Welcome to the new school year 2012-2013

Week#1 August 27-31, 2012

Literature: Summer reading - You Don't Know Me by David Klass
Writing: Sentences
Vocabulary: levitating, salient, ponderous, tundra, prowess, crescendo, portal, incremental, girth, mayhem, edification, emetic, heinous,eviscerated, nostalgia

Homework:

• Bring all materials required in the syllabus by August 31 or September 4.
• Bring back the white paper part of the syllabus by August 28.
• Bring a small photo of you, glue stick and colored pens or markers by August 29.
• Prepare for a vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, September 4.

Activities
Monday - Wednesday

• Receive syllabus and welcome letter.
• Write a personal bio-poem and a literary bio-poem and share with the class. You may use a word, or words from the vocabulary list. Create a poster of the bio-poem.

Thursday

• Go over the summer novel.
• Discuss irony, point of view, and tone.  Read and analyze a quote/passage from the novel. Analyze the irony, point of view and tone in the quote/passage.
• Work on a writing assignment.

Friday

• Listen to a reading of a short, short, short fairy tale story to review the elements of fiction. Be ready with your pen and notebook.
• Identify the setting, character traits, point of view, and theme; and write answers in an Elements of Fiction Chart.