This Week's ELA: The Unbreakable Code

Unit 5, Week 4: “The Unbreakable Code”

SPELLING Suffixes:

Monday: Write spelling words CORRECTLY in your agenda in ABC order (due Tues.).

Wednesday: Finish a spelling choice if you made less than 100% on last week’s test or this week’s pretest (due Thurs.).

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

1.     emptiness

2.     gladness

3.     bottomless

4.     foolishness

5.     harmless

6.     fullness

7.     fierceness

8.     darkness

9.     effortless

10.  forgiveness

11.  motionless

12.  stillness

13.  sadness

14.  needless

15.  fearless

16.  hopeless

17.  ceaseless

18.  weakness

19.  meaningless

20.  fondness

Challenge words: weightlessness, thoughtlessness

Vocabulary:

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.     enlisted: (v) joined the military voluntarily

2.     invasion: (n) entering of an army into a region to conquer it

3.     location: (n) an exact position or place

4.     corridor: (n) a long, narrow hallway or passageway

5.     shield: (n) a person or thing that protects against danger, injury, or distress

6.     sagged: (v) drooped down in the middle from weight

7.     reservation: (n) land set aside by a government for a special purpose, such as for Native American tribes to live on

8.     creased: (adj) characterized by lines or marked by wrinkling

Tested Skill: Generating questions & author’s perspective

Grammar Focus: Comparative Adjectives

No IRA this week!