A Traitor Among Us

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October 1-4

5th and 6th MUR: This week we continued to read Catherine Called Birdy. Students continued to chart the themes of the book as well as character traits and relationships. In literature circles students are functioning independently reading and charting their progress. In discussion groups, students continue to gain independence and leadership skills by running their own "book clubs." Student create discussion questions and then meet once to twice a week to discuss their questions. This week many questions focused on symbolism and character traits. Students share their findings on Fridays with the class.
  In grammar, we are working on helping verbs. In WTW we continue to focus on the suffix -ion and the various forms it takes when added to new words.

7th and 8th MUR: This week we are focusing our study on the hero vs. the coward. Students created a line placing characters on the "hero" side or the "coward" side. Text evidence was used to make these decisions. The students also focused on the character traits of a hero or coward and continue to chart these characters as we move through the book.
  We began our preparation for the ACT Explore by focusing on language skills. Students are working to find and correct grammatical mistakes in a variety of sentences. In WTW we continue to fucus on the suffix -ion and the various forms it takes when added to new words.