LITERATURE & HISTORY: October 24-28

Hello, Students!

This week, our readings will be from three different books, each of which has a Native American legend or article in it. Your spelling words and vocabulary will be taken from these books, and you will have homework assignments for reading. Our new 9 weeks of Reading Log grades begins this week, so please make an effort to write down your reading and get your parents to initial these every week.

In History, you will be finishing your research on your Native region, and making your PowerPoint, which will be DUE ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 31.

For Tuesday: Be sure that you have finished writing your “key” short story from last week. These are due on Tuesday at the beginning of class. HOMEWORK: for Tuesday, read pages 150-170 of the story, The Last Great Snake from the Junior Great Books, Series 6, First Semester book that you will be given in class on Monday. Fill out study guide for story. Study for your spelling test.

For Wednesday: Be ready to turn in your study guide over the first half of The Last Great Snake. Be ready for class discussion over the ideas in the story so far, and any questions you had when you read. HOMEWORK: For Wednesday, read pages 170-192 of The Last Great Snake, and fill out study guide. Study for your spelling test.

For Thursday: Be ready to turn in your study guide over the second half of The Last Great Snake. After our discussion on Thursday, you will be asked to write an essay on one of the themes of the story in class. Study for your spelling test.

For Friday: You will share your essays with one another about The Last Great Snake. We will do a Reader’s Theater How the Coyote Brought Fire to the People. HOMEWORK: Read Buffalo Hunt and the two poems from Collections for Young Scholars, Volume 5, Book 2, pages 135-157. Fill out the study guide for this reading assignment. Study for your spelling test.

On Friday: Spelling Test. Your study guide for last night’s reading is due. Class discussion over the article and poems Buffalo Hunt and comparison to what you are learning about your native region. You will write a poem about the buffalo the style of the Great Plains Native American culture, and paint an illustration in that style.

SPELLING WORDS for Test on Friday, October 28.

1. abruptly

2. journeying

3. lusterless*

4. weather-beaten

5. ancient

6. stringy*

7. polishing

8. busied

9. uncanny

10. diligent*

11. resistant

12. indifferently

*you must know and be able to write the definition for each of these words (3)