Root Word Section in your comp book

Root Word Section in your comp book QW: What are your “good” anxieties that help you in life?

Root Word Quiz • E • F • G • D • A • B • C EXTRA CREDIT: meter / metr = measure

Finishing the Fiction Assessment on “American History” • Who needs to finish? • Work independently and turn in both the test and the annotated story Apostrophe Practice • Read the rule/s and then do the Practice section • Write corrections in the margin on Practice 3 • Take out a past article and circle apostrophes – figure out why an apostrophe was needed by looking at the rules on your practice sheet

Example The bills of the agency There is only 1 agency The 1 agency owns the bills The agency’s bills

Practice 2 • You’re • I’m • He’s • They’ve • We’ll • Couldn’t Practice 1 • The agency’s bills • The monkeys’ fur • The children’s cries • This season’s best chance • My father-in-law’s complaint • The bill’s passage • The weekend’s outlook • Everyone’s joy • King Rudof’s wish • Russ’ curse or Russ’s curse

PRACTICE 3: THE FAMILY REUNIONMy friend's I, the Rodriguez's I, had a big family reunion last summer. They hadn't been together since the late 1980's C (either way here), according to Carmen, and there were many cousins C she hadn't seen since then and some new baby's Ishe'd never met before. "Aunt Flo C (either way here) and Uncle Silvio's C family had really grown," Cshe said. Flo, who already had five kids of her own, had divorced and remarried and Flo's Cand Silvio's Ckids -- like a bunch of elves C-- filled a minivan and two taxis C. Fortunately, Flo and Silvio have PhD's C (either way here) in psychology with good incomes to match. "We should've leased busses Cfor everyone," Carmen added. They had their big dinner down at that place owned by Joe Pagani, PaganisIRistorante, Illinois's C (orIllinois’)most popular and expensive restaurant. It was jammed and familysI(families) kept arriving in bunch's Iuntil some people ended up sitting on box's Iand benches C. The waitresses C went crazy keeping up with the order's I, especially with kids ordering from the childrens' I (children’s) menu. When it came time to pay the bill, they couldn't find Agnes's C(or Agnes’) purse, and she had collected all the money. They had a lot of laughesI(laughs) about washing all those dish's I (dishes) until Uncle Antony found his baby girl, Eutrusca, curled up under his chair, sound asleep, using Agneses‘I (Agnes’)bag for a pillow. Eutrusca hadn't waited for her grandpas Ilong after-dinner speech to put her to sleep.

Root Word Section in your comp book • QW: What are your negative anxieties – things that worry you but the worrying doesn’t end up helping you?

Root Word Section in your comp book P A R A P A R A • QW: What are your negative anxieties – things that worry you but the worrying doesn’t end up helping you?

Multi-Text Activity • Take out “The Return of Made in the USA” article and “Fewer Mexicans Head to U.S.” • Skim your annotations on both articles • Read the 3 questions for Text 1 • Read Text 1 and use the graph and “Made in the USA” article to answer the questions • Read the 5 questions for Text 2 • Listen to the podcast and take notes that help you answer the 5 questions for Text 2 • Read Text 3 questions • Keep “Fewer Mexicans Head to U.S” article next to Text 3 while you read • Answer the Text 3 questions

Root Word Section in your comp book • QW: What kind of anxiety does someone in your life have often and it bothers you?

SSR • Take out your book / magazine • Take out your SSR Log from your folder READER’S WORKSHOP • On page 52 or 53 of your comp book, add Voice - the author or narrator’s attitude or personality • Read 15 minutes and add an entry to your SSR log

Finish Yesterday’s Work • Look at Text 3 of the sheet you got yesterday • Find the underlined statistics • Draw a bar graph to SHOW both statistics • Write what the text type is on all 3 texts on that sheet. Look at page 63 of your comp book for help. • Nonfiction Information • Nonfiction Persuasion • Nonfiction Narrative (story of a person) • Fiction

Text Types and Craft (PG 63 of your Comp Book)

Graph a Sentence The number of kittens in my neighborhood decreased from 43 last week to 26 this week, after I bought a pet fox. • Draw the x axis and y axis. • Label them. • Draw the 2 bars on the graph to show the numbers.

Stress Pack Readings • Go to Text 3 – One word is missing many times. Write your guess. 2. Read Text 5 and write what you learn about WOMEN and STRESS MEN and STRESS (in the white space at the bottom of the page) 3. Take the Text 5 Self Assessment – write your score

ANXIETY Describe what you think the average 21-year-old guy who works at Walmart is like. • Would he be a confident person? • Ambitious? (Does he have goals and he’s willing to work hard to meet those goals?) • Is he likely to be "intelligent”? • Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-xndZZjM4A&list=PLLJQHjmJHb1olEa7FIETgf_bN_Q0l0IBs&index=1 • During the video, write what he says and does that show how confident, ambitious, and intelligent he is. • Write a RAPT paragraph answering the question: In your opinion, is Jahmene Douglas' anxiety helping or hurting him in his life?

College Visits • Sweet Briar College Oct. 01st @ 10:00 a.m. • Air Force Recruiter Oct. 01st @ 11:30 a.m. • UNC Oct. 01st @ 1:30p.m. • Bryant University (Rhode Island) Oct. 02nd @ 10:00 am • William Jewell College Oct. 03rd @ 11:00a.m.. • Arizona Christian University Oct. 07th @ 8:00 a.m. • Baylor University TX Oct. 07th @ 8:00 a.m. • Tulan University Oct. 07th @ 8:30 a.m. • Kenyon College Oct. 07th @9:30 a.m.

How to register: Students go to www.gotocollegefairs.com to register (both flyers have a “q” code that they can scan on a smart phone and register that way if you have limited or no computers). Registration is not required, but it can help facilitate conversations with representatives rather than spending a lot of time filling out information cards. They do not need to print the bar code—we will print them for Palmer students only and have them available that evening to pick up at that the fair.

Grading the Fiction Formative Test • Thorough annotations of the story (6 pts) • MI • Auth Purpose (AP) • Imagery (Imag) – vivid images • Diction (D) – strong, precise word • Metaphor (Meta) • Similes (Sim) • Personification (Personif) – giving human qualities to something inhuman • Historical Info (Hist Info) • Multiple Choice (4 pts) • Short Answer – 2 Quotes (4 pts) • Full-PageWritten response (16) TOTAL: 30 pts

Root Word Section in your comp book • QW: What one change in your life would you propose?

Root Word Section in your comp book PRO • QW: What one change in your life would you propose?

An important theme in the story “American History” is that different races can understand each other. A quote from the story that proves this is “Eugene like me, but he was shy. I did most of the talking that day. He nodded and smiled a lot.” This quotes proves the theme by showing how, not only does Eugene, a white boy, like Elena, a Puerto Rican girl, but as Elena spoke to him, he showed understanding by nodding and smiling. Another quote that goes on to prove my theme of this story is “today was the day I was to visit Eugene in his house. He asked me to come over after school to study for an American History test with him.” This proves the theme by showing not only can Eugene invite Elena over as a friend, he also wanted to interact with her to study for a school test, sharing knowledge and understanding the material for their American History test.

Root Word Section in your comp book