February 12

Finishing Up Treasure Island

End of Treasure Island unit – You must finish reading Treasure Island. For those of you who have stayed on track that only means that you have the last 3 chapters to read and they go very quickly. If you have not stayed on track you need to finish whatever part of the book you have not read. We will do our review, check study guides for the final time and take the AR quiz on Monday, February 15.
You also need to study the list of root words below. You will have a root word test over these ten words on Tuesday, February 16.

1. MOT, MO—move
2. VERS, VERT—turn
3. DIS, DI, DE, DIF—apart, away, down
4. PLI, PLIC—fold, braid
5. PER—through, thorough
6. POS, PON, POSIT—put, place, lay
7. SPEC, SPECT—look, see, appear
8. VIS, VID—see
9. FER—carry, bear, bring
10. AMI, AMIC – love

Literary Circle books and assignment sheets are available for pick up in the front of the room. Take the book you have been assigned, an assignment sheet, and sign your name and the book number you have to the list on the board.

Movie time for Sunday is 12:40, be there between 12:15 and 12:30 to pick up your ticket from me if you are one of the 22 students who read the book and took the AR quiz scoring a 9 or a 10 by last Monday, February 8th. Names are listed on blog.