1. LITERATURE Vocabulary

2. ASSIGNMENTS (WEEK ONE) WE WILL FOCUS ON THE SAME 5 WORDS FOR 2 WEEKS.  Monday: Define the five words  Tuesday: Thinking map with at least 3 of the words  Wednesday: 5-10 students will present some sort of visual image for the 5 words  Thursday: Fill in the blank questions using context clues and knowledge of the word  Friday: 5-10 students will act out the words

3. WEEK TWO  Monday: circle the correct word using context clues and knowledge of the word  Tuesday: Thinking map with at least 3 of the words  Wednesday: Journal writing using the 5 words  Thursday: Review  Friday: Test

4. WORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 5  Adjacent: not distant ;nearby; having a common endpoint or border  Alight : to come down from something ; dismount ; deplane  Barren: not productive; producing little or no vegetation; desolate  Disrupt: to throw into disorder  Dynasty: a succession of rulers of the same line of descent; a powerful group or family that maintains its position for a considerable time

5. TUESDAY  Thinking map: Tree map

6. WEDNESDAY  5 students will act out the vocabulary words

7. THURSDAY CHOOSE THE VOCABULARY WORD THAT BEST COMPLETES THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. COPY THE WHOLE SENTENCE IN YOUR JOURNAL.  Although they live in a house ____________________________ to ours, we never really got to know them well.  In the 11 th century, a foreign warlord invaded the country and set up a(n) ________________________ that ruled for more than 250 years.  Our carefully laid plans were completely ___________________________ by a sudden and totally unexpected turn of events.  As we sat at the side of the lake, we enjoyed watching the wild geese swoop down and ___________________ on the surface of the water.  As the drought continued without letup, the once fertile farmlands of the region slowly became ________________________ “dust bowls.”

8. FRIDAY  5 students will present their visual image of the vocabulary words

9. MONDAY CHOOSE THE VOCABULARY WORD THAT BEST COMPLETES THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. COPY THE WHOLE SENTENCE IN YOUR JOURNAL.  Are we going to allow minor disagreements to (disrupt, alight) the club that we have worked so hard to organize?  For three generations their family has formed one of the leading automotive (resume, dynasties) of this country.  The flight attendant asked the passengers to make sure that they had all their personal belongings before (disrupting, alighting) from the aircraft.  The principal asked the students not to hang around in front of the houses and other buildings (adjacent to, resume) the school.  The administration had no major scandals, but it was also (barren, dynasties) of outstanding accomplishments.

10. TUESDAY  Thinking Map:

11. WEDNESDAY  Write in your journal. Free write. You can write on any topic but make sure that you use your 5 vocabulary words correctly in your writing.

12. THURSDAY  Review

13. FRIDAY  Vocabulary test. You have 10 minutes to study.