Hello, Students!
I'm sorry to be so late with my blog post this weekend. As you will see, we are doubling up on our History lessons this week in order to finish the Early British Colonies before Spring Break, and to take advantage of March to learn Texas History. We will also be starting a great (but sad) novel, Old Yeller. So I've had to get more ready for the week than usual. One of the things I think you'll be most excited about is our upcoming field trip to the Bob Bullock Museum in Austin on March 28th! So, before we reach that date, we have so much to learn!
Get ready to juggle!
You have a spelling test this Monday morning and will have to write the definitions for all 10 words by memory. Hope you are studying!
Tomorrow in class, you will receive your new packet for the week, with most of the history lessons on Colonial America; a new Texas History folder with this week's work; and your copy of Old Yeller, with the questions/charts for each chapter. There will be no book report project for this novel.
Those handouts that I have available at this time (Sunday night) will have links below. If there is no link yet, I will be adding those as I get the papers created!
Literature and History Assignment Chart
TEXAS: Chapter 1 Overview: Land of Contrasts
TEXAS: Chapter 2 Overview: Texas Regions
Map of Regions
TEXAS: Chapter 3 Overview: Native Americans
Map of Native Americans
TEXAS: Chapter 4-6 Overviews: Early Explorers and Missions and Settlements
End of Spanish Rule
Intro handout for Old Yeller
Texas questions for Intro page 2 to Old Yeller
Question Charts for Chapters 1-3, Old Yeller
Question Charts for Chapters 4-6, Old Yeller
Question Charts for Chapters 7-9, Old Yeller
Writing Prompt #1 for Old Yeller
Writing Prompt #2 for Old Yeller
Article, The Pocahontas Myth
Questions for US History, Chapter 7 and Pocahontas Myth
Questions for US History, Chapters 8 & 9
SPELLING and VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, March 11
The following words are taken from the first 8 Chapters of Old Yeller.
You will need to be
able to spell each word correctly, writing in cursive.
Then, you must define
the 7 words that have a * by them from memory.
1. dingy* = dirty-colored
2. separate
3. frontier* = that which is beyond the edge of
civilized society; the
unexplored areas
unexplored areas
4. varmint* = vermin,
or troublesome animals
5. solemn* = sacred
or serious
6. prairie* = large
area of grassland
7. frazzle* = torn
or tattered, as in clothes; tired or exhausted
8. thieving
9. spasm* = an
involuntary muscular contraction
10. blizzard
11. heifer
12. plague
