Homework for the week of 9 November through 13 November

This week's homework assignments are as follows: Read 20 minutes daily. Study vocabulary. Puzzle of the Week. Current events summary. Writing Prompt. All assignments will be due on Friday. Additionally, the research probe is also due on Friday. We have been working on this assignment in class, but if students need to work on it at home as well that is permissible. Vocabulary List: 1. accomplish 2. apparent 3. capacity 4. civilian 5. conceal 6. duplicate 7. keen 8. provoke 9. spurt 10. undoing 11. vast 12.withdraw Writing Prompt: Compare and contrast the movie and book “Inkheart”. For your graphic organizer, create a Venn Diagram with at least five items in each of the three sections of the diagram. After you have your plan, write a rough draft of your compare and contrast. Your essay should be comprised of three paragraphs. The first paragraph should focus on the similarities between the book and the movie. The second paragraph should focus on the differences between the book and the movie. The final paragraph should be your explanation of which you preferred and why. Please turn in your graphic organizer, rough draft, and final copy on Friday. Puzzle of the Week: Gen's father always lets her keep the change she finds stuck between the cushions of the couch. Last week, she found ten coins worth $1.19. Her father wanted to exchange the coins for a $1.00 bill, but Gen couldn't give him exactly $1.00 in change. One of the coins was a half dollar (which Gen woldn't trade anyway because she collectes them). What were the other 9 coins? Now write two of your own coin puzzlers.