Week at a glance December 3 - 7, 2012

Root words for this week (root - definition - examples):

1. aud - hear or listen - audience, audio, audition
2. dict - say or speak - dictate, dictionary, diction
3. path - emotion - pathetic, sympathy, empathy
4. test - witness or declare - contest, protest, testify
5. logia, ology - science or study of - biology, psychology, etymology
6. -ist - one who does or practices - racist, terrorist, Buddhist, novelist

This week we will complete our last week of new roots for our root words quiz unit.  This means that next week we will have a study guide and review over the past 30 roots.  We'll also continue our reading of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  In our two short stories this week, Huck has two different sets of adventures: in the first, Huck gets caught in the middle of a family feud.  In the second, Huck meets a pair of con men who take Huck and Jim along in their own series of adventures for awhile.  We'll wrap up the week with a root words quiz and some independent reading.

• Mon: Review this week's Root Words.  Read Huck Finn Ch XVII - XVIII, pages 95-116.
• Tues: Huck Finn - quiz over Ch XVII - XVIII; complete XVII - XVIII study guide by the end of the hour. Begin reading Chapters XIX - XXIII, 117 - 156.
• Wed: Read Huck Finn Ch XIX - XXIII, 117 - 156.
• Thurs: Huck Finn - quiz over Ch XIX - XXIII; complete XIX - XXIII study guide by the end of the hour. Begin reading Chapters XXIV - XXVIII, pages 157 - 195.  Bring a book to class tomorrow for the IRP.
• Fri: Root Words Quiz.  Read and take notes for the IRP.