D. CULPEPPER --LANGUAGE ARTS 6TH GRADE

WELCOME TO THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR!!!

Supplies needed: 3-Subject notebook, blue duo-tang folder, loose-leaf paper, blue ink pens, black ink pens, red ink pen (to check with) and pencils.

Assignments should be completed in blue/black ink or pencil.

Homework is due the next day unless told otherwise by the teacher.

Wednesday, 8/24/11

Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Chart (VIS)

Words/Parts of Speech/Definition/Sentences

Students are to complete a VIS chart using the categories above.

Parts of Speech includes nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, interjections, pronouns and prepositions

Vocabulary/Spelling Words for the Week of 8/23-26/11 1. synonym - a word that means the same or almost the same thing as another word.

2. pacify - to soothe 3. suppress - subdue 4. gregarious - friendly 5. commotion - a disturbance 6. haughty - conceited 7. surmise - to guess 8. consolidate - to unify 9. glum - defected 10. destiny - your fate.

Test for periods 1 & 2 will be Wednesday, 8/31/11 Periods 3, 4 & 5 Tuesday, 8/30/11. Study the spelling and definition of each word.

FRIDAY, 8/26/11 NO HOMEWORK. Students handed in their vocabulary/spelling exercises today. Students must have paper and pencil on a daily basis.

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MONDAY, 8/29/11--Students had to write a diagnostic essay in class today. Vocabulary/Spelling test tomorrow for periods 3, 4 & 5. Study!! Students should have the words and definitions in their language arts notebooks. Students that have not returned the team letter acknowledgement form to their first period Noble Lords' teacher, please do so ASAP.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012--Periods 1 and 2 took their spelling/vocabulary test today. Periods 3, 4 & 5 copied Vocabulary Lesson 2 "Synonyms" words and definitions. They are to complete a Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Chart (VIS) due Tuesday, 9/6/11. Test will be next Wednesday.

WORDS/SYNONYMS/SENTENCES/DEFINITIONS. Please use a ruler to draw the columns and lines to make it neat or use the computer.

FRIDAY, 9/2/11 STUDY VOCABULARY WORDS FOR LESSON 2

1. disciple- a follower 2. abundant - ample

3. petition - a request 4.noxious-something poisonous

5. surge-rise. 6. valiant - brave

7. labyrinth - a maze 8. paramount - most important

9. impartian - neutral. 10. haggard - to be exhausted.

Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Chart due Tuesday completed using the above words. Neatness Counts. Testing on knowing how to spell the words and meaning will be given Wednesday, 8/7/11.

Literature textbooks were issued to periods one thru five.

Grammar textbooks were issued Friday to periods one, two, and three. Please put the books where you can find them.

Parents, please check your child's planner daily to make sure they have filled in all subject area boxes. Check for behavior comments also.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 Define the following words using the Glossary in the literature book starting on page R116:

1. alliteration 2. figurative language 3. poetry 4. poetry 5. symbol

Use the grammar book to define the next five words(5) 6. fragment (sentence) 7. declarative sentence 8. interrogative sentence 9. imperative sentence 10. exclamatory sentence

Vocabulary/Spelling test tomorrow Lesson 2--See Friday, 9/2/11 for words and definitions. Students should have handed in their VIS Charts and their lesson exercises.

WEDNESDAY, 9/7/11 Make a list of things that you are afraid of. Put them in the order of most feared to least feard. Maximum of ten. Write why you are afraid of your most feared items.

THURSDAY, 9/8/2011 "LIFE DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ME" Literature book pages 74-75. Answer questions 1 thru 5 for homework tonight.

1. What fears are real?

2. List the imaginary fears.

3. what line is repeated?

4. Find five (5) examples of end rhyme (couplets).

5. Find three (s) examples of alliteration. (repetition of beginning consonant sounds)

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6. What is the tone of this poem?

7. Where can the speaker walk?

8. What gender (boy or girl) is the speaker?

9. What do the boys do to the speaker?

10. When does the speaker say he/she might be afraid?

11. What is one way the speaker gets rid of scary things?

12. What does the speaker keep up his/her sleeve?

Refer to pages 189 thru 192 if you have difficulty with the terms.

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FRIDAY, 9/9/11 No Homework. Benchmark Testing Monday and Tuesday. Bring sharpened #2 pencils. Have a fantastic weekend!!!!!!

----------------------------------------------------------------Monday, 9/12/11 Benchmark Testing --Reading. "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" literature book pages 74-75. Reread and answer questions 6 thru 12 listed Thursday. Test will be given Thursday on the poem.

Tuesday, 9/13/11 Benchmark Testing -- Math. Make sure you have listed your fears on a sheet of paper. They will be needed for tomorrow's activity. Life Doesn't Frighten Me" pages 74-75 -- Test Thursday. Students were give papers about upcoming health screenings in their first period classes today.

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THURSDAY, 9/15/11 Life Doesn't Frighten Me test today with vocabulary. Homework------------------- Write a poem telling how you feel about scary things. You must have a refrain (repeating line after every stanza). Examples: Life didn't frighten me at all or Life doesn't frighten me at all. Use your list of things that frighten you. Look at Maya Angelou's poem "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" literature book pages 74-75. Type the poem or write it in blue/black ink. Illustrate the poem. Due tomorrow. OPEN HOUSE tonight at 6:00.

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FRIDAY, 9/16/11--Life Doesn't Frighten Me twelve answers to the questions will be checked Monday for a grade. HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012--Homework Grammar Book page 293 Diagnostic Test Nouns and Pronouns Chapter 14. If you are having trouble with the answers, look within the chapter. We will review the answers tomorrow. Separate sheet of paper to be handed in.

----------------------------------------------------------------TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012------Grammar book page 293 even numbers was due today. Tonight's homework is due Thursday. Do a Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Chart for the story "Eleven" VIS Categories = Words/Personal Clue/Sentences/Meaning Vocabulary Words use the glossary for the first eight words and the story pages for the last four words:

1. chronological order (page 364)

2. time-line (p. 364)

3. sentence fragment (p. R67)

4. plot (p. 22)

5. except (#5 thru 8 see pages 27-29)

6. expect

7. sudden

8. invisible

_______________________________________________ THURSDAY, 9/22/11 I did not collect Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Charts (VIS) today. I will check all periods tomorrow except period 2 due to the pep rally.

In the literature book pages 26 thru 33 "Eleven" and "Who's the New Kid" read Do the following questions and exercises: Questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8. Either write the questions or answer in complete sentences. Vocabulary and Spelling --Write the sentences and underline your answers. When writing the compound words, you must have a minimum of five then follow the directions given in the book. Grammar In Context.

Pep Rally tomorrow-- Noble Lords students are asked to wear red shirts tomorrow.

MONDAY, 9/26/11 Literature Book pages 27-30 Reread "Eleven" and "Who's the New Kid" See the exercises listed previously. Page 31 questions 1, 3 thru 8. Answer the questions in complete sentences or write the questions then the answers. Vocabulary and Spelling (minimum of five (5) compound words) Page 32, and Page 33 Grammar In Context. "Eleven" test will be Wednesday. Study the vocabulary words as well.------------------------------------------------------------------------WEDNESDAY, 9/28/11 First Period students did not take the test today due to an assembly. All other periods took the "Eleven" test today. Period five handed in their answers to the questions for "Eleven." If you have been absent, please reread the selection and study the four vocabulary words associated with the story. No homework tonight------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FRIDAY, 9/30/11. Students were given the format of a friendly letter which is shown below along with the assignment.

Address

City, State, Zip Code

Date

Greeting,

(BODY) ______________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Complimentary Closing

Signature

Letter #1

Write a friendly letter, in the proper format, to Rachel from Mrs. Price apologizing to her about the way she was treated. Make sure to mention all of the events from the story that caused Rachel’s day to be ruined.

Letter #2

Write a friendly letter, in the proper format, to Mrs. Price from Rachel explaining how humiliated and embarrassed she was by what happened that day. Be sure to include the events from the story.

A minimum of two paragraphs in each letter . Must be typed or written in blue or black ink.

Due Monday, October 3, 2011

The assignment is based on the short story "Eleven" literature book pages 27-29.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011-------Both letters were due today. In class students completed grammar workbook page 1 Nouns. Students were given a piece of tagboard to complete the bookmark activity: design a bookmark about the story "Eleven." Draw pictures that depict what happened in the story on one side. Pictures can be drawn or you can cut out pictures from the magazine, or go on the computer and find pictures to depict what happened. On the other side of the bookmark, write five quotes from the story. The quotations contain the exact words of the speaker. Make sure to separate the speaker from their works. Example: "Not mine," says everybody. "Not me." Punch a hole at the top of the bookmark and place a piece of string/ribbon in it. Grading: Appearance,Neatness, Following the above directions. The size should be about 3 inches wide and about 8 inches long. Make it pretty and colorful.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011-- Read grammar book pages 72-77 "Narration - Short Stories." Due Date for Bookmarks changed to tomorrow. Make sure the bookmark is done neatly by using a ruler. If you cannot draw, please use cutout from a magazine or use the internet to find pictures. Punch a hole in the top and tie a string/ribbon at the top. Workbook page 7 "Pronouns" will be taken for a grade.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2011--Bookmarks were collected today from the story "Eleven". Students were to copy the elements of myths, folktales, fables, and the oral history along with the common elements on page 770. Also in the literature book pages 74-75 copy the four vocabulary words for the story "The Boy Who Flew" : maze, isolated, yearn, wheeling. For Homework-- Students were given a group number to do research on Ancient Greece. They are to research the category for their group: Group 1 People of Ancient Greece; Group 2 Trade of Ancient Greece; Group 3 Geography of Ancient Greece; Group 4 Government of Ancient Greece; Group 5 Food of Ancient Greece; Group 6 Religion of Ancient Greece. Students can cut and past the important aspects of the category they are researching. This is not a book report.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2011 Read "The Boy Who Flew" Literature book pages 768-777 and answer the following questions based on the myth:

1. what is the author's purpose in writing this myth?

2. What lessons about human behavior does this myth teach?

3. What caused Icarus to fall to his death?

4. What advantage did Daedalus have over his son?

5. Which sentence from the myth offers the best evidence that Daedalus was a protective father?

6. Why is the setting important?

7. Why did Daedalus beckon his son to stay at a certain level and follow him?

Students have been consolidating their facts about Ancient Greece with their groups. The groups presented ten important facts from their particular category to the class.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011-- "The Boy Who Flew" write a summary of the myth. Make sure to have the vocabulary and definitations in your notebooks.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011--Students worked on reading skills in class. Homework was to copy the vocabulary words and definitions for "Arachne" in the literature book starting on page 778. The vocabulary appears at the bottom of the story pages.. Read the story.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011 --NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT. Students worked on nouns in class today.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MONDAY. 10/17/11

“ARACHNE”

Answer the following questions based on the myth on pages 778-782

1. What is the author’s purpose in writing this myth?
2. Analyze this quotation: “Pride goeth before the fall.” How can you paraphrase to explain its meaning?
3. What lessons about human behavior does this myth teach?
4. How are the gods and goddesses different on each of the weavings?
5. Why is Arachne rude and insulting to the old woman in the crowd?
6. How does Arachne struggle with her emotions after Athena’s last insult to her?
7. Which pair of words is most similar in meaning? A) immortal, eternal B) mortal, enduring
8. Why does Athena rip Arachne’s tapestry?
9. “Live on and spin, both you and your descendants.” How are Athena’s words and actions an appropriate punishment?

The test on the three myths: The Boy Who Flew, Arachne, and The Story of Ceres and Proserpina will be Thursday, October 20, 2011, with vocabulary.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012--Students are to reread The Story of Ceres and Proserpina pages 783 thru 787 and answer the questions:

The Story of Ceres and Proserpina” literature book pages 783-787 Copy vocabulary and questions

Vocabulary: reign, fertile, barren, anguish

Questions:

1. Which pairs of words is most similar in meaning?

a) Shrouded , veiled

b) Fertile, barren

c) Anguish, joy

1. The author uses what events to show the value of compromise?
2. What is the natural phenomenon that this myth explains?
3. What did Ceres promise the king she would do if he would build a temple in her honor?
4. What did Proserpina do that caused her to have to live half of the year with Pluto in the Underworld?
5. What similarities exist in the disguises used by Athena (in the crowd) and Ceres (at the water well)?
6. Why is the descriptive language used for the underworld and the “punished earth” important”
7. Why does Proserpina eat the fruit that Pluto offered her right before she left the underworld?
8. How does Ceres learn to cope with the loss of her daughter?

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011--The Three Myths Test today . No homework this weekend. Enjoy!!!!

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2011--Grammar book page 299 Exercises 6, 7, & 9 Answers Only.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011-- -- Map the words tolerate, forbid, and emit.

Four Parts for each word--Definition--Synonyms (3 if possible)--Sentences (3) make up three sentences using the vocabulary words---Picture (draw a picture expressing the meaning of each word). Please use a ruler and lots of color. NEATNESS COUNTS.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011--Answer the following questions to the stories The Disobedient Child and The Bamboo Beads.

“THE DISOBEDIENT CHILD” & “The Bamboo Beads”

Pages 788-799

What happened to the narrator at the end of The Bamboo Beads?

In The Disobedient Child, why does the boy get into trouble?

What are the beads for that Papa Bois gives Tantie?

What does the boy’s misbehavior explain in The Disobedient Child?

In The Bamboo Beads, when does mother stop worrying about what Papa Bois is counting?

Why does Tantie give bread to the old man for the first time?

Whom does the boy discover that the old man is at the end of The Disobedient Child?

What is rewarded in The Bamboo Beads?

How does the boy make his parents feel in The Disobedient Child?

Why does the boy get into trouble at the old man’s house?

Quiz tomorrow on the two stories. Please reread and study.

MONDAY, 10/31/11--Students took The Disobedient Child and The Bamboo Beads Quiz Today. Trick-or-Treat safely tonight. No homework.

TUESDAY, 11/1/11--3rd Period Only -- Write a descriptive paragraph (five or more sentences) describing a costume that you will design. Make sure to be very specific with your description including the colors. Draw a picture of your costume on a separate sheet of paper. Due tomorrow.--

WEDNESDAY, 11/2/11 and Thursday, 11/3/11 --The All American Slurp Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Chart Due Friday. Word/Definition/Personal Clue or Synonyms or Both/Sentences 1. emigrated (v) left one country to settle in another

2. mortified (adj) ashamed; extremely embarrassed

3. spectacle (n) foolish or unusual behavior

4. smugly (adv) with self-satisfaction

5. systematic (adj) orderly

6. etiquette (n) acceptable social manners

7. consumption (n) eating; drinking; using up.

Please use a ruler or print from the computer. Make sure the paper is neatly done and complete. There should be a heading on all papers.

FRIDAY, 11/4/11--Have a Fantastic Weekend!!!!!!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2011--Grammar book pages 300-301 Exercises 13 and 14. Answers Only. Due tomorrow. With Exercise 14 use Columns Pronouns/Antecedents to make it easier to write the answers.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2011--Grammar Book page 303 Exercises 15 & 16 Answers Only. Due tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011--Picnic in the Park tomorrow. Broward County Dress Code. NO HOMEWORK.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2011-- No Homework. Enjoy your long weekend!!!!!!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2011--Grammar Book page 305 Exercises 17 & 18 Do T Charts to make it easier to write your answers. Literature Book pages S20 thru S31 "The All American Slurp" finish reading the story and answer the questions in the margins of the story. Study the vocabulary (ten words). "The All American Slurp" Test Friday, 11/18/11 with vocabulary.

THURSDAY, 11/17/11-- Finish the eleven questions given in class today. The All American Slurp test tomorrow ; selection and vocabulary will be tested. Study!!!

FRIDAY, 11/18/11--Students took The All American Slurp test today. NO Homework. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!! School resumes 11/28/11. Benchmark II testing will start Tuesday, 11/29 & 11/30/11.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MONDAY, 11/28/11--Periods 1, 3, & 4 Find an article about racism, discrimination, or prejudice in the newspaper, magazine, or online. Write the following information--Title of Article, Author (?), Name of Source (Name of newspaper, magazine, or website), Date of the article, answer who, what, where when. Write a brief summary and your opinion about the article. Attach a copy of the article to your paper. Due Wednesday.

Periods 2 & 5 Research one of your questions from your KW Chart that was done in class today. Due Wednesday for period 2 and Thursday for period 5-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TUESDAY, 11/29/11 BAT II Reading Test --Homework same as yesterday.

WEDNESDAY, 11/30/11 BAT II Mathematics Test--Homework same as Monday.

THURSDAY, 12/1/11--Chinatown, Literature Book pages 219-229--Write definitions for vocabulary words. Do Comprehension Check page 227, Vocabulary and Spelling page 228, and Grammar In Context page 229 you must write the sentences and replace the common nouns with proper nouns.

Vocabulary: See words to Know on page 219 and add the following: culture, bleak, opponents, memoir primary source, secondary sorce, fact, opinion.

FRIDAY, 12/2/11 NO HOMEWORK. ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!!!

MONDAY, 12/5/11--Grammar Book pages 308-309--Label each exercise-All exercises answers only.

Exercise 26 (All) refer to page 296 for help -(1) broadcasts/airwaves (2) 1 (3) 3 (4) 1 (5) 1

Exercise 27 (Even) page 297 - (2) Federal Communications Commission-Proper, licenses-common, stations-common (4) 3 (6) 2 (8) 3 (10) 3

Exercise 29 (All) page 302 - (1) you- 2nd person

Exercise 30 (All) page 302 - (1) they - networks

Exercise 31 (All) page 304 - (1) these-images

Exercise 33 (odd) page 300- (1) their (people's)

READ THE DIRECTIONS before answering.

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TUESDAY, 12/6/11--

THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM

CHAPTERS 1-4 VOCABULARY

1. EGGHEAD – know-it-all; nerd
2. EMULATE – to try to be like or better than; copy someone
3. FLYPAPER – paper coated with a sticky often poisonous substance for killing flies.
4. FROSTBITE – the freezing of a surface or deeper layer of tissues of some part of the body (as the feet or hands)
5. HAMBONE – a performer made up in blackface and using a stereotyped black dialect
6. HOSTILE – of or relating to an enemy (hostile troops) UNFRIENDLY (a hostile critic) hostile to new things. FORBIDDING (a hostile environment)
7. INCAPABLE - not able to take in, hold, or keep; not able or fit for the doing or performance: INCOMPETENT
8. PASSIONATE – excited or easily excited to strong feeling
9. POMADE – a fragrant hair dressing
10. SKIMPY – very little; scarce; measly, scanty, not enough
11. VERSION – an account or description from a particular point of view especially as contrasted with another account; a particular “side” of the story.
12. VITAL – necessary to the maintenance of life; important.
13. JUVENILE DELINQUENT – a young person who is beyond parental control and therefore subject to legal action.
14. PANNING – finding fault with; criticizing severely; examining and judging as a critic.
15. PUNCTUAL – being on time: PROMPT
16. REINFORCEMENTS – to strengthen or increase by fresh additions.
17. THERMOSTAT – an automatic device for regulating temperature (as by controlling the supply of gas or electricity to a heating apparatus)
18. ZOMBIE – a person held to resemble the so-called walking dead.

Makeup test for "The All American Slurp" test must be done tomorrow, 12/7/11. Below are the vocabulary words for The Watsons Go to Birmingham Chapters 1-4. Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Chart due Friday, 12/9/11. Words--Parts of Speech----Personal Clues--Sentences. Must be done neatly and legibly.

Grammar Book page 310 Read and page 311 do Practices 1 and 2 due tomorrow.

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WEDNESDAY, 12/7. 2011 -- First Period Only -- gifts due Wednesday, 12/14/11. Exchange will take place on the 14th. The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- 1963 Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Chart Chapters 1-4 (Section I) due Friday, 12/9/11. Students should study while in the process of completing the VIS chart. WORDS/PARTS OF SPEECH/PERSONAL CLUE/SENTENCES/(DEFINITIONS-optional). Please use a ruler to make

The Watsons Go to Birmingham---1963 Chapters 1-4 test is scheduled for Tuesday.

Interim Reports will go home tomorrow. Parents, please sign the interim and return them the following school day.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------FRIDAY, 12/9/11 HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!!!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------MONDAY, 12/12/11 The Watsons Go to Birmingham---1963 quiz with vocabulary tomorrow. If students are going to be absent for an extended amount of time, it would be to their advantage to purchase a copy of The Watsons Go to Birminghman--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis. The book can be purchased from Barnes and Noble for $7.99.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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MONDAY, 1/2/12 HAPPY 2012!!!!

Grammar book --Read page 312 Do Skill Check A page 313 Answers only.

The Watsons Go to Birmingham---1963 Chapters 5 thru 8

THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM—1963

CHAPTERS 5-8 VOCABULARY

1. antifreeze – a substance added to a liquid (as the water in an automobile radiator) to prevent freezing

2. Chihuahua – any of a breed of very small large-eared dogs that originated in Mexico; named for Chihuahua, a state in Mexico.

3. cologne – a liquid similar to perfume but not as strongly scented or as long-lasting; named for Cologne, city in Germany where it was first made

4. conscience- knowledge of right and wrong and a feeling one should do what is right

5. cussing – to use bad or vulgar language

6. dispersal – the act or result of dispersing: to cause to become spread widely: SCATTER<police dispersed the crowd>

7. executioner – a person who carries out a sentence of death

8. haphazardly – randomly; marked by lack of plan, order, or direction

9. jive – lies, foolish talk; a special jargon of difficult or slang terms

10. maestro – a master of an art and especially of music; from Italian maestro, literally “master”

11. peon – 1. a member of the landless laboring class in Spanish America 2. a person who does hard or dull work.

12. traitor – 1. one who betrays another’s trust or is false to an obligation or duty 2. one who commits treason.

13. udders – a large bag-shaped organ (as of a cow) consisting of two or more mammary glands enclosed in a common pouch but with each having a separate nipple.

14. Siam – the country that is now Thailand in Southeast Asia

Copy and Study the words. Quiz at the end of the week.

TUESDAY, 1/3/12--Grammar Book page 313 Skill Checks C and D for periods 1, 2, 3, & 5. Period 4 Skill Checks A thru D. Answers Only. Due tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY, 1/4/12--Grammar Book pages 380 and 382 Read "The Basic Sentence" Page 381 do Exercise 1 Answers Only and Page 383 Exercise 2 Answers Only.

THURSDAY, 1/5/12---Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Chart (VIS Chart) for Section 2 Chapters 5 thru 8 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963. Columns (5)--Words/Parts of Speech (noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, etc) must use a dictionary or thesaurus/Synonyms (if there are none, leave it blank)/Definitions that were given in class/Sentences (meaningful sentences that uses the definition given)--Chart should be computer generated or use a ruler to draw lines on your paper. Neatness Counts!!! Due Monday, 1/9/12. Quiz on section 2 chapters 5 thru 8 Monday also.

MONDAY, 1/9/12 Periods 2 thru 5 are to write two acrostics about two characters in The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963. An acrostic is a poem where you write the word vertically on the paper and for each letter you write a word or a short sentence about that word. See example below:

B ully

Y oung delinquent

R ude

O bnoxious

N aughty

Cinquain is a five line poem

Line one = one word (Subject) Line two = two words (two adjectives about line one. Line three (action verbs that relate to line 1 ending in ing) Line four = four words (feelings or a complete sentence that relates to line 1) Line five = one word that is a synonym of line one

TUESDAY, 1/10/12 Period 1 Only - Write one Cinquain and one Acrostic about two characters in The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963. See Examples under Monday, 1/10/12. Periods 2 - 5 are to write one Cinquain about one character in The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963.

WEDNESDAY, 1/11/12

THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM---1963

CHAPTERS 9-11 VOCABULARY

1. accustomed – customary; usual; in the habit of
2. eavesdropped – listen without the speaker’s knowledge
3. facilities – the buildings, equipment and services provided for a particular purpose: for a particular purpose: shopping facilities, medical facilities, sports facilities.
4. gnashing – to bring your teeth forcefully together when you are angry
5. hillbilly music – music listened to by hillbillies who are people from a mountainous area of the US who has a simple way of life and are considered to be slightly stupid by people living in towns and cities
6. jive songs – 1. “swing” music (big band, jazz) or the dancing performed to it (big band, jazz); 2. lies, foolish talk; 3. special jargon of difficult or slang terms.
7. pathetic – causing feelings of sadness, sympathy or sometimes lack of respect, especially because a person or an animal is suffering; 2. causing a lack of respect, often because unsuccessful or lacking ability, effort or bravery.
8. peninsula – a long piece of land which sticks out from a larger area of land into the sea or into the sea or into a lake
9. rabies – a fatal disease of the nervous system of dogs and other animals, which can also cause death in humans who are bitten by a diseased animal
10. rednecks – a poor white person without education, especially one living in the countryside in the southern U.S., who has prejudiced (unfair and unreasonable) ideas and beliefs.
11. sanitation – the systems for taking dirty water and other waste products away from buildings in order to protect people’s health.
12. sheik – an Arab ruler or head of a tribe
13. snitch – to secretly tell someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble.
14. temptations – the desire to do or have something which you know you should not do or have; 2. something that makes you want to do or have something that you know you should not.

THURSDAY, 1/13/12 Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Chart (VIS) due Tuesday, 1/17/12. WORDS/CLUES/DEFINITIONS/SENTENCES

STUDENTS THAT HAVE MAKEUP WORK TO COMPLETE MUST HAVE IT COMPLETED NO LATER THAN JANUARY 18, 2012. THE QUARTER ENDS THURSDAY.

FRIDAY, January 13, 2012 Students were given their Parent Acknowledgement form and their project sheet for The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963. Parents, please sign the acknowledgement form and send it back no later than Wednesday, 1/18/12. Students are to choose one project to complete and it is due January 27, 2012. No School Monday, 1/16/12. Have a great weekend!! REMEMBER --ALL MAKEUP WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY, THAT INCLUDES TESTS.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2012 Listed below are the words for chapters 9 thru epilogue for The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963.

1. hillbilly music 2. rednecks 3. pathetic

4. sheik 5. temptations 6. accustomed 7. peninusla

8. picketing 9. discrimination 10. prohibited 11. wilier

12. banned 13. curveballs 14. gnashing 15. rabies

16. jive song 17. sanitations 18. interracial 19. scolding

20. boycotts 21. sonic boom 22. snitch

THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM

CHAPTERS 12 – 13

1. DUKING – fighting (“dukes” is slang for fists. Often used in the plural: Put up your dukes!)
2. ELECTROCUTED – to kill by electric shock; to execute (a criminal) in this way.
3. STINGY - not generous, giving or spending as little as possible
4. TRESPASSING - entering unlawfully upon the land of another.
5. WHIRLPOOL – water moving rapidly in a circle with a hollow in the center into which floating

objects are drawn.

6. WILIER – full of deceit, tricky, cunning.

THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM----1963

VOCABULARY SECTION 5

CHAPTERS 14, 15 & EPILOGUE

1. boycott – to join with others in refusing to deal with a person, organization, or country usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of terms.

1. confrontation – a face to face challenge, a clash of opinions and ideas

1. interracial – of, involving, or designed for members of different races

2. Magnolia tree – trees or tall shrubs having usually snowy white, yellow, rose, or purple flowers that appear before or sometimes with the leaves in the spring.

3. pervasive – spread throughout so thoroughly as to be seen or felt everywhere.

4.picketing – a person or group of persons stationed outside a place of employment, usually during a strike, to protest

5.prohibited – forbidden by authority

6.provoke – stir up trouble

7.quest – an act or instance of seeking, an adventurous journey

8. raising Cain – to behave in a rowdy or disruptive fashion; to yell at someone angrily

9. seamstress – a woman who sews especially for a living

10. segregation – the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group (as by restriction to an area or by separate schools)

11. Sonic boom – a sound like that of an explosion produced when an aircraft travels at supersonic speed.

12. strove – tried hard (past tense of “strive”)

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MONDAY, 1/30/12 Computer Lab--Working on cause-and-effect and text patterns. Homework --compass learning odyssey folder #6174 Cause and Effect. Website address: compasslearningodyssey.broward.k12.fl.us. Assignment 3132153-Due Friday, 2/10/12.--------------------------------------

Monday, 1/30/12--Computer Lab working on FOCUS --Text Patterns Assessments 1 and 2. Students, if you look on Pinnacle and see that you have a zero for an assignment, do yourself a favor and makeup that zero. Parents should also look to see if your child's planner has been stamped because of a missing assignment.

EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT (Computer work)

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012----All students should have made up The Watsons Go to Birmingham-----1963 Tests and brought in their projects. The tests are 30% of the grade and projects are 25%. Students are given a grade for the acknowledgement form. Therefore, it is not too late to hand it in. Remember some points are better than no points. Today's assignment in class we are working on reading skills. Homework 2/1/12--Literature Book pages 365-375 "Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima from Now Is Your Time! Copy the Words To Know Vocabulary Preview (page 365) --bondage, chaos, dynasty, inhabitant, premise, procedure, prosper, reservation, status, trek. You are to write the words and definitions from the pages of the story. cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Monday, 1/30/12--Computer Lab working on FOCUS --Text Patterns Assessments 1 and 2. Students, if you look on Pinnacle and see that you have a zero for an assignment, do yourself a favor and makeup that zero. Parents should also look to see if your child's planner has been stamped because of a missing assignment.

EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT (Computer work) Compasslearningodyssey.broward.k12.fl.us Sign in= student # and the Password = student #. Students you are to complete Folder #6174. Due Date February 10, 2012 for a grade. You can continue working on the other folders and complete them at your leisure.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 (Early Release Day) Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima reading skills. Literature book pages 362-365--Copy the bold printed words and their definitions: 1. autobiography--2. biography-- 3. first-person point of view--4. third-person point of view--5. author's perspective--6. tone--7. biases--8. author's purpose (see page R116 in the back of the book)--9. chronological order. Write this information in your language arts notebook. All of these words are on flashcards on this website. Cut and paste or print.

MONDAY, 2/6/12--We are in the lab working on Focus. Assessement #1 Main Idea. Students should be working on compasslearningodyssey.browardschools.k12.fl.us Folder #6174 Cause and Effect. There are eleven lessons to complete. Due Date is Friday, 2/10/12.

TUESDAY, 2/7/12

Literature Book pages 362-375 Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima and The Wolf and the House Dog pages 376-377 -- Reread. Do the following:

Comprehension Check (3 bullets), Questions 3, 5 and 6. page 378

Vocabulary (Standardized Test Practice page 379

TEST Wednesday, 2/8/12, if time permits. If not taken 2/8/12, then Thursday, 2/9/12. Compass Learning Odyssey Folder number 6174 due Friday. If you have finished folder #6174, continue working on folder #6175.

Friday, 2/10/12------ Hearing and BMI Screenings.

MONDAY, 2/13/12 Grammar book pages 484 & 486 Exercises 4 & 4 Answers Only. Due tomorrow.

TUESDAY, 2/14/12 NO HOMEWORK

WEDNESDAY, 2/15/12 Grammar Book pages 662-664 Copy the three charts: Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes. This information should be copied into your language arts notebook to study and reference. We are working on Pitching Anxiety Unit 2.

THURSDAY, 2/16/12 Make sure you have copied the three charts from pages 662-664 Grammar Book: Root words, Prefixes, and Suffixes. Compasslearningodyssey.broward.k12.fl.us--Folder #6621 due February 28, 2012 "Interpreting Charts & Graphs." There are nine (9) assignments: Three (3) instructional assignments that must be done before doing the quizzes, and Six Quizzes. The grades will be averaged and put into Pinnacle. MAKE SURE TO COMPLETE ALL ASSIGNMENTS. YOU HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME. IF YOU WERE ABSENT TODAY, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON PITCHING ANXIETY UNIT 2.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012---Grammar Book page 487 Exercises 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10

Exercise 6 #1 irregular Exercise 7 #1. past participle Exercise 8. #1. past participle--irregular Exercise 9. #1 has did = has done Exercise 10. #1. grew= grow, growing, grew, grown. Compass Learning Odyssey Folder # 6621 due completed by 2/28/12. The assignments should be completed prior to coming to class Tuesday. Any incomplete assignments will be zeroes.

WEDNESDAY, 2/29/12--Grammar Book pages 488-490 "Tenses of Verbs". Read and do exercises 13, 14, & 15. There will be a Chapter 22 test at the end of the chapter, possibly at the end of next week.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012--Grammar Book pages 491-491 "Perfect Tenses of Verbs" Exercises 14 & 15 Answers Only. TEST next week. compasslearningodyssey.broward.k12.fl.us Folder #6175 due March 22, 2012. The next folder will be 6178.

TUESDAY, 3/6/12--Grammar book page 497 exercises 26 & 27.

WEDNESDAY, 3/7/12--Grammar Book pages 502-503

Exercise 36 (1-10) 1. want = regular

Exercise 37 (all) 1. is = present

Exercise 38 (1-5) 1. arrive = arrived

Exercise 39 (1-5) 1. Have dreamed = Present Perfect

Exercise 40 (1-5) 1. inspire = have inspired

Exercise 41 (1-5) 1. laid = lay

Page 505 Do Standardized Test Practices 1 and 2

Answers Only for all. Test tomorrow on chapter 22. Study.

FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2012--Due to my extended absence this week, I am extending your time for Compass Odyssey Folder #6175. It will be due Monday, March 26. Study poetry vocabulary words, test next week.

MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012---Test tomorrow on The Four Poem (Street Corner Flight, Words Like Freedom, Something Told the Wild Geese, and Questioning Faces) Literature book pages 392-394 and 477-478.

TP-CASTT

TITLE: Consider the title and make a prediction about what the poem is about.

PARAPHRASE: Translate the poem line by line into your own words on a literal level. Look for complete thoughts and look up unfamiliar words.

CONNOTATION: Examine the poem for meaning beyond the literal. Look for figurative language, imagery, and sound elements.

ATTITUDE/TONE: Notice the speaker's tone and attitude. Humor? Sarcasm? Awe?

SHIFTS: Note any shifts or changes in speaker or attitude. Look for key words, time change, punctuation.

TITLE: Examine the title again, this time on an interpretive level.

THEME: Briefly state in your own words what the peom is about (subject), then what the poet is saying about the subject (theme).

STUDY!!! STUDY!!!!!!!! STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!

TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012--Please print and bring in a copy of your compasslearningodyssey.broward.k12.fl.us Folder #6175. Go to the bookbag and choose either day-week-month.

Period Five must take The Four Poems test tomorrow. Study!!!!!!!!!!!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012--Grammar book page 362 read and 363 (1-25) answers only but follow the directions in book.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012--Poem Illustration (25% of 4th qt. grades)--Find two poems; one dealing with freedom, liberty, or justice and one dealing with prejudice or discrimination. The poems should be displayed on a piece of construction paper or posterboard no longer than 12x 18. The poems should be computer generated or handwritten in ink neatly (use a ruler). Analyze each poem through pictures. The pictures can be drawn (no stick figures),copied from the internet, or cut from any printed media. Due Date April 11, 2012

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MONDAY, APRIL 9--Computer Lab

TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2012--Poem Illustrations due tomorrow. BEAUTIFUL!!!! NEATNESS!!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012--Literature Book "Lob's Girl" Words to Know on page 447 add foreshadowing (page R121) a total of eleven (11) vocabulary words. Do a VIS Chart with the following columns: For Periods 1 thru 4 (Word/Synonyms/Meaning/Sentences that will help you remember the definition of the words). 5th Period Columns: Words/Personal Clues/Meanings/Sentences.

TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2012---Literature Book page 447 "Lob's Girl" read the story and write a thorough summary. Test is scheduled for Monday that will include content of the story and vocabulary.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MAY 7, 2012--The Phantom Tollbooth-- Page 512 Words to Know--Map the four vocabulary words. Be creative. You must write in ink or use the computer. NEATNESS counts.

Synonyms/Antonyms Picture

VOCABULARY WORD

Definitions Three Sentences

DUE TUESDAY, MAY, 15, 2012---- No notebook paper. No homework passes

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wednesday, May 9, 2012--The Walrus and the Carpenter and Fairy Lullaby literature book page 556. Read and answer questions #1 with Comprehension Check and question #2 along with the ones on the board. There will be a short quiz tomorrow.

HOMEWORK

Grammar book pages 364-367 Exercises 1-4 due tomorrow for periods 2 thru 5. Due Friday for period 1.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012--Phantom Tollbooth Word Maps due Tuesday.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MONDAY, MAY 14, 2015 Word Maps due, for The Phantom Tollbooth, tomorrow. Must be neatly done in INK or PRINTED from the computer. Pictures should relate to the definition(s) of the word. Be creative in the way you present the maps. Make sure to put a complete heading on your paper. This assignment will count as a Project grade as 25% of your report card grade.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012----The Phantom Tollbooth Wordmaps due. This is worth a project grade. Grammar bppl [age 369 Exercises 5, 6, 7 (even #s), & 9 follow the directions as some answers require that you write the entire sentence and circle the conjunctions.

Friday, May 18, 2012--We are reading The Phantom Tollbooth. Fifth period took a short quiz Friday of five questions based on the questions given Thursday and the first part of the play. If you were absent, continue reading the play where we left off in class.

STUDENTS, make sure that you are making up the work that you miss when you are absent. If the assignments are not posted here on new.schoolnotes, please contact someone that is in class with you, that is reliable, that can give you the assignments that you need to make up.

MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012---Grammar book page 370-371 Exercises 12 & 13. Test Thursday, May 24, 2012, Chapter 18 Grammar book. Return both grammar and literature books Wednesday, May 30, 2012.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TUESDAY, May 22, 2012--Reread The Phantom Tollbooth, literature book page 512-554.   Grammar Chapter 18 "Conjunctions & Interjections" Thursday, 5/25/12.  STUDY!!!!