1. IRB – you should be finishing your 8th book if you want to keep on the 25 books by year end goal.

2. Start preparing your Current Events.

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2. Current Events articles due tomorrow. Complete the Who, What, Where Sheet that is part of the packet I gave you at PM Homeroom.

You can also use the Current Event Links (see pages to the left) to help you decide on an article.

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2. We still haven’t gotten a chance to finish our castle dvd or review sheets. We will do this on Monday. Bring in all your work.

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2. Booktalks are ongoing

3. Fill out your Strength, Challenge and Goals sheet and bring it in tomorrow

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2. Bring in your completed castle video worksheets 1-3.

3. Rehearse your Booktalk in front of your parent(s) and have them initial your rubric sheet afterwards.

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2. Continue preparing your Booktalks. We will schedule Booktalks tomorrow. Presentations will take place next week.

3. Bring in your completed Castle Worksheets to class tomorrow.

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2. Bring in the Book you plan on Booktalking.

3. Good Word TEST tomorrow. Study!

1. IRB – you should be finishing your 6th book!

2. Bring in the book you plan on Booktalking this quarter tomorrow.

3. New Good Words Due on Wednesday.

4. Here are the words that will be on Wednesday’s Vocab Test.
GOOD WORDS:
Core A
1. Malevolent: Evil or meaning harm
2. Commodity: a useful or valuable thing, such as water or time.
3. Lithograph: an image produced by etching the image onto a flat surface, then copying the etched surface by applying ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it; To create a copy of an image
4. Impenetrable: Incapable of being pierced
5. Apprehensively: Anxious or fearful that something bad will happen
6. Skeptic: A person who doubts or questions opinions
7. Scoured: to clear or rid of what is undesirable
8. Agony: Mental or physical pain
9. Abbot: A man who is the head of an abbey of monks
10. Synonym: a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as joyful, elated, glad11. Futile: Incapable of producing any result
12. Nondenominational: Institutions or churches not formally aligned with a specific religion
13. Asymmetrically: Something not identical on both sides of a central line
14. Notorious: Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed
15. Hackles: Thee hair or fur or feathers on an animals neck
16. Shrill: To make a high-pitched piercing sound
17. Ecstasy: An overwhelming experience of great happiness and joy
18. Dastardly: Characterized by underhandedness or treachery
19. Crude: Something lacking grace, tact, taste (excreta)
20. Optimistic:  Believing that things will turn out successfully for the best
21. Iridescent: Showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
22. Armada: A large group of warships
23. Indeterminate: Not known or established.
24. Confectioner: An expert at making candy
25. Disenchanted: Freed from illusion
26. Incantation: A series of words said as a magic spell or charm
27. Thrust: To push or to drive with force
28. Wafted: To float
29. Intellectual: A person that is very intelligent
30. Mesmerize: To compel by fascination
Core B
1. Proboscis: A snout like an elephant’s trunk
2. Consent: Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
3. Hybrid: An offspring of two animals of different races or species
4. Heroine: A woman noted for her courage
5. Disheveled: Not neat – sloppy, messy
6. Delirious: Uncontrollable excitement and other feelings
7. Contrast: Compare something to show the difference
8. Jongleur: An traveling musician from the middle ages
9. Facilitate: To make something easier or easy
10. Lather: A frothy white mass of bubbles produced by soap or a similar cleansing substance when mixed with water.
11. Optimistic: Someone who believes that things will turn out successfully for the best
12. Quizzically: A persons expressions of puzzlement
13. Famished: Reduced to extreme hunger
14. Apparition: A ghost or ghostlike image of a person
15. Tyranny: A single ruler with all the power
16. Casket: Casket is another way of saying coffin but a fancy coffin
17. Elated: High spirits, proud
18. Conspicuous: Easy to notice/obvious
19. Rudder: A vertical blade at the stem of a vessel that can be horizontally change vessels direction when in motion
20. Ecstasy: An overwhelming experience of great happiness and joy
21.Abbot: A man who is the head of an abbey of monks
22. Enhance: To make something better or greater
23. Emancipated: Freed from slavery or bondage
24. Annals: A history of records
25. Agony: Mental or physical pain
26. Penchant: Feeling a liking for someone or something
27. Liberated: Showing freedom from social groups. Freed.
28. Sentries: A guard posted to protect a group.
29.Scoured: to clear or rid of what is undesirable
30.Synonym: a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as joyful, elated, glad

1. IRB – keep in mind that if you want to reach the 25 book by year end goal you should be done with your fifth book this week.

2. Good Word Exam next week. This test will be all 30 words you have already been tested on.

3. New Good Words due on Monday.

4. We will start new book talks preparation next week. Decide which book you want to present.

(1)Ray, Yo, Sam L. Pilar, Lindsay
Plot:
Lily is a dragon who has lived in peace on a big stretch of land that is the home of a variety of animals and magical creatures (elves, fairies, pixies, etc.). Lily is the only dragon in the forest, and has had a hard time making friends. She is not your normal fire-breathing dragon that hordes treasure, and the other creatures of the forest often dismiss or underestimate her. Still, Lily loves the forest when she finds out that King Arthur is going to chop down all the trees to build Camelot she decides to take action! Lily tries to rally all the animals and woodland fairies to protest against King Arthur. Sadly, the animals and fairies don’t take Lily seriously despite her warnings of the impending danger. How will she mobilize the creatures of the forest and convince King Arthur to stop his deforestation plans.

(2)Luca, Sam S. Lachlan, Justine, Sarah & Wim
Plot:
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round table have decided to build what will become the legendary Camelot on a large stretch of forest. There is an old tale of a ferocious dragon that lives in that part of the realm, though. There are several knights tell a short, short story about the dragon – each one depicting the dragon as more vicious and dangerous than the other. In the end, King Arthur and his Knights ride off to face the beast.

*Common Thread: Both Group 1 & 2 are dealing with the same dragon and have conflicting visions for the same plot of forest. Obviously, the dragon is not dangerous or mean.

(3)Lucy, Julia, Isabel B, Isabel W, Stella Rose
Plot:
Marigold is a wizard in training and wants be as great at magic as Merlin. She is scared that she will not be allowed into the wizards’ elite academy to study because no girl has ever been accepted before. Time and time again, Marigold has faced discrimination because of she is a girl. She poses as a boy and is accepted to the magic academy. There she learns how to read, write and the magical arts – all things girls are forbidden to do. Marigold knows that if she is found out she risks banishment from Camelot. How can she change people’s opinion of women and get King Arthur to help women’s rights?
*Common Thread: Marigold creates a magical paintbrush after she learns a spell in class. The teacher warns the students the next day about abusing magic and Marigold throws away the brush hoping it will be lost forever. The peasant’s wife from group 4 finds this brush and brings it to her husband.

(4)Jack, Charlotte, Ayden & Lauren
Plot:
A peasant artist realizes that one of his paintbrushes allows him to create real things. He is eager to rise up the feudal ranks and stop living the life of a peasant, but King Arthur refuses to grant him audience mostly because he doesn’t like his type of modern art. The artist, feeling dismissed and desperate, starts to paint each one of Arthur’s knights into masterpiece paintings. One by one, each of the Knights of the Round Table disappear. The painter’s wife realizes what is happening and it is up to her and their children to stop him.