Reminder-Shark attack papers due this week.

Monday-we began gathering information on the causes of shark attacks.

We will spend the rest of the week planning, drafting, revising and editing as well as publishing a cause and effect essay on shark attacks.

Reading this week will be a short story called “The School Play” it is found in the text book on page 34.

“The Prince and the Pauper”

Comprehension questions page 165 (1-8) due on Tuesday the 23rd.

The study guide will be assigned on Tuesday and due Wednesday the 24th.

Test-Friday the 26th

Cause and Effect Essays-due February 26-29

We are reading “The Prince and the Pauper” this week.

Vocabulary-

sane

affliction

impostor

recollection

pauper

successor

simile/metaphor test (retake)

Focus-

Characterization-emotions vs. traits

Summarizing informational text as well as identifying author’s craft

Monday-page 231 questions 1-3

NWEA testing will be on Tuesday and Thursday this week.

Wednesday-Vocabulary quiz

Happy New Year!

This week we will be reading “Jeremiah’s Song” focusing on treasured stories that are handed down from generation to generation.

Vocabulary for the week:

stroke

diagnosis

condition

influence

setback

convey

This week our focus is on literary elements-

simile

metaphor

personification

alliteration

onomatopoeia

We are continuing to do work with “The Jacket”.  A study guide was assigned on Monday for the test that will be on Friday.

We are currently working on summarizing as well as reviewing similes and metaphors.

This week we will be reading the short story “The Jacket” by Gary Soto focusing on similes and metaphors.

Vocabulary words for the week are the following words:

propeller

profile

vicious

shrivel