Week 2 ELA

Spelling and Vocabulary Lists/Week 2 There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom (Chapters 1-4)

Spelling words:

Monday – Copy spelling words into your agenda in ABC order (due Tuesday).

Tuesday – Write your spelling words 3x ea (2x cursive, 1x print, following the example we did together last week; due Wednesday).

Study each night for your test on Friday!

1. unfortunately 11. Monday *Challenge Words:
2. unrecognizable 12. Tuesday sandwich
3. suspiciously 13. Wednesday which
4. ceramic 14. Thursday witch
5. nervously 15. Friday receive
6. counselor 16. Saturday
7. snickered 17. Sunday
8. innocently 18. Blairsville
9. glared 19. Georgia

10. asserted 20. Union County

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. Think about how the words have been used in the novel being read in class. You may use a dictionary. Due Tuesday.

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

DUE THURSDAY: Illustrate each vocabulary word with a simple drawing that will help you remember the definition. Do this on notebook paper, after your heading. Your work should be numbered, have the vocabulary word written, then followed by the illustration.

1. bulging ____ A. without hope; incapable of improvement
2. distorted ____ B. to find fault with someone; criticize
3. hack ____ C. feeling or showing lack of confidence; shy
4. barged ____ D. to swell or curve outward
5. tolerate ____ E. astonish; dumbfounded
6. hopelessly ____ F. to twist out of normal shape; mislead
7. timidly ____ G. severe; harsh
8. drastic ____ H. to cut or sever with repeated blows
9. flabbergasted ____ I. to allow or withstand something

10. scolded ____ J. to move or push oneself clumsily or rudely

Complete the IRA (instructions below) on notebook paper.

IRA (Independent Reading Activity) Weekly Task Week 2:

Reading Comprehension Strategy: Predicting & Monitoring

Write down the title of your AR book. Make three predictions about your new book. Use the title, jacket description, and first few pages to help you make your predictions. If you've already started reading your book, then make a few predictions about what you think will happen. (Skip several lines between each prediction.)

As you read, see if your predictions happen or not. Write a response to each prediction. (Explain what did happen.) Turn in this assignment by Friday.