Week # 6 September 26-30, 2011

Literature: Joan Aiken's "Searching for Summer" and Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian"
Writing and Grammar: Parts of a sentence and punctuation
Vocabulary: commiserate, disengage, indomitable, rudimentary, savoring, unavailing, voluble, wizened, revue, halt, ebb, murmur, antiseptic, regressive, tendencies

Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes on "There Will Come Soft Rains" words - Due: Monday, 9/26

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #5 on "There Will Come Soft Rains" words.
2. Read Joan Aiken's "Searching for Summer."

Tuesday
1. Continue reading SS.
2. Annotate for plot elements, figurative language, and details.
3. Take a reading check.

Wednesday
1. Read Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian." Annotate for setting, plot, characters, theme, sensory details, simile, and repetition.
2. Work on guide questions.
3. View Ray Bradbury film.


Thursday
Holiday


Friday
Continue viewing and answer viewing guide.