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"