5/7 English II Agenda TSW create a persuasive argument with research based evidence and using MLA format in order to create their research paper. Focus: Use the context of the following sentences to choose the best prefix or suffix that best completes it: 1. After the earthquake, the city was ( …built) ________ a few miles away, in a safer location. 2. Bees and butterflies can see certain colors that are not ( …ible) ________ to the human eye. 3. It is difficult for neighborhood food stores to compete with ( …markets) ________.________. Activities: 1. Individuals: Work on persuasive research paper – conference with teachers. Closing: Independent reading time.

Focus: Use the context of the following sentences to choose the best prefix or suffix that best completes it: 1. After the earthquake, the city was rebuilt a few miles away, in a safer location. 2. Bees and butterflies can see certain colors that are not visible to the human eye. 3. It is difficult for neighborhood food stores to compete with supermarkets.

5/8 English II Agenda TSW create a persuasive argument with research based evidence and using MLA format in order to create their research paper. Focus: Use the context of the following sentences to choose the best prefix or suffix that best completes it: 1. Bird and animal watchers prefer rubber-coated ( …noculars) _____________ because they don’t click and bang against trees or equipment. 2. A (cord…) _____________ phone allows a parent to talk to a caller while following a wandering child around the house. 3. Prenatal care for birds means sitting on the eggs. ( …natal) _____________ care involves almost constant feeding during the day. 4. When we saw what appeared to be a floating log ( …merge) _____________ and then slide under the water toward our canoe, we knew two things: one, it was no log; two, it wanted to eat us. Activities: 1. Individuals: Work on persuasive research paper – conference with teachers. Closing: Independent reading time.

Focus: Use the context of the following sentences to choose the best prefix or suffix that best completes it: 1. Bird and animal watchers prefer rubber-coated binoculars because they don’t click and bang against trees or equipment. 2. A cordless phone allows a parent to talk to a caller while following a wandering child around the house. 3. Prenatal care for birds means sitting on the eggs. prenatal care involves almost constant feeding during the day. 4. When we saw what appeared to be a floating log submerge and then slide under the water toward our canoe, we knew two things: one, it was no log; two, it wanted to eat us.

5/9 English II Agenda TSW create a persuasive argument with research based evidence and using MLA format in order to create their research paper. Focus: NA On her way home Jan found a gold man’s watch. Activities: 1. Individuals: Work on persuasive research paper – conference with teachers. Closing: Independent reading time.

5/10 English II Agenda TSW create a persuasive argument with research based evidence and using MLA format in order to create their research paper. Focus: Use the context of the following sentences to choose the best prefix or suffix that best completes it: 1. My grandfather used to ( …tract) ________ my loose baby teeth by tying each to a string and then yanking the string. 2. In her ( …biography) ________, Blackberry Winter, the famous sociologist Margaret Mead writes about her childhood, her three marriages, and her career. 3. My bedroom is really a ( …purpose) ________ room. I read, watch TV, eat snacks, talk on the phone, do push-ups, daydream and sleep there. 4. Anyone who bumps into a stonefish is really ( …lucky) ________, for it has thirteen poisonous spines sticking out of its body. Activities: 1. Individuals: Work on persuasive research paper – conference with teachers. Closing: Independent reading time.

Focus: Use the context of the following sentences to choose the best prefix or suffix that best completes it: 1. My grandfather used to extract my loose baby teeth by tying each to a string and then yanking the string. 2. In her autobiography, Blackberry Winter, the famous sociologist Margaret Mead writes about her childhood, her three marriages, and her career. 3. My bedroom is really a multipurpose room. I read, watch TV, eat snacks, talk on the phone, do push-ups, daydream and sleep there. 4. Anyone who bumps into a stonefish is really unlucky, for it has thirteen poisonous spines sticking out of its body.

5/11 English II Agenda TSW create a persuasive argument with research based evidence and using MLA format in order to create their research paper. Focus: Vocabulary Chapters 6 and 12 Quiz Activities: 1. Individuals: Complete persuasive research paper – conference with teachers. Closing: Independent reading time.