Classes read most or all of chapter 2 today. Tomorrow, classes will take the spelling test, finish reading chapter two, work on the "maine" questions in the Whirligig packet and begin working on Chapter 3 vocabulary.
I will be scoring the ELA assessments so will not be in class tomorrow or next Tuesday.
Extra credit assignment! Inspired by the very amusing book, How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen, students are encouraged to choose an event: fun, adventurous, silly and dangerous (something a 13 year old boy may typically regret doing). This may be a real or imagined event. The story must include all the elements of a short story (setting, characters, problem, climax, conclusion) and dialogue written according to the rules (new speaker, new paragraph and descriptive speaker tags).
Deadline is Friday the 16th.
Whirligig vocabulary list for chapter 3 is:
speculated
eclipsed
turmoil
plumb
confiscated
wince
contested
detrimental
restitution
mediator
exuberantly
ethereal
atone
retribution
penance
mirage
scrutinized
labyrinth
pristine
toil
mete
deliberate
mesmerized
I'm posting next weeks spelling list now:
1. illiterate - (adj.) unable to read or write
2. afford - (v) to have the financial means for
3. difficult - (adj.) hard to do or achieve
4. responsible - (adj.) accountable for the care or welfare of another
5. suffered - (v) felt pain or distress
6. official - (adj.) of or pertaining to an office or post of authority
7. summary - (n) condensed form; concise
8. collapse - (v) to fall down or inward suddenly
9. volunteer - (v) to offer one’s services; give of one’s own free will
10. illegible - (adj.) not readable or decipherable
