Language Arts Class Work and Homework

*Start looking for your new root words in your outside reading and TV/movie watching. You can earn extra credit each time you bring an example of these words from "The Real World"!! 

Bring ALL SUPPLIES to class each day: a book to read, journal, pen and paper, LA folder or binder. 
 
*In general, you will have very little ASSIGNED homework other than class work you do not complete. It is my expectation that you will dedicate a little time each evening to your SRA

 
Monday, November 9: Vocabulary: Roots - Chron, Crypt, and Cryph. Fill out note cards (we'll go to the computer lab on Wednesday to do several activities with these roots) Oliver Twist, Dickens, and The Industrial Revolution - go over movie and discuss time period/tie in to Dickens' life. Go over notes about Victorian Era, Workhouses, etc . . . quiz over background information tomorrow.
Homework: Background info. quiz tomorrow

Tuesday, November 10:  Free Write. Background Info. quiz - turn in when finished. A Christmas Carol - Rd. page 250 (in lit. book) and discuss. Compare with information in notes Discuss vocab. from the story. Assign characters for play and read prologue if time allows.
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Wednesday, November 11:  Analogies: Degree. Computer Lab - students will complete a web quest to become better acquainted with the root words.
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Thursday, November 12: DOL - Harold #9.  A Christmas Carol - continue reading play in Lit. Book. Discuss while reading.
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Friday, November 13: Free Write. A Christmas Carol - continue reading play in Lit. Book. Discuss while reading.
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Looking Ahead: 
Suffixes
We will be offering 1-2 mornings of tutorials if you would like some ideas for your SRA project. We will not be teaching any specific program, but will be glad to show you some different ways to use the programs you already know about. Stay tuned for more info. 

 
 *In general, you will have very little ASSIGNED homework other than class work you do not complete. It is my expectation that you will dedicate a little time each evening to your SRA