Your first reading log is due 9-21. You may have 2 blank or unread nights and still get all of your points.
“Priscilla and the Wimps” & “Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite”
Test on Sept. 20 Homework Due 9-19
Write 1 good sentence that will help you remember what the word means for each selection word.
| academic words plotexposition | what happens in a narrative–all of it see chart |
| setting | use chart |
| complications or rising action | use chart |
| climax | use chart |
| falling action or resolution | use chart |
| Characterization | anything the author writes that gives us information about a character’s looks or traits. |
| indirect characterization | anything the author writes that gives us information that we must infer about the character including what the character says, what others say about the character and the character’s actions ( Mr. Peckham ducked through the door) |
| direct Characterization | any description of a character the author states outright( Mr. Peckham is tall.) |
| selection words parody | a humorous , comic, exaggerated imitation |
| sordid | dirty; foul; mean |
| aggression | angry, unfriendly behavior |
| fate | a power that some people believedetermines events before they happen |
| contemplate | v. to have in mind as a possibility; to think deeply |
| immense | very large |
| swagger | to walk in a bold proud way |
Progress reports go out on Tuesday.
Open House is Monday night. I will not be able to discuss individual students on this night. I will explain to caretakers what a student does–or doesn’t__ do in my class on a daily basis.