Week at a glance Sept 6 - 10, 2010

Curriculum focus: determines word meanings through knowledge of word structure: Greek and Latin roots and prefixes and suffixes (11.1.3.k3), uses information from the text to make inferences and draw conclusions (11.1.4.K5), identifies persuasive techniques (11.1.4.K14a-f), distinguishes between fact and opinion and recognizes propaganda (11.1.4.K15a), analyzes how the author’s use of irony contributes to his/her purpose (11.1.4.K11c), identifies the protagonist (11.2.1.K1a), contextual aspects of setting: how history, society, and culture influence events in the text (11.2.1.K2), and analyzes how the problem or conflict advances the plot of a narrative (11.2.1.K3a).

Root words for this week (root - definition - examples):

1. ced / cede / ceed - go - proceed, concede, succeed
   
2. hyper - over or above - hyperactive, hyperventilate, hyperbole
   
3. inter / intra / intro - between, within, into - international, introduction
   
4. mega - great - megaphone, megaton, megalopolis
   
5. ortho - correct - orthodox, orthodontist, orthopedic
   
6. trans - across - transport, transition, transatlantic
   

This week we begin reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Students will receive a study guide in class on Tuesday that we'll complete in class as we read the play. Students will not receive a copy of the play for themselves because we'll be reading the play in class. It will be absolutely essential that students are listening and keeping up with their in-class assignments.

• Mon: Labor Day - no school
• Tues: The Crucible - begin reading Act I
  
• Wed: The Crucible - continue reading Act I. Complete in-class assignment, due by the end of the hour.
• Thurs: The Crucible - finish reading and discussing Act I. Continue work on questions from the Act I study guide.
• Fri: Root Words Quiz. The Crucible - wrap up Act I discussion and complete questions from the Act I study guide, due by the end of the hour.