Week 1

Monday - 10/31 - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari - Week 10: Using Quotation Marks.
• Introduction to Writing Dialogue [PDF]. Due Wednesday.
• Continue working on "Duffy's Jacket" story summary. Due Wednesday.

Tuesday - 11/1 - NO SCHOOL TODAY!

Wednesday - 11/2
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari
• Review "Duffy's Jacket" story summary. Turn in with the "Duffy's Jacket" story map.
• Review Introduction to Writing Dialogue Assignment. Turn in.
• Learn about the Cognitive Reading Strategy of Asking Questions.
• Read "Yeti-like Monster Gives Staid Town in Illinois a Fright,." Lit Book, page 16 - 17.
• Complete Yeti Article Questions & Observations WS (the back side only) [PDF] .
  HW: Finish class work.

Thursday - 11/3
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari
• Notebook Entry #25 - Pictures and Questions - If you were absent, find two interesting pictures from a magazine, newspaper, book, or internet. Write three surface questions and three deep questions about each one of the pictures. Use pages 31 and 32 in your Yellow Folder to get ideas for your questions.
• Read about Point of View in the Literature Book - pages 222- 223 and page 261.
• Complete Yeti Article Questions & Observations WS (the front side) [PDF] .
  HW: Quotation Marks Worksheet - 1 [PDF]

Friday - 11/4
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari - Turn in.
• Review Yeti Article Questions and Observations WS. Turn in.
• Review Quotations WS. Turn in.
• Notebook Entry #26 - Questions about being a lighthouse keeper. Imagine that someone has just offered you a job as a lighthouse keeper on a little island called Three Skeleton Key. Write ten questions you would ask your potential employer to determine whether to accept the job or not.

WEEK 2

Monday - 11/7
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari - Week 11: Using Quotation Marks, continued.
• Start reading "Three Skeleton Key," Lit Book - p. 49 to bottom of page 51.
• Notebook Entry #27 - "Three Skeleton Key" Story Responses
  • 1 & 2 - Based on what you've learned so far about the story, make two prediction/support statements.
  • 3 - How do you think the story about the three convicts who died on the island might foreshadow future events in the story?
  • 4 - What are two questions you have about the story so far?
• Complete the top portion of your Story Map [PDF] - title, author, characters, and setting. Include specific details about the the three characters and the setting.
  HW: Grammar Book - Read pages 322 - 325. Do Exercise 3, p. 325. Write out the sentences correctly.

Tuesday - 11/8
D - E - F - A - B - C

• Grammar Safari
• Correct grammar book assignment. Turn in.
• Continue reading "Three Skeleton Key." Lit Book - bottom of page 51 to bottom of page 54.
• Notebook Entry #27, continued - "Three Skeleton Key" Story Responses
  • 5 - Make a predict/support statement about what you think will happen next.
  • 6 - In what way may the story of the two dogs foreshadow the conflict of the story?
  • 7 - Write two questions you have about the story right now.
• Add to the Story Map - conflict and first major event.

  HW: Complete Point of View WS. [PDF].

Wednesday - 11/9 -
C - D - E - F - A - B

• Grammar Safari
• Review Point of View WS. Turn in.
• Finish reading "Three Skeleton Key."
• Notebook Entry #27, continued - "Three Skeleton Key" Story Responses
  • 8 - The word "manaical" comes from the word "maniac." What might this word foreshadow about Le Gleo's future?
  • 9 - Make a predict / support statement for each of the three characters: Le Gleo, Itchoua, and the narrator.
  • 10 - Evaluate how well you did with your predictions throughout the story.
• Story Map - Add six to seven more important events, climax, resolution, and theme.
  HW: Finish "Three Skeleton Key" story map.

Thursday - 11/10
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari. Turn in.
• Review "Three Skeleton Key" story map. Keep.
• Discuss Theme.
• Write a story summary of "Three Skeleton Key." Use the Writing Guidelines: skip lines, blue or black ink, one side of paper only, 1" margins on both sides. Due next Tuesday.

Friday - 11/11 - VETERAN'S DAY - NO SCHOOL TODAY.

Week 3

Monday - 11/14
B - C - D - E - F - A

• Grammar Safari - Week 12
• Read Lit Book - p. 524 - 525 - Using Context Clues to Figure Out Word Meanings [Handout - PDF]
• Continue writing your story summary for "Three Skeleton Key." Use the Writing Guidelines: skip lines, blue or black ink, one side of paper only, 1" margins on both sides. Due next tomorrow.
  HW: "Monkey's Paw" Vocabulary WS [PDF]

Tuesday - 11/15
A - B - C - D - E - F

• Grammar Safari
• Review "Monkey's Paw" Vocabulary WS - Turn in
• Revise "Three Skeleton Key" summary. Turn in with Story Map
• Notebook Entry #28 - Three Wishes - If you were given three wishes, what would you wish for? Make a three column chart. Label the columns with the following headings: The Wish, Possible Positive Consequences, Possible Negative Consequences. Write down your wish and the possible good and bad things that could happen as a result of making the wish. There are two wish-making rules you must follow. #1 - You can't wish for anything that would give you more wishes. #2 - You can't wish for unlimited anything.
  HW: Do Using Quotations WS - 2 [PDF]

Wednesday - 11/16
F - A - B - C - D - E

• Grammar Safari
• Review Quotations WS - 2. KEEP.
• Start reading "The Monkey's Paw." You can download a copy of the story here if you need to.--> [PDF]
• Notebook Entry #29 - Responses to "The Monkey's Paw." Unless indicated, all responses must be written as complete sentences.
  • 1) & 2) Before you start reading, write two prediction sentences about the story based on what you learned from the vocabulary worksheet.
  • 3 - 6) If you were in the old man's place, what are four questions you would ask the Sergeant-Major about the paw before accepting it?

  HW: Rewrite Quotations WS - 2 [PDF] on binder paper in paragraph form. Remember to indent every time someone new starts talking.

Thursday - 11/17
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Grammar Safari - Turn in.
• Review Quotations 2 Rewrite. Turn in with the worksheet.
• Finish reading "The Monkey's Paw." You can download a copy of the story here if you need to.--> [PDF]
• Notebook Entry #29 - Responses to "The Monkey's Paw," continued. Unless indicated, all responses must be written as complete sentences.
  • 7) What point of view is being used in the story? How do you know?
  • 8) What was the third wish?
  • 9) What do you think the theme of the story is?
  • 10) Setting and Mood - Scan over the text on the last page of "The Monkey's Paw." Write at least ten words and phrases that the author uses to describe the setting and create a suspenseful mood at the end of the story.

  HW: Punctuating Titles WS [PDF]. Finish NB #29, if necessary. Get Notebook Entries #21 - 30 ready to turn in tomorrow. We'll do NB #30 in class.

Friday - 11/18
E - F - A - B - C - D

• Notebook Entry #30 - Wishes & Consequences - 1) Make a four column chart. Label the first column "Character" for the person who makes the wish. Label the second column "Wish" for the wish the character makes. Label column 3 "Positive Consequence" for the good things that happen as a result of the wish. Label column 4 "Negative Consequence" for the bad things that happen because of the wish. Complete the chart while watching the video. 2) In a short paragraph, explain what elements from the story were used by the creators of the video. If you were absent, write a half page about something fun you did over Thanksgiving Break, and turn in your notebook entries when we get back.
• Turn in Notebook Entries #21 - 30.
• Watch video version of "The Monkey's Paw."

Week 4 - November 21 - 25 - No School. Thanksgiving Break.

PLEASE VISIT DECEMBER'S AGENDAS FOR November 28, 29 & 30.

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