Written by: Shelly Krill
2/12/2008

We've been writing a lot lately and this week is no exception. We'll be reading an article from Newsweek about the new wave of books - digital books. Kids will read the article, summarize and look for key points. This will lead into a quick look a editorials.

Monday- Read "The Future of Reading". Summary and analytical questions.

Tuesday - Discuss "The Future of Reading" and how to write an editorial. Homework is to research for your editorial.

Wednesday - Journalism kids - this is our next major deadline for the yearbook. We have 32 pages today!

Thursday - Quickwrite an editorial about digital books and their viability.

Friday - Quiz over hyper/hypo words. Reading logs due (9) for periods 5 & 6. After the quiz, work on editorials, next week's vocab and reading.

WRITING - Analyze an article from Newsweek, research for an editorial, quick write on Thursday.
Analysis due Tuesday.

READING - Read an article from Newsweek. Continue reading logs - Three logs per week.

GRAMMAR - no specific grammar lessons this week

VOCABULARY - hyper- Greek meaning above, hypo- Greek meaning below
The rules for the Vocabulary homework changed last week. Students may choose to draw or demonstrate the definition instead of writing a sentence. They must still include the definition and part of speech in their homework. Homework will be given 5 points for definitions, 5 points for demonstrating understanding (either by drawing or sentences).

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