Monday
11/15/10

1&2 lesson Focus: How long does my free read have to be?
How can I understand a difficult text?
1. Free Read (150 pages)
2. Report MP grades
3. Finish “The Last Leaf”
4. Start “The Gift of the Magi”
Homework: Finish “The Last Leaf”

4&6 lesson Focus: How long does my free read have to be?
How can I understand a difficult text?
5. Free Read (150 pages)
6. Report MP grades
7. Finish “The Gift of the Magi”
8. Start vocabulary 1-10
Homework: Vocabulary Extra 1-10

9th Lesson Focus: What literary elements are in the novel?
1. Discuss chapter 11
2. Literary device hunt: 177-182 hyperbole
120-124 personification
90-94 Hyperbole
85-90 metaphor

3. Start homework
Homework: Read chapter 12