October 3

Type Narrative Essay final draft in lab 101 - Your goal is to finish typing the essay today - Not finished? Plan to come by before/after school OR complete on Thursday during AR

Warm-up: MLA format reminders for essay

October 4Revising and Editing CBA (quiz grade)

Homeless by Anna Quindlan -vocabulary-non-fiction essay, literature book pgs. 368-372- discuss author’s purpose & characteristics of a problem-solution essay- create 2-column chart, see pg. 368

: write author’s direct statements about topic : Think about what these elements tell you

about her purpose for writing

“Homeless” by Anna Quindlen p. 369Vocabulary

anonymous- adj. – having no known name or origin; lacking qualities that make one different

legacy – n. – anything handed down from an ancestor or from the past

enfeebled – adj. – lacking force, strength or effectiveness; weakened

October 5Warm-up: MUG Sentence 6-8 (Week 6)

Homeless by Anna Quindlan, literature book pgs. 368-372- create author’s purpose 2-column chart: write author’s direct statements about topic : Think about what these elements tell you about her purpose for writing

What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything? by Avi - Review terms: theme and symbol- Read short story, literature book pgs. 350-364- in groups of 3-4: find text evidence relating to a symbol from story: create graphic representation of symbol, surround with text evidence-Write theme statement for story

Homework: Vocabulary Practice

What Do Fish Have to Do with Anything? by AVI

VocabularyVocabularycontemplate contemplate v. v. to consider carefully and at lengthto consider carefully and at lengthinevitablyinevitably adv. adv. unavoidably; without failunavoidably; without failpreoccupiedpreoccupied adj.adj. lost in thought; distractedlost in thought; distractedretortretort v. v. to reply sharplyto reply sharplythresholdthreshold n.n. a doorway or entrancea doorway or entranceurgency urgency n.n. a condition of pressing importance; a condition of pressing importance;

necessitynecessity

October 6Warm-up: MUG Sentence 9 (Week 6), check homework (vocabulary practice)

Read AR: Due 11/2 Read, test, go to library- Finish typing Narrative Essay?

October 7

Warm-up: MUG Sentence 10 (Week 6)

Dirk the Protector by Gary Paulson- service project- vocabulary- memoir, literature book pgs. 276-284- create cause-effect chart using at least 5 text examples

Homework: Vocabulary Practice & Idiom Review

Dirk the Protector Dirk the Protector by Gary Paulsen VocabularyVocabulary

cohortcohort n. n. a companion or associatea companion or associateconventionalconventional adj.adj. usual; traditional usual; traditionaldecoydecoy n.n. person or thing used to distract others or lead person or thing used to distract others or lead

them in a different directionthem in a different directionforerunner forerunner n. n. person or thing that came beforeperson or thing that came beforehustlehustle v.v. to gain by energetic effort to gain by energetic effortimpasseimpasse n.n. a situation in which no progress can be a situation in which no progress can be

made; a deadlockmade; a deadlockpredatorypredatory adj.adj. given to stealing from or hurting others given to stealing from or hurting others

for one’s own gainfor one’s own gainpuny puny adj.adj. weak and small weak and small