November 13/16, 2009

November 13/16, 2009

1.  A Word about Vocabulary for  Author Letters and other Writing
      In Six Traits, it's called Word Choice.

        Read about improving the vocabulary in your writing.
         Receive an opportunity for extra credit.
Get the handout  (A Word About Vocabulary) at http://cavemanenglish.pbworks.com/Letters-to-Authors


2. Spelling/vocabulary  test on "extra-" words.

Receive your new  Spelling/vocabulary words:
 Suffix to study:   -ate which means cause, make, operate upon (This suffix makes verbs.)
Words to learn for the spelling test:
1.    separate
2.    create (on state list)
3.    segregate
4.    dominate
Test next time.
No retakes will be available, so study the words and word parts sets as they come.

Extra credit information for the above spelling list from dictionary.com:
separate  (v.)
1393 (implied in separable), from L. separatus, pp. of separare "to pull apart," from se- "apart" (see secret) + parare "make ready, prepare" (see pare).

Origin:
1350–1400; ME creat (ptp.) < L creātus, equiv. to creā- (s. of creāre to make) + -tus ptp. suffix

Origin:
1400–50 in sense “segregated”; 1535–45 as transit. v.; late ME segregat < L sēgregātus (ptp. of sēgregāre to part from the flock), equiv. to sē- se- + greg- (s. of grex flock) + -ātus -ate ¹ ; see gregarious

Origin:
1605–15; < L dominātus (ptp. of dominārī to master, control), equiv. to domin- (s. of dominus) master + -ātus -ate ¹

3. Book Groups Strategy Lesson:  Asking Questions
    Book Groups --  Asking Questions/Finding Answers

Find the handout at Asking Questions and Finding Answers

To get into the Pioneer Library from home, the username is Pioneer, and the password is Time.

December 10/11, 2008

December 10/11, 2008

Self-Starter: With your family unit, answer questions about chapters 7 and 8 of The Giver. Send the mother or father of your family unit to get one sheet for your family unit to fill out. If any family unit members were absent last time, catch them up on what is happening in the book.
(If you were absent, get a worksheet or copy it from this blog, and fill out the answers to the questions yourself.)

Book Assessment Presentations:
We had several of the presentations today (CD's). If you didn't present today, be ready for next time.

Don't forget to study for your test on Prefixes and Suffixes!

The Giver: Questions for Chapters 3 and 4

The Giver: Questions for Chapters 3 and 4

In your reader's journal (the lined pages in your binder under "Reading"), label the next page you have prepared The Giver -- Chapter 3

Number your page from 1 through 4 and answer the following questions. You do not have to copy the questions. Write your answers legibly and in complete sentences.
Questions for chapter 3:
Read through these before you read the chapter, and answer #1, #2, and either #3 or #4.
1. How are differences treated in the community?
2. Why do you think Lowry uses four paragraphs on the subject of pale eyes at the beginning of the chapter and then refers to this physical feature again at the end of the chapter?
3. What have you learned so far about the purpose of the voice on the Speakers?
4. What do you think happened with the apple?

Group Discussion and Group Answer: If time is allowed, your small group will get together to discuss questions 1 and 2 (from above) and hand in your group answers on a separate sheet of paper.


Label the next part of the page in your reader’s journal The Giver -- Chapter 4

Number your page from 1 through 5 and answer the following questions. You do not have to copy the questions. Write your answers legibly and in complete sentences.
Questions for chapter 4: Read through these before you read, and answer #1, #2, and then #3 or #4 or #5.
1. In what areas of life do the members of the community have free choice, and in what areas are their lives regulated (controlled)?
2. Do you think the rule against bragging is a good one? Why or why not?
3. What similarities are there between newchildren and the Old?
4. What do you think about release now – at the end of chapter 4? What do you think the word means?
5. The following words all describe types of laughter
chortling, hooting, laughing, giggling, snickering, chuckling
They could be called synonyms, or words that mean the same thing – laughing. But each has a different shade of meaning. Put those “laugh” words in order from quietest to loudest. There is more than one answer, but some would definitely be wrong.

Group Discussion and Group Answer: If time is allowed, your small group will get together to discuss questions 1 and 2 (from above) and hand in your group answers on a separate sheet of paper.