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This week’s agenda includes important vocabulary exercises and quizzes, with a Vocabulary #4 Quiz scheduled for Wednesday. Students are to prepare for upcoming Socratic Seminars by reviewing key texts and developing their response to literature. Remember to pay attention to parts of speech as you write sentences for each vocabulary word, ensuring each demonstrates the word’s meaning. Note the absence of school on Thursday and Friday. It’s an important week to stay engaged and complete all assignments to maximize learning before the semester’s end.
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Monday/ Tuesday • Do Now • Quick News • ARITS • Response to Lit Test • Socratic Seminars Info/ Prep
Do Now (page 34L) • Write a sentence for each of your vocabulary words. Each sentence must show the word’s meaning and be at least 7 words long. • Words are page 30R. • Pay close attention to the part of speech to make sure you are using it correctly. • Verbs are something you do. • Nouns are things or ideas. • Adverbs describe actions. • Adjectives describe nouns.
Quick News • Vocab/Spelling Quiz is Wednesday. • No school on Thursday or Friday. • Response to Literature writing quiz today. Complete sentences and textual evidence are required!!!! • Socratic Seminars next week; we will prepare for this today. • Keep the central idea chart taped to page 33R. • Less than 4 weeks left in the semester.
Response to Literature Quiz • Answer the questions in complete sentences and cite textual evidence to support your answers. • How long should my answer be? Quality over quantity.
Wednesday • Vocabulary #4 Quiz • New Words • November Notebook Check
Vocabulary #3 Spelling Vocabulary C B E F J D A I G H Grading Scales Spelling: 10 = 4 8 – 9 = 3.5 6 – 7 = 3 5 = 2.5 3 – 4 = 2 0 – 2 =1 Vocabulary/ POS: 20 = 4 16 – 19 = 3.5 12 – 15 = 3 10 – 11 = 2.5 6 – 9 = 2 0 – 5 = 1 POS 1. Noun 2. Adverb 3. Adverb 4. Noun 5. Noun 6. Adverb 7. Verb 8. Verb 9. Adverb 10. Verb • Sameness • Benevolently • Maliciously • Benefit • Arrangement • Truly • Malfunctioned • Bicycling • Biannually • Advancing
Notebook Check 1. Switch notebooks with someone at your table. 2. On page 35L copy down the following chart… 3. Write a score in each box based on your partner’s notebook. 4. At the bottom, write an overall score that is an average of all of the other scores.