Week at a glance Nov 15 - 19, 2010

Curriculum focus: identifies, interprets, and analyzes figurative language including: simile, metaphor, idiom, analogy, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, imagery, and symbolism (11.1.2.K4a-i), compares/contrasts textual aspects: character traits (11.1.4.K7a), compare/contrasts textual aspects: character motives (11.1.4.K7h), compares/contrasts textual aspects: author's purpose (11.1.4.K7i), analyzes and evaluates how the author's style (word choice and sentence structure) and use of literary devices work together to achieve his/her purpose by using tone, mood, and imagery (11.1.4.K11d, e, and h), and analyzes contextual aspects of setting and their influence on characters and events in the story including the contexts of history, society, and culture (11.2.1.K2a-c).

Root Words Unit Exam, Part II on Friday

This week we'll wrap up our Root Words unit. We'll also continue making progress in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck and Jim are now on the Mississippi River. As we read, we'll see Huck's internal struggle regarding what to do with Jim slowly build and change him.

• Mon: Pass out Root Words Unit Exam, Part II, study guide. Huck Finn - quiz over Ch 5 - 7; complete 5 - 7 study guide by the end of the hour. For Wednesday - read Ch 8 - 11, pgs 36 - 63.
• Tues: Root Words Test (last week's roots). Read and discuss Huck Finn, Ch 8 -11, pgs 36 - 63.
  
• Wed: Huck Finn - Ch 8 - 11 quiz, study guide due by the end of the hour. For Friday - read Huck Finn, Ch 12 - 16, pages 63 - 95.
• Thurs: Review for Root Words Unit Exam, Part II. Read and discuss Huck Finn, Ch 12 - 16, pages 63 - 95.
  
• Fri: Root Words Unit Exam, Part II. Huck Finn - Ch 12 - 16 quiz, study guide due by the end of the hour. For Tuesday - read Ch 17 - 18, pgs 95 - 116.