Homework and Notes from 11/18/13

Homework:

Math:

5th:

6th: Dividing Decimals Worksheet

ALL:

English:
Questions for Holes(Chapters 7 & 8)
#s 10-17 (did #1-9 in class)

Chapters Seven and Eight

1. How do we know that Stanley is not accustomed to hard physical work?
2. Why might X-Ray have preferred a shorter shovel?
3. How did Stanley's weight help him for once in his life?
4. Why did the digging get easier for Stanley as the hole got deeper?
5. Who was Elya Yelnats?
6. Describe Madame Zeroni.
7. What advice did Madame Zeroni offer Elya about Myra Menke?
8. Why did Madame Zeroni give Elya a piglet?
9. Explain Madame Zeroni's curse.
10. Why did Elya refuse to choose a number in order to win Myra's hand in marriage?
11. How might the counsellors have punished Stanley if he had refused to finish digging the hole?
12. What warning did Magnet give Stanley as he headed off to select a bathroom?
13. What did Elya remember as his ship was clearing the harbor?
14. What did Zero do after he had finished digging his hole?
15. How was Sarah Miller different from Myra Menke?
16. What does Stanley discover upon completing his first hole?
17. What would probably happen if you were ever close enough to see the yellow dots on a yellow-spotted lizard?

 

Spelling: Unit 11 Finish 20 Sentences (started in class) Words on blog

Current Event: Article due Friday

Notes:



Our Thanksgiving Feast will be on 11/26/13! It should be a lot of fun!

Spelling Unit 11:

1. repair

2. aware

3. carpet

4. pardon

5. guard

6. remark

7. scarce

8. declare

9. argue

10.department

11. vary

12.prepare

13.flair

14.article

15.farther

16.regard

17.area

18.harvest

19.despair

20.flare

In class, we will be highlighting something that happened on each date in history. Just a quick fact to get our brains up and moving in the morning. Today's fact was that on 11/18/1820, United States Navy Captain, Nathaniel B. Palmer discovered Anarctica!