Transcript If you were absent last Friday please come see me now

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Reminders
August 21 is back to school night. You will
get 20 points extra credit just for having
your parent(s) attend.
Please take out a pencil
Your vocabulary is due on Friday. There
will also be a test covering the spelling and
definitions of each word.
*Write your name on the top and your student ID
*This will be a 100 point assignment in the gradebook.
*AP = 100%
*P = 95%
*B = 80%
*BB = 70%
*FBB = 60%
*You have until Friday to complete this test so put
forth your best and amazing effort.
*Take out a clean sheet of paper and write “The Flea”
on the top.
*Fold your paper into 4 columns
*Write each word you chose in the first column.
Please
skip 8 lines between each word.
*In the second column copy the sentence from the story
where that word is found.
*Under the sentence write what you think the word
means.
*In the third column you will write a dictionary definition
of the word that matches the sentence.
*In the fourth column you will write a sentence that
matches the definition of the word.
*I will read the story.
*Listen carefully to the main actions of the boy.
*On your paper retell the story. You will do this
as a list. So, write the first thing that
happened, then the next event, etc.
*Try to do this on your own.
*Now, let’s see what you remember.
*Now, with a partner reread the story and
highlight the major events.
*Going back to your original list, add events
that you missed.
*Now, turn both papers over and retell the story
to your partner without using the story or your
list.
*Once you’ve practiced this, your partner will
do the same thing.
*I will randomly call 5 students to retell the
story to me.
*On the same sheet of paper create a chart with 2
columns.
*Above the first column write cause
*Above the second column write effect
*Let’s first go over examples of cause and effect.
*Write the events from your list into the correct
column.
*On the back of the paper you will now create your
own story.