2/19 Wednesday

1. Game Time-It's game time! We have a new game this week. It is called Before and After. It is somewhat similar to Storyman but with more words. Give it a try before you play any other games.
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch.
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Class Novel Final Exam-It's time for our Outsiders final exam! Let's take about 10 minutes to study.

3. Weekly Vocabulary-Here are the weekly vocabulary words.

4. Weekly Vocabulary 3-2-1-Use all of your words to complete your 3-2-1 assignment. Here are the instructions:
Write each word 3 times
Write each word and definition 2 times
Write 1 sentence using each of your vocab words (make sure you underline the vocabulary word)

5. Poetry Review-We are going to review everything we have discussed about poetry.

6. Poetry Assignment-Today we will learn what our poetry assignment is...

Poem 1-You are to create an Acrostic Poem with the subject being Pamlico

Poem 2-You are to write either a Cinquain or Haiku about what you wrote on your card yesterday.

Poem 3-You are to pick a type of poem from the links here and here and use this type to write about the subject I will assign. All three poems will be due on Monday Feb. 24. (You can only use a specific poem type once)

7. Black History Month-February is Black History Month. To celebrate, we will look at prominent African Americans and examine their impact on history.



Today we will look at Thurgood Marshall. Go to each of the links here and here and use the information to answer the following questions in a new Google doc titled "Black History Month". Answer each question using complete sentences.

1. Who was this person?

2. When and where did they live?

3. Why were they so important?

4. What are some interesting facts about this person?

8. English Civil War-Today we are going to see what happens when England gets tired of Charles' "Divine Rights."