1. October 3-6 I can make inferences. I can use semicolons correctly. I can demonstrate my knowledge of denotation of words. I can use context clues. I can analyze and synthesize literary devices. I can practice test taking strategies.

2. Edit the following for commas, semicolons, apostrophes, titles, and usage.  In the 1905 football season eighteen players were killed president Theodore Roosevelt established the national collegiate athletic association (NCAA) to make the game safer.  The Book of Genesis which is honored by jews muslims and christians alike contains a detailed description of Noah’s Ark, the battleship Oregon was built to the same measurements.  South Dakota is the geographical center of the United States, its also the home of Mt. Rushmore the mountain that has the likenesses of four U.S. presidents carved in it Badlands National Park which looks like a miniature Grand Canyon and Custer State Park South Dakota’s first state park named after General George Custer.

3. Re-test Unit 1 When you finish, do the top two squares of your vocabulary cards.

4.  adversitya difficult situation or condition; a state or instance of serious difficulty  asylumprotection given by a government to someone who has left another country in order to escape being harmed; a place of retreat and safety  demagoguea political leader who tries to get support by making false claims and promises and using arguments based on emotion rather than reason  extenuatinglessening or trying to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses  ephemerallasting a very short time  optimisma feeling or belief that good things will happen in the future : a feeling or belief that what you hope for will happen  reverentshowing a lot of respect; very respectful; honor or respect felt or shown; profound, adoring, awed respect Vocabulary

5. Of Mice and Men  Complete the study guide for chapters 5-6