Mr. W's Fifth Grade English Class

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Please access these resources over the course of the week (Monday-Friday) to help you complete homework assignments, understand in-class concepts, work on projects, and study for quizzes.  Use them responsibly!  

1. Read over this brief synopsis of The Landry News for Tuesday's class.  It will give you a good overview of the story so you can focus on the story's details rather than just trying to figure out the jist of it. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Landry_News

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2. Listed below is the article assignment you need to complete for Wednesday's class.  Just a reminder, each person answers only ONE of the questions.  You will be paired with three others from the other groups to create a newspaper *using the newspaper template) with all four group questions included.  In case you forgot which question to answer, I have listed below each student and which question letter he or she needs to respond to:
 
GROUP A: John, Kelly, Sam, Dani
GROUP B: Sue, Bill, Heidi, Nathaniel
GROUP C: Desmond, Jacob, Elizabeth, Fiona
GROUP D: Octavian, Andrew, Stewart, Nicole
 
The PowerPoint from class also attached below will help guide some of your responses to the questions.  It will also be EXTREMELY USEFUL to know the PowerPoint's specifics by Friday. *hint hint*  Good luck and have fun!

Freedom of the Press PowerPoint from Class

Groups A-D Article Assignments

Newspaper Template (in class use)

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3. Here's a couple of online dictionary links I suggest for completing Thursday's vocabulary task: 

http://dictionary.reference.com/

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

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4. Here's a link to a study quiz.  Take it and test your understanding of the book so far!  The answers for the multiple choice practice quiz is located under these links.  Also, I have attatched some possible short answer questions for the quiz.  Be sure to study them and come to class on Friday ready and able to write intelligently on all of the questions.  Email me if a question is particularly puzzling. 

http://home.att.net/~clnetwork/ar/landry.pdf

Short Answer Hints for Quiz

(ANSWERS TO 10 QUESTION QUIZ: A, A, A, D, B, A, A, A, A, A)