This Week's ELA

Soldier's Heart (1), Week 1.4

Spelling words:

Monday: Write your words in ABC order in your agenda (due Tuesday).

Tuesday: Color-coded words: Write your words using a color-coded pattern. Include a key. (For example, consonants one color vowels another color; or you create a color code.) (Due Wednesday.)

Monday - Wednesday: IF you made below an 85 on last week's test, you must write this week's words 5x each (3x print/2x cursive). Turn in by Friday.

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

1. appalling 11. collide
2. fatigue 12. survivor
3. slogan 13. withdraw
4. faint 14. comrade
5. doubtful 15. tempt
6. regiment 16. forage
7. assemble 17. savage
8. wound 18. morale
9. stream 19. trench
10. bargain 20. mutiny

Vocabulary words:

Monday: Using a dictionary, fill in the blank each vocabulary word listed below (due Tuesday).

Tuesday: Vocabulary Draw: Draw and label a picture of each vocabulary word (due Thursday).

Tuesday-Thursday: 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 Friday).

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

1. bayonet: (n) a long ____________________ or pointed blade that is attached to the end of a ____________________
2. cavalry: (n) a group of soldiers who fight on ____________________
3. flannel: (n) made of soft, brushed cotton or wool ____________________
4. heaving: (adj) moving in and out or up and down ____________________
5. trench: (n) a long, narrow ____________________, often used as protected position in warfare; a long, steep-sided valley on the floor of the ____________________
6. incomprehensible: (adj) difficult to ____________________
7. afflicted: (adj) mentally or physically ____________________
8. conscious: (adj) ____________________ or perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
9. stationary: (adj) not capable of being ____________________
10. residue: (n) ____________________ that remains after something has been removed

English: Since many students are not using to/too/two correctly, this week you will need to practice using those words correctly. Due Tuesday: Write each word and its definition on notebook paper.  Write an appropriate sentence for each word.

*On Friday, you will be tested on these words by using them correctly.

1. to 

2. too (*two definitions!)

3. two

This Week's IRA: Make at least one connection in each of three categories on the “Snack Bar Similarities” (due Friday).