Monday, October 8, 2012

This Week's ELA

This week's English/language arts from the story Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

Spelling: Words with the VCCV pattern
Monday – Write spelling words CORRECTLY in your agenda in ABC order if you made less than 100 on this week’s pretest (if one was given). – due Tues.
Wednesday – Finish your spelling choice if you made less than 100 on last week’s test and on this week’s pretest. – due Thurs.
Study your spelling words Monday – Thursday for your test on Friday!

  1. dentist                                                11. culture
  2. jogger                                                12. goggles
  3. fifteen                                                13. summon
  4. flatter                                                14. champion
  5. mutter                                                15. kennel
  6. mustang                                    16. valley
  7. absent                                                17. fragment
  8. hollow                                                18. gallop
  9. empire                                                19. vulture
  10. blizzard                                    20. pigment

Vocabulary
Complete a vocabulary choice if you did not make a 100 on last week’s vocabulary test (due Thursday).
Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through Thursday for your test on Friday. 

  1. suspended – stopped for a while
  2. vastness – greatness; immenseness
  3. flickered – shone or burned with a wavering light
  4. swerved – turned aside
  5. enthusiasm – eager interest; zeal
  6. presence – when someone or something is present in a particular place
  7. horizon – line where the ground and the sky seem to meet
  8. ravine – long, deep, narrow valley eroded by running water

IRA: Problem/Solution
     Describe at least one problem the character in your book faces.  How does the character solve the problem OR what steps does the character take to solve the problem (if it hasn’t been solved yet)?

GRAMMAR: More plural and possessive nouns

TESTED READING SKILL: make inferences

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