Today's Work:

**For the next few days, we will be working on fiction and nonfiction articles relating in some ways to the theme of man vs nature- sort of of as extension to Touching Spirit Bear.**

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  • • • Watch the video and use the code posted above to get yourself signed up for the Common Lit site.

      • Today's assignment is to complete a short pre-assessment. This will help us know where you are and what things good at and where improvements can come for your comprehension skills.

      • Please do your best on this... it will go a long way for you in the future!

Today's Work:

• Common Lit Article: "Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island"

  • • • Use the annotation tools to mark up the article as you read: (5Ws, main ideas, vocabulary, references to question/answers, etc)

      • Work your way through the guided questions in the article as you read.

      • Complete the "Assessment" Questions at the end of the article.

      • Please do your best on this... it will go a long way for you in the future!

Today's Work:

• Common Lit Article: "The Story of the Lazy Boy..."

  • • • Use the annotation tools to mark up the article as you read: (5Ws, main ideas, vocabulary, references to question/answers, etc)

      • Work your way through the guided questions in the article as you read.

      • Complete the "Assessment" Questions at the end of the article.

Today's Work:

Common Lit Article: "Of Feathers, fat and Freezing..."

• • • Use the annotation tools to mark up the article as you read: (5Ws, main ideas, vocabulary, references to question/answers, etc)

    • Work your way through the guided questions in the article as you read.

    • Complete the "Assessment" Questions at the end of the article.

Today's Work:

**No new assignment for today. Use your ELA time to finish the Social Studies Explorer research and to complete and submit any missing assignments from this week and grading period.**