WHAT WE DID IN CLASS TODAY:
We began our class today by getting organized! A challenge for many 9th grade students is staying organized the entire semester so that studying for the comprehensive semester exam will be a breeze. Each student should have three sections in his/her 2" binder: class notes/handouts, vocabulary, writing. For the class notes/handout section we began a running table of its contents on the handout below. Each time we receive a handout or take a page of notes, we will enter it in the table of contents and number it. Furthermore, we pasted the "Keeping a Writer's Notebook" handout on the inside front cover of our Writer's Notebooks. Finally we finished going over the definitions of the word list from A Long Way Gone. Here is the list:
1. coup - 14 (n.)
2. resonate - 16 (v.)
3. adage - 16 (n.)
4. skeptical - 48 (adj.)
5. indelibly - 51 (adv.)
6. disconsolate - 65 (adj.)
7. stagnant - 90 (adj.)
8. vehemently - 96 (adv.)
9. respite - 106 (n.)
10. jovial - 128 (adj.)
All numbers refer to the page on which it appears in A Long Way Gone
Ideas for Writing in a Writer’s Notebook
Notebook Table of Contents
HOMEWORK:
1. Finish vocabulary notebook. For each word, draw something that will help you remember the definition. On the bottom right, fill in with two synonyms and one antonym for each word. These synonyms and antonyms should be the same parts of speech as the original word.
2. Free choice summer reading book report is now due on Thursday.
3. Have your parent(s) sign the last page of the neon green syllabus.
