Thursday, February 10, 2011

1. Bell-Ringer:  More subject-verb agreement -- If you were absent, either print off the exercise from here, or pick up a copy from the folders when you return.  After you have edited the passage, check your corrections with a student who was here and who corrected the passage with the class.
Editing exercise - Subject-Verb Agreement.doc
Prepare for your spelling test.

2. Spelling test on -less and review of some of the prefixes.

3. New spelling assignment:

Vocabulary/Spelling #13             Test on  February 18

 Prefix to study:   post- which means after

1.      postgraduate

2.      postpone  -- extra credit:  "pone" means "to place"

3.      postwar

4.      postscript  -- extra credit: "script" comes from a word part meaning "to write"

4. 

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Themes as Shown By the Movie Words By Heart.doc  Handout used in class last time and today.
If you are absent, arrange to check out a book and read up through page _____, taking notes on the handout about scenes in the book that show  the themes.

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Video: 
A1 from after Papa makes the deal with Mrs. Chism.  They see Mr. Haney in the road.Claudie is helping Mrs. Chism set up for the big dinner   to  "I knew help would come, but to be your, Lena, how wonderful."


A2 from Winslow saying, "you sure are a good memorizer " and Claudie is preparing the cake at party. to  "Oh, Little Girl, Little Girl" by Claudie to Lena after she comes back from Hawk's Hill.  Read to the end of the book if you've been absent.


A3 from Papa is telling Lena that he's going to Hawk's Hill and she will eventually get the books --  to Lena at Hawk's Hill , Claudie puts the cow in the barn and runs back into the house, Lena at the fence -- crossing the barbed wire, finds wagon.


A4 from   Lena and Papa (Ben) are leaving the Haneys' after Lena has hit Tater in the "kangaroo pouch" with her book bag --  to Lena leaving to find her father. 

Are you working on your historical fiction assignment on our class wiki?  It's due February 18.
Links to our class wikis:
Remember to never edit a page unless it has your name at the top left. Sign up for your book on your own page.

A1    http://a1cavemen2011.pbworks.com

A2   http://a2cavemen2011.pbworks.com

A3   http://a3cavemen2011.pbworks.com

A4   http://a4cavemen2011.pbworks.com