Monday, February 13, 2012

Friday, February 17, 2012

Self-Starter:  Prepare for the book share by making sure you know what year or years your book took place in.

Book Share --   (If you were absent, pick up a chart to fill in.  Look up ten historical fiction books and their time periods.  Fill in the chart for those ten books and create a time line with those books)

Create a time line with your book and the books others students shared with you.
You time line will include dates, book titles, and the subject or era of the book.

Example:


    about                              1840                    1910                   1914-1918                 1990's
100 A.D.
_____/___________________/_____________/______________/_________________/______
The Bronze Bow                 Lyddie                Words                   All Quiet on                     The
Jews vs. Romans            Textile Factory     By Heart           the Western Front          Breadwinner
                                         workers              Segregation           World War I                War and
                                                                                                  German Soldier             Taliban
                                                                                                                                     in Afghanistan

 ________________________________

Come prepared  to share what you learned about the real history behind your historical fiction book. On Wednesday you will print two copies of your essay -- one for grading and one to share in class  today.

2. Spelling test on "mis-" words.   

3. New spelling words: Periods 1 and 2 need to pick up this list.

Vocabulary/Spelling #12             Test on  Friday, February 24
 Suffix to study:   -less which means without (It creates adjectives.)
1.      hopeless
2.      useless
3.      careless
4.      fearless
5.      worthless