Read 7/7-7/31 and complete response entries (GOLDEN LINES/PASSAGES and explanation, Thick question/s, and vocabulary activities). The vocabulary activities are debased (96) and beholden (101).

Read 6/22-7/6 and complete Reader Response entries.
These include:

• the selection of a Golden Lines/Passage.
• the explanation for and analysis of the Golden Lines/Passage.
• definitions and sentences or pictures for corralled (p. 67), posterity (p. 81), and  behemoth (p. 85)
• 1-2 THICK questions. 

On Wednesday, Jan. 27 we will have a quiz. It will cover the following:

• vocabulary words
• the phrase "seeing the elephant"
• figurative language

On Monday, January 25 we will review for the quiz, so you all should be well-prepared.

Read entries 6/12-6/20 and complete journal response entries.
​Vocabulary:  sparing (46), dispatched (49)

The second session of ALO is part of the Walk to Read Unit in 4th grade. Students met for the first time this week and were introduced to the novel Jedediah Barstow: An Emigrant on the Oregon Trail (Levine). 
HOMEWORK - DUE FRIDAY, Jan. 7 Read journal entries 5/12-5/26.