1st/3rd period homework for Friday, 11/13

Read "Winter Moon," literature book p. 79. and then answer these questions (in your Five-Star):

1. What words or phrases are repeated in this poem?
2. How does this poem make you feel about the moon?
3. In your own words, describe the moon that the poet sees.
4. Why does the poet repeat the phrases he does?
5. Does the poet like what he sees, or not? Explain.

Homework for Monday, November 9, 2009

Write a great sentence with each of the following words:
1. vague
2. pursue (pursued)
3. hysterical
4. serene
5. serenity
6. hasty
7. hastily
8. vivid
9. vividly

Vocabulary for "Harriet Tubman"

1. fugitive (n) 36
2. pursuit (n) pursue (v) 36
3. vague (adj) 36
4. hasty (adj) (hastily) (adv) 37
5. vivid (adj) 37
6. incentive (n) 38
7. instill (v) in 38
8. dispel (v) 38
9. hysterical (adj) 38
10. incomprehensible (adj) 37
11. serenity (n) serene (adj) 40
12. eloquent (adj) eloquence (n) 40
13. evoke (v) 40
14. disclose (v) 41
15. cajole (v) 41

phrases to know:

• in succession
  in the vicinity

4th period Homework for Monday, November 2

Review and Assess Questions on "Harriet Tubman"

1. Respond: Would you have trusted Harriet Tubman to take you on a long, difficult journey? Why or why not?
2. (a) Recall: What kinds of stories does Tubman tell the fugitives? (b) Analyze: Why does she tell them these stories? (c) Evaluate: How effective are the stories?
3. (a) Recall: What does Tubman do when one of the fugitives insists that he is going back? (b) Analyze Causes and Effects: Explain why Tubman feels she cannot let anyone go back.
4. (a) Interpret: Explain one of the several possible meanings of Tubman's statement "We live free or die." (b) Make a Judgment: Do you think the results of Tubman's trips are worth the danger she puts herself in?
5. (a) Synthesize: Describe Harriet Tubman's character. (b) Connect: What modern leaders have qualities similar to Harriet Tubman's?

VOCABULARY for quiz on Tuesday, October 13

1. variety (n) different form of same thing; different choices (often followed by "of")
2. equip (v) give needed things to (0ften followed by "with")
3. acquaint (v) to know (“I’m acquainted with her.”)
4. malicious (adj) likely to do evil actions
5. tyrant (n) ruler who misuses power
6. furtive (adv) sneaky, secretive
7. painstakingly (adv) VERY carefully, completely (describes the way something was done)
8. resume (v) start again after a pause
9. shriek (n) a scream (v) to make a screaming sound
10. plague (n) a disease (v) to be like a disease
11. dread (n) a feeling of great fear (v) to feel that feeling
12. freight (n) cargo; things being carried somewhere else, often for sale
13. plausible (adj) believable, likely to be true
14. meek (adj) gentle, humble (adv: in a gentle, humble way)
15. apprentice (n) a person who works in return for training and experience

Homework due Monday, October 5

1st and 3rd periods:
Finish "Cub Pilot" (up to p. 34 in Reader's Companion)
Answer "Review & Assess" questions on p. 108 of your literature book.

Homework for Friday, October 2

1st and 3rd periods:
Read up to p. 31 in your Reader’s Companion (“Cub Pilot”)do sidebars.

4th period:
Skills Book pp. 37, 39, 40