LANGUAGE ARTS - QUICK HITS
· Started class with our DLP (Daily Language Practice)
· Collected late work and Reading Responses
· Reviewed yesterdays homework – (Rocks in the Head & Infectious Diseases) – both of these exercises focused on identifying topics, main ideas and supporting details.
· HOMEWORK – Today we continued to work on identifying main ideas vs. supporting ideas. We did two worksheets in class. The first worksheet (Vertebrates) we read aloud and did as a group. It tasked students to identify the main idea, major supporting details and finally minor details that support each of the major details.
· The second worksheet (Turn Up the Power) was distributed and students worked independently to identify these same ideas/details on their own. Students were given 15 minutes of class time to complete both of these sheets – whatever was not finished in class is homework and will be reviewed and collected tomorrow.
· VOCAB QUIZ TOMORROW – 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.
· We finished the day with 15 minutes of pleasure reading.
· 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
flagrant - shockingly evident or obvious
fortitude - strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage
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