Week 9 May 18-21
Monday, May 18
Journal: What is your best childhood memory?
Grammar: Colons, Semicolons and Commas. Do Exercise 12 #1-10 page 313
Literature: Read The Scholarship Jacket and answer the questions.
1. What is the setting of the story?
2. Who is the narrator?
3. What is the scholarship jacket? When do you win it and why do you win it?
4. Why has the narrator (Martha) never played sports?
5. What does the Martha's father do for a living?
6. Who does she overhear? What are the arguing about?
7. Why does Mr. Boone think Joann should win the scholarship jacket?
8. Why does Mr. Schmidt think Martha should win?
9. How does the principal change the rules on the scholarship jacket so that it will be harder for Martha to win?
10. Why does Martha live with her grandparents? What do they do for a living?
11. Why does grandfather say that he won't pay the fifteen dollars for the jacket, though he can afford it.
12. When Martha tells the principal she won't pay for the jacket, what does he do?
13. Why is the jacket so important to Martha?
14. What lesson has grandfather taught Martha in this story? Why do you think so?
IXL: 30 minutes a day
Book: Read Roll of Thunder, pages 69-101
Tuesday, May 19
Journal: What is your special talent?
Grammar: Hyphens: Read page 315 carefully. Do Exercise 13 #1-15
Literature: Read The Medicine Bag and do the questions
1. What is the setting of the story? Where does Martin live?
2. Who is coming down the street? Who is surrounding him?
3. Where has grandfather come from? How long has it taken for him to get to Martin's house?
4. How does Martin react when he sees his grandfather in the street?
5. What is wrong with grandfather?
6. Why is Martin embarrassed by his grandfather?
7. Where does grandfather live?
8. Why has he come to visit?
9. What is the significance of the medicine bundle?
10. Who gave the medicine bundle to grandfather?
11. The medicine bundle must always go to a man. Why did grandfather's son not have the bundle?
12. Why did his son not take the bundle?
13. What happened to the son?
14. How do Martin's friends react to meeting grandfather?
15. What is in the medicine bundle?
16. What does grandpa tell Martin about what he needs to put in the bundle and when to wear it?
17. At the end of the story, where is Martin and why is that important?
IXL: 30 minutes a day
Book: Read in Roll of Thunder pages 101-123
Wednesday, May 19
Make up Day
Journal: What is your best childhood memory?
Grammar: Colons, Semicolons and Commas. Do Exercise 12 #1-10 page 313
Literature: Read The Scholarship Jacket and answer the questions.
1. What is the setting of the story?
2. Who is the narrator?
3. What is the scholarship jacket? When do you win it and why do you win it?
4. Why has the narrator (Martha) never played sports?
5. What does the Martha's father do for a living?
6. Who does she overhear? What are the arguing about?
7. Why does Mr. Boone think Joann should win the scholarship jacket?
8. Why does Mr. Schmidt think Martha should win?
9. How does the principal change the rules on the scholarship jacket so that it will be harder for Martha to win?
10. Why does Martha live with her grandparents? What do they do for a living?
11. Why does grandfather say that he won't pay the fifteen dollars for the jacket, though he can afford it.
12. When Martha tells the principal she won't pay for the jacket, what does he do?
13. Why is the jacket so important to Martha?
14. What lesson has grandfather taught Martha in this story? Why do you think so?
IXL: 30 minutes a day
Book: Read Roll of Thunder, pages 69-101
Journal: What is your special talent?
Grammar: Hyphens: Read page 315 carefully. Do Exercise 13 #1-15
Literature: Read The Medicine Bag and do the questions
1. What is the setting of the story? Where does Martin live?
2. Who is coming down the street? Who is surrounding him?
3. Where has grandfather come from? How long has it taken for him to get to Martin's house?
4. How does Martin react when he sees his grandfather in the street?
5. What is wrong with grandfather?
6. Why is Martin embarrassed by his grandfather?
7. Where does grandfather live?
8. Why has he come to visit?
9. What is the significance of the medicine bundle?
10. Who gave the medicine bundle to grandfather?
11. The medicine bundle must always go to a man. Why did grandfather's son not have the bundle?
12. Why did his son not take the bundle?
13. What happened to the son?
14. How do Martin's friends react to meeting grandfather?
15. What is in the medicine bundle?
16. What does grandpa tell Martin about what he needs to put in the bundle and when to wear it?
17. At the end of the story, where is Martin and why is that important?
IXL: 30 minutes a day
Book: Read in Roll of Thunder pages 101-123
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Make up Day
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