Week of Oct. 24

Friday
Students engaged in critical thinking exercises.
Homework:
Read as far as p. 196 (the end of Chapter 7) by Monday.



Thursday
Students took the Harbinger test and then continued reading their novel and working on the Literary Devices assignment.
Homework:
Read as far as p. 196 (the end of Chapter 7) by Monday. Students who needed to, took the book home.



Wednesday
Students had time to read the class novel and work on their Lit. Devices assignment.
Homework:
Harbinger test tomorrow.



Tuesday
BTales #15
isabelle ingenuous of course smilted at williams powm and felicias freindly jibe but her smile immediatly turned to a frown at the sight of a recogizable hulking figure that loped towards them with a malevolent grin on its face. it was orson odious followed by his 2 pals danny dappper and petra pulchritudinous
Vocab: jibe, loped, malevolent, odious, dapper, pulchritudinous
We held the spelling bee run-off. Congrats to Caitlyn, Keegan, and Corinne (alternate: Claire)
Homework:
Study vocab (Weeks 1-3, BTales, and Harbinger) and Stems List #1.
Harbinger test on Thursday.



Monday
BTales #14
for the benefit of youre freinds william cant you and your freind jesse write nothing except those insipid limericks and cinquains felicia teased. hey how about giving us a brake and trying another form of poetry this year
Vocab: insipid
Students read Johnny Tremain and worked on their Lit. Devices assignment.
We then played a game to practice Stems List #1.
Homework:
Study vocab (Weeks 1-3, BTales, and Harbinger) and Stems List #1.
Harbinger test on Thursday.