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Last week we read the short story The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers. Our study of this story focused on developing an inner dialogue while reading and characterization.
BONUS POINTS:(5 points each)
1. What questions, comments or connections did you have with or for this story?
2. Briefly characterize either Greg or Lemon Brown. Include evidence from the story.
In order to gain credit, your response must be grammatically correct, coherent and supported with details from the story.
Monday: camaraderie
Tuesday: culpable
Wednesday: discombobulated
Thursday: deleterious
Friday: diffident
Earn bonus points by writing a complete and coherent sentence using a word of the day. It must be grammatically correct.
Summer Reading is due September 2, 2008.
For the Narrative Writing Unit, students will write an autobiography in the form of an ABC book. With each letter from the alphabet, the students will tell about an event that has happened in their lives. Students can log on to http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/alphabet/ for an alphabet organizer. Option 3 is the best one to use because notes can be added. Deadlines for the book will be posted soon.
The syllabus for Language Arts was distributed on August 26th. Parents please read over the information and return the signature sheet attached to the back of the syllabus. This counts as a homework grade. In case you need another one, click on the link below to download a copy. Thank you! Download first_nine_weeks_syllabus_language_arts_2009.doc
This week's words are as follows:
Monday: aficionado
Tuesday: acclimated
Wednesday: anachronism
Thursday: bumptious
Friday: chicanery
Earn a Homework pass by telling me the definition of one of the words and using it CORRECTLY in a sentence.
