Monday March 19

Students practice using the RACE method to answer the above write prompts. We will work on these prompts all week and it will count as a Project grade. Paragraphs will be graded on Friday.

Begin Chapter 1 of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Students are encouraged to bring in a copy of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe from home and/or the local library

Vocabulary:

1. parcels- small packages wrapped in paper.
2. inquisitive- curious
3. wireless- an old British radio
4. air raids- an attack in which bombs are  dropped from a plane to the ground

Test tomorrow over the following phrases:

According to the text

According to the author

The author says

For example

For instance

__________ proves that

 

Tuesday, March 20

Chapter 2

1. melancholy- a feeling of deep sadness
2. stag- a male deer
3. merely- just, only
4. lulling- calming or sending someone to sleep
5. wretched- very unpleasant or in bad condition

Read Chapter 2 and 3 if time permits

Complete  Amelia Earhart RACE paragraph (project grade)

Wednesday, March 21

Complete Benefits of Music RACE paragraph (project grade)

Chapter 3

1. hoax- a trick
2. spiteful- mean or full of hate
3. groping- to  feel about or search blindly
4. sulking- to be in a bad mood because one is annoyed  or disappointed

 

Thursday, March 22

Complete Making Millions RACE paragraph (project grade)

Chapter 4

1. dominions- an area of land belonging to a ruler
2. dreadful- causing great  fear or unhappiness, serious
3. mantle- a loose sleeveless cloak or shawl
4. snappishly- easily annoyed or made angry

 

Chapter 5

1. coolly- calmly, without anxiety
2. spectacles- glasses
3. trippers- people who go on vacation, tourists
4. alarming- worrying or disturbing

 

Friday, March 23

Test over Chapters 1-5 of Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

RACE paragraphs due (Project grade)