Week at a glance March 26 - 30, 2012

Curriculum focus: identifies, interprets, and analyzes figurative language including: idiom, imagery, and symbolism (11.1.2.K4), uses information from the text to make inferences and draw conclusions (11.1.4.K5), compares/contrasts textual aspects: character traits, themes, character motives, and author's purpose (11.1.4.K7), 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 for this week (root - definition - examples):

1. ambi/amphi - both- amphibian, ambidextrous
2. dom - house/home - domain, domestic
3. hema/hemo - blood- hemoglobin, hematoma
4. paleo - ancient - paleontology, paleoanthropology
5. xeno - foreign/alien - xenophobia, xenobiology

This week is a transitional week: we'll wrap up all remaining Career Project presentations, begin a brief unit over folklore and mythology, and begin our 4th Quarter Independent Reading Project.  The American Folklore unit will give students a bit of background and wrap up with an opportunity for some creative writing toward the end of next week.

• Mon: New root words - quiz on Friday.  Final Career Project Presentations.  Folklore Unit - definitions and background - notes in class.
• Tues: 4th Quarter Independent Reading Project - introduction and selecting a book.  Unit overview.
• Wed: American Folklore - examples and discussion.
• Thurs: Begin reading/discussing "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
• Fri: Root words quiz.  Finish reading/discussing "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - questions due by the end of the hour.