It is the week of November 17th, 2008

Eighth Grade:
Monday: Vocabulary Lesson #6
Tuesday: "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" in the Holt Reader, margin questions and end of story questions due Wednesday.
Wednesday: Continue working on "The Treasure of Lemon Brown", assign short story or reflection writing, rough draft due Thursday
Thursday: Type drafts of short story or personal reflection on a treasure of your own
Friday: Vocabulary Lesson #6 due, Quiz, Reader's Workshop time

Seventh Grade:
Monday: The Clay Marble chapters 11-12, questions for Chapters 7-12 due Tuesday
Tuesday: The Clay Marble chapters 13-14, review questions together for 13-14 in class, due at end of the hour
Wednesday: The Clay Marble chapters 15-16, work on review of SETTING and PLOT for chapters 7-12
Thursday:  The Clay Marble chapters 17-18 and Afterward, review SETTING and PLOT for chapters 13-end
Friday:  Review STORY ELEMENTS: Character, Setting, Plot, Point of View, Conflict, Climax, Resolution, Theme for test on MONDAY!

THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THE STORY ELEMENTS ON MONDAY!!!

Mrs. Gelking

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