LANGUAGE ARTS - QUICK HITS
· Started class with our DLP (Daily Language Practice)
· Collected late work and Reading Responses
· Reviewed Week Five Vocabulary – this included verbal descriptions, uses and examples in everyday language.
· VOCAB QUIZ THIS THURSDAY – there is NO SCHOOL FRIDAY - as a result we will be having our vocabulary quiz on Thursday so please help your child prepare a little each night. WORDS and DEFINITIONS can be found below in the body of this email.
· HOMEWORK – We started a worksheet (Rocks in the Head & Infectious Diseases) in class that asks students to identify topic sentences, main ideas and supporting ideas. Students were given class time to complete the assignment. Anything not finished in class is to be completed at home for homework. We will correct this assignment as a group tomorrow.
· We finished the day reading Hoot – most students are roughly halfway through the book. Students who have completed the book were allowed to pleasure read or visit the media center.
· HOMEWORK – Reading Response entries. Time permitting students are to pleasure read for 20-30 mins a night and record a response of their choice in their Reading Response booklet.
Hoot Vocabulary
Week 5
Chapters 18-21
involuntary - not subject to control of the will
frenzied - feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
extravaganza - a lavish or spectacular show or event
jurisdiction - the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law, an area where the law applies
lustrous - reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle
allegation - a statement or accusation a against another person or party
improbable - unlikely to be true or to occur; unlikely but real or true
crackerjack - a person or thing of marked excellence
charitable - full of love for and goodwill toward others
dignitaries - one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of honor
slanderous - the utterance of false charges or misrepresentations which defame and damage another's reputation
impertinent - given to or characterized by insolent rudeness
withering - acting or serving to cut down or destroy
mutilate(d) - to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
flamboyant - marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
toupee - a wig or section of hair worn to cover a bald spot
melodramatic - appealing to the emotions
tarpon - a large silvery elongate bony fish found in warm waters surrounding North America
rambunctious - marked by uncontrollable exuberance and energy
fortitude - strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage
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