Tuesday, September 6th:
Vocabulary:
Julio, Karla, Pamela
Wrangle: to fight or to wrestle with something
difficult or to argue loudly
Churlish: rude
Revert: to go back to a prior state
Acted out “The Sniper” as a review for the test:
The actors acted out the short story while I asked questions
prodding the kids about what happened next. The kids, following the story in the book, called out the
action while the actors acted it out.
Actors: Ashanti, Carolina, Jennifer, Kate, Pamela
Wednesday, September 7th:
Passed out “The Sniper” packet to the following students:
Ashley, Samantha, John, Danny, Odalys, Shianne, Karla,
Jennifer
"The Sniper" packet will be due for the above students on Friday, September 9th.
Test over "The Sniper"
Part 2 of “The Sniper” Test
Liam O’Flaherty writes about people who are living in the
middle of a civil war. How would you describe his feelings about war?
On a separate sheet of paper, write a paragraph explaining
your point of view and citing parts of the story that influence your opinion.
Thursday, September 8th:
Could not access Kahoot.it.com to do vocabulary review for students. Went to Plan B instead.
Assigned: Holt
Handbook: pages 15 - 16
Do exercise 8 and exercise 9
Exercise 8:
Please write out the entire sentences and underline the main
verb and the helping verb
Exercise 9:
Please write out the entire sentences and underline the main
verb, the helping verb, and the verb phrase
Finish pages 14 – 15, exercises 8 and 9 in Holt Handbook
Acted out the verb sentences:
1. did
need
2. has
designed
3. must
spend
4. will
be using
5. does
walk
6. will
be exercising
7. is
reminding
8. Must
wear
9. Should
try
10. Might not
/ have healed
Do improv using verb tenses
Read “Do Animals Think?”; page 27 in Holt Literature and Language Arts
Read up to page 28 to first heading.
