This Week's ELA

Unit 3, Week 4 My Great-Grandmother’s Gourd

Spelling: Accented syllables

Monday: Begin a spelling choice if you made less than 100% on last week’s test or this week’s pretest (due Thurs.). Start writing your spelling words 3x each IF YOU MADE 85 OR BELOW on last week’s test (due Wed.)!

Wednesday: Finish a spelling choice.

Study your spelling words Monday – Thursday for your test on Friday!

1. dozen 11. reserve
2. beside 12. embrace
3. motion 13. coastal
4. appoint 14. python
5. season 15. govern
6. phony 16. scorching
7. observe 17. flurry
8. active 18. canvas
9. restore 19. copper

10. expert 20. cocoon

Vocabulary

Complete a vocabulary choice if you made less than 100% on last week’s test (due Thurs.).

Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through Thursday for your test on Friday.

1. gnarled – (adj.) having many rough, twisted knots
2. parched – (adj.) dry or thirsty
3. landscape – (n.) the stretch of land or scenery viewed from one point or place
4. scorching – (adj.) causing intense heat to dry or burn the surface of something
5. gushed – (v.) poured out suddenly and in large amounts
6. brimming – (adj.) full to the upper edge of a container
7. scrawny – (adj.) thin, bony, or skinny
8. progress – (n.) a forward movement or gradual betterment

TESTED READING SKILL: compare and contrast

NO IRA because your genre project is due by this Thursday, 10/31!

GRAMMAR: Linking Verbs