Language Arts 3-19-14

Princeton:
Today we discussed and noted another set of vocabulary words for our novel.
We corrected Simple Solutions #59.  Teams examined the various tapes and created a summary graphic of who the tape was about and what they did.  We shared our information with the whole group.
We continued a Readers' Theatre with our book.

Homework: Read Cassette 6A; finish guided reading sheet #3
SS #60
poems


Yale:
We finished reading Nothing But the Truth.
We reviewed our homework charts on characters & their motivation. (these were collected)
We took notes on Characters and their motivation.
We corrected Simple Solutions #59.
We read and interpreted "Moth to Son" by Langston Hughes.
Homework:
  create one page of quotes from your book & notes to answer the prompt "How is Nothing but the Truth" an irony? (this is our performance assessment on Thursday;  we will also be taking an objective test on the book).
  SS #60
  Poems drafts -- male figure in our lives; acrostic

Harvard:
We completed our interpretation of two poems:  "Speech to the Young" and "Mother to Son."
We finished test corrections and received our answer sheets back to show parents.
Acrostic poems were collected.
We held a Socratic Discussion on our novel with Team 3.

Homework:
   Read chapters 5 to 8 in our novels (Guys:  continue vocab and character charts) (Ladies:  guided reading for chapters)
   SS #60