Sunday, January 10, 2010

January 11/12, 2010 -- A New Term!

January 11/12, 2010 -- A New Term!


Anticipation Guide for The Giver 

Genres  B4 discussed more the Genres we are using for the Book-of-the-Month assignment for this term:
realistic fiction and distopian fictions. See

A Reminder for the January Book Assignment

Reading The Giver, watching for what you find out about the community in this book.  Take notes on the back of your anticipation guide about what you learn.
   Be observant!
 
  Plan -- Chapters 1-3  approximately 40 minutes

B1 -- Through Chapter 2
B2 -- almost to end of Chapter 2 -- "Did you still play at all, after Twelve?"  page18, Track 5 almost done.

B4 -- almost to end of Chapter 2 -- "Did you still play at all, after Twelve?"  page18, Track 5 almost done.

A1 -- to page 16  "His father smiled."

A2 --

A4-


Targets while reading:

Gather evidence by observation.
Visualize what you read.


Spelling --  (B1 still needs to receive their words list.  Their test will still be on Friday.)
Test for all classes on January 15/19 on
Prefix to study:   post- which means after
1.    postgraduate
2.    postpone
3.    postwar
4.    postscript
extra credit: script comes from scribere  which means “to write.”  (1 Point)

Extra Credit from looking here:  In the word "postpone,"  the "pone" part means "to put," so to postpone something is to "put it after."