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Piedmont Middle School

Mr. Curry's LA/SS Core Class
Week 28 --  April 7-11, 2008
Technologically Enriched
Cooperative Learning		 Standards Based  
Project Based Learning
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6.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of Ancient Greece.
Chapter 8 Section 1: The Culture of Ancient Greece
Read 376-385  NTG  Review 127-133
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Chapter 8 Section 1 Review  
Chapter 8.1 Review/ Test Prep



Country Report Project
Students will start planning their Country Report.  See the Country Report Link for more information.

This week, we will guide students  in researching their country.
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Reading   Storm from Woodsong by Gary Paulsen



coming soon--due April 30th

Look at the attributes of an autobiography

  • The narrator is first person, speaking about his or her own life.
  • It is non-fiction, meaning it is real.
  Vocabulary
disengage
emit
regain
autobiography
by Gary Paulsen



Read and listen to an interview with Gary Paulsen
about his autobiography, Woodsong, from
which the selection Storm was taken.
 
Chapter 6   Text Book Link
   Standards (Hover cursor on bear for info)
1.4  |  2.3  |    3.5  |  1.0

Standard  3.5 Identify the speaker and recognize the difference between first-and third-person narration (e.g., autobiography compared with biography).
 
  Story:  Storm                Focus:  Standard 3.5
Literature
❑ Storm pp. 244–253
❑ Before You Read p. 244
❑ Focus On: questions and activities p. 252  (Scaffolded response guide)
❑ Vocabulary: Prefixes p. 253
❑ Grammar : Using Good and Well Correctly p. 253   Adjective Review
❑ Interactive Reading p. 188


Spelling: Unit 27 Adjectives with Suffixes -ive and -ous Word Scramble | Crossword

assertive
attractive
creative
delicious

effective
enormous
executive
fabulous

humorous
humungous
legislative
mysterious

negative
positive
positive
sensitive

tremendous
various
    



       Social Studies      
    Language Arts            
Monday
April 7

hr-2-3-4-5-6-1
 ❑ Read 376-378
❑HW: NTG 127-129
   ❑Work on Country Report 		❑ Spelling Pretest
❑ The Cay Report poster
❑ Before You Read p. 244
❑HW: Spelling Packet
Tuesday
April 8
hr-1-2-3-4-5-6
 ❑Read 379-381
❑HW: NTG 129-130
    ❑Work on Country Report 		❑ Read Storm pp. 244–253
❑HW: Spelling Packet 
           The Cay Report Poster
Wednesday
April 9
hr-6-1-2-3-4-5
 ❑Read 382-385
❑Do page 385 #1-6
❑HW: NTG 131-133
   ❑Work on Country Report 		❑ Read Storm pp. 244–253\
❑Focus On: p. 252

❑HW:   Spelling Packet
             The Cay Report Poster

Thursday
April 10

5-6-1-2-3-4
 ❑Review 8.1
❑Finish/Correct page 385 #1-6
❑ QL: SS8.1
HW:❑ Country Report
❑ Vocabulary: Prefixes p. 253
 ❑ Grammar : Using Good and Well Correctly p. 253
❑The Cay Report Poster (due Fri)
❑ QuizLab: Storm
Friday
April 11
hr-4-5-6-1-2-3
 ❑Work on Country Report
❑ QL: SS8.1
 ❑Spelling Post-Test
❑ Adjective Quiz
❑ QuizLab: Storm