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Get ready for the vocabulary quiz on Friday by practicing definitions and context clues. Improve your language skills with daily practice exercises. Don't forget the permission slip for the ice cream party reward!
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 • In My Homework, please write: • Vocabulary in Contexgt • Vocab. Quiz on Friday • Ex. 28, p. 451
P.T.O. • Box tops! 300 per homeroom gets an ice cream party on May 8th during TAS! In by May 1st.
Daily Language Practice • 1. If you have ever seen a swim meet you know how good Kumin’s poem captures the appearance of a race. (2) • 2. She uses connecting words between the lines to visually represent the swimmer’s underwater turn at the end of a line. (1)
Vocabulary Unit Thirteen • Practice Definitions • Check Choosing the Right Word • Begin Vocabulary in Context
Please do now… • 5 words • 5 sentences
Ex. 27, p. 450 • 1. East Jerusalem covers an area that is almost twice as large as West Jerusalem. • 2. East Jerusalem includes the Old City, which lies on the site of ancient Jerusalem. • 3. West Jerusalem has modern factories that produce chemicals, clothing, leather goods, and machinery. • 4. In ancient time, the temple, which was the heart of the city, stood on a hill in eastern Jerusalem. • 5. In the time since the temples were destroyed, other buildings have been constructed on the site.
Read p. 451 • For ex. 28 • Rewrite the first sentence by adding the second sentence as an adjective clause.
TAS Questions • What can you tell me about hurricanes? • How can you infer and predict meaning from graphs?