***Note: All assignments are usually done in-class unless noted in your
child's agenda planner. This page is primarily a guide for absent students
and for parents who would like to know what their child is working on.***
November 9th- 13th
Monday-
Time to work on spelling and vocab (packets handed out in class for 5th
period) pages 7/8 and 99/100 for 3rd and 7th periods
"What is a double negative and how do I correct them?"
handout pages 135-136
"What is slant rhyme?"
group work
"Gus the Theatre Cat" packet
done in class
Tuesday-
"What are couplets? What are quatrains?"
packet
"Sarah Cynithia Sylvia Stout"
Packet
Create a couplet poem
~must have three quatrains, each with two ryming couplets- on any subject you
want. Consider school, your favorite or worst subject, your pet, a family
member. You can make this funny or serious.
Your final, illustrated draft is due in your poetry folder Thursday
Wednesday- No School!
Thursday-
Check coulet poems
Grade spelling and vocab
Recite "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" for a 200 point grade
"What are onomatopoeias, hyperboles, idioms, and puns?"
Fill in handout for vocab folder
Create a metaphor poem for your poetry folder
Friday-
Spelling test
check metaphor poems
page 555 in Elem. of Lit. book
"I Am of the Earth" and "Early Song"
answer questions on worksheet
Combining sentences using commas and conjunctions
