READING
We are continuing our novel, Number the Stars by Lois Lowery. Students will be reading and discussing chapter 13 this week during class. We'll be discussing plot, character traits, main ideas and supporting details which are presented in the novel.
WRITING and GRAMMAR
Students will be writing responses to literature in their composition books and writing summaries of different reading selections. In addition we will be identifying the main idea and supporting details in the passages we read.
SPELLING
Spelling and vocabulary words from chapters 11-12 in Number the Stars:
1. balance
2. stumble
3. quiet
4. movement
5. casket
6. confusion
7. horizon
8. exhausted
9. imitating
10. unfamiliar
11. desperately
12. position
13. winced
14. invisible
15. anxious*
16. commotion
17. tense
18. stricken
19. gnarled
20. answer
Bonus: perilous*
* some words are repeated from previous lists
Spelling test is Wednesday, February 29th
