Week of March 3rd

ROAD MAP

Week of March 3rd

PB will be absent on Friday

ENGLISH: Spelling Lesson #21 all levels; test on Friday.

All groups will learn this week’s prefix (post), root (sci), and suffix (ed). Refer to the handout and

highlight this weeks affixes and root. The spelling test will be like last week’s.

Color groups must learn that post is a prefix, sci is a root, and ed is a suffix.

PB’s group must also learn the meaning of post, sci, and ed.

Advanced group must learn how to break a word apart into its prefix, root, and suffix in order to

determine what the word means.

Complete the handout on Synonyms, both sides,

in class on Tuesday. Finish for HOMEWORK.

PARTS OF SPEECH: verbs - in class do SkillsBook Verbs 1 on pages 135 and 136. For HOMEWORK Monday, do Verbs 2 on pages 137 and 138. We will go over this in class on Tuesday. Bring your SKillsBook to class.

HISTORY: in class go over last week’s workbook assignment.

SCIENCE: first go over geology time scale in the cartoon handout in class. Next, create a “geological time scale” based on your life. This won’t begin until Tuesday afternoon’s science class.

READING: minimum of 30 minutes each day. Write in your reading log each day. Follow the directions in the

handout that you taped into your reading log. If you don’t know what to do, write a summary.

PERSUASIVE WRITING: in class analyze persuasive essays on the overhead. Review the required elements of persuasive writing. Using anecdotes and quoting experts to persuade. Select a topic. Write a persuasive essay.

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