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Monday May 13, 2013. Agenda Check at-home project Vocabulary Quiz – WIS Continue Unit 7 – Lesson 3. At-home Project. Ex a p. 234 – do NOT look at the article. Ex C p.249-250 Ex D p.250-251 Read Chapter 4 of the Trojan Horse – there will be questions about it on Monday May 13, 2013.
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Monday May 13, 2013 Agenda Check at-home project Vocabulary Quiz – WIS Continue Unit 7 – Lesson 3
At-home Project • Ex a p. 234 – do NOT look at the article. • Ex C p.249-250 • Ex D p.250-251 • Read Chapter 4 of the Trojan Horse – there will be questions about it on Monday May 13, 2013. • Study the new vocabulary for the WIS Quiz on Monday May 13, 2013
New Vocabulary Use each of the words below to write a complete, correct sentence in English. 1. leader 2. mountains 3. environment 4. goal 5. ordinary 6. climb 7. pleased 8. silver 9. still 10. suppose
Trojan Horse Answer the following questions about The Trojan Horse. All the questions are from Chapter 4. • To whom is there now a great festival in Troy? • What do the priestesses do? • What is the problem for Cassandra? • What happens as the horse rolls along? • Who is ‘at last’ inside Troy? • What does Simon say about the wooden horse? • What do the Trojans place under the slab of rock? • What do the Trojans want to do with the horse? • What does King Priam tell his men to do? • Who do the Trojans find hiding in the grass?
Lesson 4 – The Iditarod Before you read Look at the picture p.237. Read the sentences. Check True, False, Don’t Know. TrueFalseDon’t Know • The dogs are in a warm ___ ___ _____ environment. • The dogs are pulling a sled. ___ ___ _____ • The Iditarod is a dog race. ___ ___ _____ Now read the article p.238 (5 student readers needed)
Comprehension Exercises b. Vocabulary: New Context – put the right word in each blank. c. Vocabulary Review – put the right word in each blank. d. Question – the asterisk means that you have to think about the answer. e. Comprehension: True/False/No Information – Write T if the sentence is true. Write F is the sentence is false. Write NI if there is no information. f. Main idea – circle the number of the main idea of the text.
New Vocabulary Choose 10 new words for the Dictation Quiz on Monday May 20. 1.
At-home Project • Paragraph writing: write a short paragraph of 8-10 sentences on the following topic: Which lesson in Unit 7 was the most interesting to you? Why? Title: Most Interesting LessonDue date: Wednesday May 22, 2013 • Ex a p.255 – think of what you will need to take with you on an exploration. Use the pictures to help you think of the word. • Choose 10 new words from Lesson 4 + 5 in Unit 7. These will be for the Dictation Quiz on Monday May 20.