Monday, September 24, 2012

Week 5, Day 1
Objective: understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding

1. Bell Work: This week is Banned Books Week.  Why do you think some books are banned or challenged?  Explain your reasoning.  If you don't know what "Banned Books Week" is visit this website.
2. Week 5 SAT Words
3. Grade Unit 1 Introduction
4. Create a copy of this document 
5. Vocabulary for stories
1. Ancestors
2. Depths
3. Protruded
4. Unconscious
6. Look up the definition, part of speech, and sentence for each of the words.  They should be in the textbook between pages 20-28.
7. Listen to  "The Earth on Turtle's Back" (Onondaga), "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" (Modoc), from The Navajo Origin Legend (Navajo)  (pg. 20-28)