Date Homework
9/26 TCI Ch 2 test
Begin Shadow Spinner Unit.  Introduction.  Read ch. 1 tonight and do the work from the packet.
9/27 Shadow Spinner  ch. 1 review & discussion.  Novel pacing chart; record dates in your planner. (You may also see the web-based calendar page for the pacing of this novel.  We will cover one chapter per day, ending Oct. 26.  The week of 10/29 we will have a test and plan the essay, the final copy of which is due Nov. 9.) Homework: Ch. 2
9/28 Per. 5 only.  Shadow Spinner: Write summaries of chapters 1 and 2.  Discuss.  Homework: Ch. 3. (Look at the chart to see which chapter you and your group will summarize.)
9/29 Check off homework for SS ch. 3. 
Rancho RULES matrix.  Groups discuss and select one important idea.  Make a poster.
History ch. 3: Power of the Church.  Intro chapter. Homework: Make flashcards of vocabulary 9as well as do ch. 4 of  SS).
9/30 Read aloud: Cookies. (Vocabulary:  cooperate, patient, proud, modest, respect, trustworthy, fair, unfair, compassionate, greedy, generous, pessimistic, optimistic, polite, honest, courageous, envy, loyal open-minded, regret, content).  Make a chart with related word forms (nouns, verb, adjective) Did half the list; save the other half for next week.
Review SS ch. 3-4.  Discuss main plot points, characterization.            
Homework: Get caught up with chapters 3-4.  We will start ch. 5 on Monday.      (Save for next week: TCI Ch. 3: Power of the Church)