October 15 - 19

E10 A - Week 7

Monday, October 15

  • vocab warm-up:
  • 9. omnivore, n. – person or animal that eats everything (both animals and plants)
  • 10. voracious, adj. – 1. greedy in eating. 2. insatiable, as a voracious appetite.

CIDE: killing, killer

  • 11. genocide, n. – deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group
  • 12. herbicide, n. – substance that kills plants
  • Handout on reading your book
    • Carefully keep track of starting and stopping page today
  • FANBOYS
    • Grammar exercise

Tuesday, October 16

  • vocab warm-up:
  • 13. homicide, n. – killing of one human by another
  • 14. insecticide, n. – substance that kills insects
  • 15. pesticide, n. – substance that kills rats, insects, etc.
  • 16. suicide, n. – act of killing (or killer of) oneself
  • Reading time
    • get out your reading log
    • at the end record your pages
  • Elements of fiction
    • plot
    • characters
    • conflict
    • voice
  • "Ol' Blood and Guts" story
    • What are the elements of fiction in this simple story?
    • read the story
    • answer questions on the back!

Wednesday, October 17

  • vocab warm-up:
  • VIV: live, alive

17. convivial, adj. – fond of eating and drinking with friends; jovial; hospitable

18. revive, v. – bring back to life; restore

19. survive, v. – outlive; remain alive after

20. vivacious, adj. – lively in temper or conduct

  • Reading time
    • Fill out Reading Log
  • Poetry Wednesday
  • Characterization
    • notes
    • questions
    • story
    • all due at end of class tomorrow

Thursday, October 18

  • vocab warm-up:
  • 21. vivacity, n. – liveliness of spirit
  • 22. vivid, adj. – 1. full of life. 2. sharp and clear; graphic
  • 23. vivisection, n. – operation on a live animal for scientific investigation
  • 24. antivivisectionist, n. – one who opposes vivisection
  • Reading time
    • fill out Reading Log
  • Characterization work
      • finish story
      • due at beginning of class tomorrow

Friday, October 19

  • vocab warm-up:
    • Draw a picture that shows four vocab words.
    • Write a caption under the picture.
  • Reading time
    • Add today's info to Reading Log
  • Visual Friday
    • What do you see in this picture?
  • Bradbury story - "All Summer in a Day"