1. Place your homework on your desk.
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Place your homework on your desk.
Copy the following word on your paper. Then, circle the vowel sounds and chunk the word in to its parts.
A G O N I Z E 6

2. Nazario’s most agonizing encounters had little to do with her own safety. She hated to watch children in danger- and always wondered whether she should intervene.
Use context clues and word part meanings to write a definition of the bold word above.

3. Nazario’s most agonizing encounters had little to do with her own safety. She hated to watch children in danger- and always wondered whether she should intervene.
Which of the following most clearly defines the word agonizing as it is used in the paragraph?
A. creative
B. thoughtful
C. Physically painful
D. heartbreaking; emotionally painful

4. Place your homework on your desk.
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Place your homework on your desk.
Copy the following word on your paper. Then, circle the vowel sounds and chunk the word in to its parts.
R E S E N T F U L 7

5. Things began to get better for Obama and he began to be happier with life. He no longer felt resentful that he had to figure out his place in the world.
Use context clues and word part meanings to write a definition of the bold word above.

6. Things began to get better for Obama and he began to be happier with life. He no longer felt resentful that he had to figure out his place in the world.
Which of the following most clearly defines the word resentful as it is used in the paragraph?
A. happy
B. thoughtful
C. angry; annoyed
D. carefree

7. Place your homework on your desk.
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Place your homework on your desk.
Copy the following word on your paper. Then, circle the vowel sounds and chunk the word in to its parts.
B E N E F I T S 8

8. Wes also responded to the clear system of rewards at Valley Forge
Wes also responded to the clear system of rewards at Valley Forge. If he got good grades, he got to leave campus. Showing leadership brought added benefits, and it turned out that Wes could lead.
Use context clues and word part meanings to write a definition of the bold word above.

9. Wes also responded to the clear system of rewards at Valley Forge
Wes also responded to the clear system of rewards at Valley Forge. If he got good grades, he got to leave campus. Showing leadership brought added benefits, and it turned out that Wes could lead.
Which of the following most clearly defines the word benefits as it is used in the paragraph?
A. leadership
B. advantages
C. arrogance
D. self-esteem

10. Collect Homework

11. Rewards

12. Hulk:
Complete the Achieve 3000 articles from the list.
Black Widow:
Grade 6: Chapter 5 (3 questions and content question)
Grade 7: Chapter 5 (3 questions and content question)
Grade 8: Chapter 7 (3 questions and content question)

13. Content Questions:
Grade 6: (Chapter 5) Why did the 100-year-old woman make a big impression on Nazario?
Grade 7: (Chapter 5) Describe how Obama’s father and grandfather were “trapped between two worlds.”
Grade 8: (Chapter 7) Wes Moore the author says that “other people hold on to your dreams until you’re ready to take them on yourself.” Who in Wes’s life held on to his dreams for him? In what way? Did the other Wes have anyone doing the same for him?

14. Closing
What is the definition of… Agonize Resentful Benefits