Week of April 19

Friday
Tales #79
and this substitute is a nightmare designed to torment striplings
Vocab: stripling
Tales #80
he is big burly and odurate and he hates kids and he especially hates seventh graders
Vocab: obdurate
Tales #81
harold set among his new freinds at lunch and plotted to thwart this knavish sub
Vocab: knavish, thwart
Tales #82
him and gnarly contrived the perfect ploy to get this person--at his signal all of the students would drop there english book boring language on the floor
Vocab: ploy, contrived
Students shared their plot diagrams and myths.
Homework:
None



Thursday
Students worked on their plot diagrams and presentations.
Homework:
None




Wednesday
Early Release - Special Schedule



Tuesday
Tales #78
a few days later 3 things happenned at gavalin peak harold the hero convinced his parents to get him contact lenses the toothsome greatful belinda spoke to him and a substitute came in for mrs noisome
Vocab: toothsome
In groups, we read several myths: Orpheus; Echo and Narcissus; The Flight of Icarus; The Labors of Hercules; The Twelve Tasks of Heracles.
Each group will present their myth to the class and will share one plot diagram/story map per group.
Homework:
None




Monday
Tales #77
thats ok conan murmured harold with a leer at gnarly. me and my freind gnarly just want to somehow fit in
Vocab: leer
We read an excerpt from the Introduction to Thomas Bullfinch's Age of Fable: Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes, and then completed an outline activity. We then checked our work against the answer sheet and handed in the half-sheets.
After that, just had enough time to read Sky Woman, a creation myth from the literature book.
Homework:
None