Pd 1: Finished Lesson 6 in REWARDS
Pd 3/7
1) Took spelling test
2) Reviewed "theme" and copied the following definition into notebooks:
abstract: idea not understood through the 5 senses; ex: guilt, innocence, good, evil, hate, love, hope, et.
The theme of a story is generally an abstract idea that is central to the story.
3) Reviewed the first paragraph of the story and read the first page. Afterwards we constructed a list of comments, inferences, predictions and questions.
HW:
Study Story Elements
Read for 15 minutes
Spelling List 2 (remember: 10 points for copying the list, 20 for copying the list and the definitions.
capitalism - (n) en economic system where trade and industry are controlled by private owners
immigrant - (n) a person who has come into a foreign country as a permanent resident
industry - (n) the manufacture or production of goods
investment - (n) an amount of money used to buy security, property, etc.
dividend - (n) a share of profits paid to shareholders
corporation - (n) the decision making body of a business
stockholder - (n) a person who owns capital in a business
natural resources - (n) sources of wealth to a country
diversity - (n) variety
revolution - (n) complete change of methods or conditions
