; line-height: 50px;">Examples: dermatitis, dermatology

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%; line-height: 50px;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">How can an author use setting and conflict to pull a reader into a story?

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">September 16, 2011 = = = <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">Happy Constitution Day!

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">1. Nouns

 * ==<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 300%;">I will identify and classify the Nouns in the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America. ==

How do the words that the Founding Fathers used compare to the ones we use?
<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">September 15, 2011 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">1. Short Story <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">2. Irony
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">I will finish reading "The Necklace."
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">[|Online Version of "The Necklace"]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">I will understand the various types of Irony and how they are used.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">Essential Question of the Day: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 260%;">How does Irony make everything better?