1. Monday, Oct.6 1)Reviewed character trait words
2) Spelling Rule #5 & practice
3) Read “The Zoo” pg. 131 in the Crossroads textbook. Discuss questions 1, 2, 4 that follow it. Complete the questions on the board.

2. Rule #5
Double the final consonant when the word is just one syllable, the last two letters are ONE vowel and ONE consonant, and you add a suffix that begins with a vowel (such as –ing, -ed,-er,-est,-al,-y)
Swim, swimming, swimmer
Drag, dragging, dragged
Hot, hotter, hottest
Rob, robbing, robber

3. Practice Rule #5: Double or no double?
Mop + ing
Sap + y
Act + ed
Intention + al
Write + ing
Mug + y
Shop + ed
Hope + ing
Whip + ed
Hop + er
Warm + est
Ski +er
Jog + er
Talk + er
Nap + ing

4. The Zoo
Use only context clues (clues from the sentences before and after the word) to define the words below:
Clutch (pg. 131)
Clustered (pg. 132)
Scurried (pg.133)
Babbled (pg. 133)
Garments (pg. 133)
Embrace (pg. 133)
Commocs (pg. 133)

5. Setting and Character Analysis
1) What is the setting (time & place) of this story?
2) Describe the characters using details found in the story. You can use things they say/do, what the narrator says about them, and what others say about them. Aim for 3 descriptions of each.
Professor Hugo Creatures

6. Summarize
3) Summarize (retell in your own words) the main events of the story in NO MORE than 10 sentences.
1st - The interplanetary zoo came to Chicago