Monday, December 13, 2010

December 15, 2010

1. Bell-Ringer: Make sure everyone in your family unit is caught up on what happens in the book through the end of chapter 12.
Quiz on Chapters 9-12 of  The Giver

2. Spelling Test on the suffix set    -er, -or    See the Spelling tab above.
3. Receive assignment for January 6 -- test on il- and the words that go with it.
Make the corrections on your handout:  
Correct the date of the quiz.
Change suffix to prefix
Change -il to il-.

Vocabulary/Spelling #7              Test on January 6 
Prefix to study:   il- which means not
1.      illegal
2.      illiterate
3.      illegible
4.      illogical

1.     illegal     -- leg = law   So, illegal means not conforming to  the law  
                     
2.     illiterate   --  literatus,  literally mean. "furnished with letters."  So, if you are illiterate, you are NOT furnished with letters.
3.     illegible -- leg ( ere ) to read + -ibilis   -ible = capable of.  So, illegible means NOT capable of being read.
4.      illogical --  log = word, speech, thought, reason   So, illogical means NOT conforming to reason. 
conform = to fit together                                                                   Learn the underlined definitions for extra credit.


4. Reading Minute:
A1 --- none
A2--  none
A3 --none
A4 -- Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
        

5. More presenting SSR's   -- Finish presenting in class.
More reading The Giver

Reminders:
Hand in your Perfect Paragraph Packet if you haven't.

Make sure you've written and revised your MyAccess paragraphs. 


Giver Reading Packets:

Giver Chapt. 3-6 Questions.doc

Giver Chapters 7-9 Questions.doc

Giver Chapters 10 - 12

Quiz on The Giver chapters 9 -12.doc

Giver chapters 13-16.doc

Reading Road Maps for Chapters 17 - 23