This Week's ELA: 8/19

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There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar Spelling and Vocabulary Lists - #2 (1.3)

Spelling words:

Monday: Write your words in ABC order in your agenda (due Tuesday). IF you made below an 85 on last week's test, you must write this week's words 5 times each (3x print/2x cursive) and turn in no later than Friday.

Tuesday: Categorize your spelling words. You must have at least four categories (due Wednesday).

Wednesday: IF you made below 85% on last week's test, finish your 5x each (due by Friday).

Monday through Thursday please study your words nightly for your test on Friday.

1. drizzling 11. bellowed
2. romping 12. sincerely
3. modestly 13. inquisitively
4. ferociously 14. unreasonable
5. frantically 15. terrorizing
6. automatically 16. defiantly
7. reluctantly 17. determination
8. abruptly 18. flailed
9. poisonous 19. baffled
10. shuddered 20. cautious

Vocabulary words:

Monday: Match the vocabulary words below with the correct definition on the right – write the letter of the definition on the line next to the vocabulary word (due Tuesday). IF you made below 85% on last week's vocabulary test, you must use each of this week's words in a fabulous sentence with at least 10 words (due by Friday).

Tuesday: Create three columns on your notebook paper. In the first column you will write the vocabulary word and in the second column you will write a synonym for the vocabulary word. In the third column, you will write an antonym for the vocabulary word. Be sure you spell the words correctly and label your columns (due Thursday)!

Wednesday – Thursday: IF you made below 85% on last week's vocabulary test, finish your fabulous sentence with at least 10 words (due by Friday).

Monday – Thursday: Study vocabulary words and definitions for the test on Friday.

1. scoffed _____ A. ask questions; curious
2. depressing _____ B. a tough brownish paper
3. massive _____ C. to provide a guarantee
4. genuine _____ D. jeer; ridicule
5. inquisitively _____ E. saddened; discouraged
6. befuddled _____ F. to confuse or perplex
7. replica _____ G. a copy or reproduction
8. manila _____ H. weighty, heavy
9. sternly _____ I. hard and severe on nature
10. assured _____ J. real; not pretended OVER

This Week's IRA: Point of View

From which point of view is your AR book written? Is it first person or third person? List at least five clues from the text that led to your conclusion. Be sure to include your book title. Complete this task on your own paper. IRAs are always due on Friday.