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]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 13:20:36 PDT //rms.erusd.org/homeworkItem2707961 //rms.erusd.org/apps/classes/460604/assignments/ Answer Questions and complete vocabulary work

1. Who asks Naomi and Own questions when they arrive back to Lemon Tree?
2. What did Naomi think about the courtroom?
3. How is Gram?
4. Does Skyla want a visitation schedule for Santiago?
5. "As if the dam had burst, I couldn't stop the rush of words." Is this a simile, metaphor. or
personification?

Vocabulary
rehabilitation p 231, regret p 233, sensation p 235, weeping p 237, plastered p 239

Study for Novel quiz Ch 14-18

Complete spelling sentences and study spelling words (Reading Writing Workshop List)
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Answer questions and complete vocabulary

1. Why did Santiago get to Oaxaca the day of the Radish Festival?
2. Naomi felt like she was knee deep in cement when she sees her father, what does this mean?
3. What does Santiago do to make a living? (Mention the two activities in detail).
4. Why does sadness overtake Santiago's face when Naomi hands him the lion?
5. What word will Naomi put on her "Superb Spanish Words" list?

Vocabulary rumpled p 212, sputtering p 213, settled p 216, admired p 217, nagging p 217

Prepare for quiz Ch 14-18 on May 10, 2012
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Answer questions from ch 17 and complete vocabulary

1. What division did Bernardo, Beni, and Pedro win in the contest?
2. Who is the man in the red cap and white sports shoes?
3. What is the reason Santiago may have ran away according to Graciela?
4. What are bunuelos and what are they served in?
5. What do people believe happens when you throw the bowl over your shoulder?

vocabulary
sprawling p 201, lounged p 210, shifted p 202, compelling p 203, bobbed p 205, vendor p 207, shards p 208, shiver p 210

Sign "Tips for Test Taking"
]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 12:55:58 PDT //rms.erusd.org/homeworkItem2702229 //rms.erusd.org/apps/classes/460604/assignments/ anticipation p 191, revealed p 192, assigned p 197, festivities p 197, forbidden p 199, downhearted p 200

Study vocabulary words (The Great Wall) - Test 5-7-12

Study spelling words (The Great Wall) - Test 5-7-12


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Answer questions and complete vocabulary
1. Why is Bernardo taking Owen and Ruben to the municipal building?
2. What does "brushed my hair until it shimmered like velvet" mean?
3. During the Las Posadas Naomi imagines that Graciela is her Mom for a moment, why do you think she feels this way?
4. What bursts out of the pinata once the pinatas are broken?
5. Why is Beni standing in front of the wooden gates?
6. What does Naomi do with her soap figures?

VOCABULARY
municipal p 178, whittled p 179, huddle p 182 , procession p 184, upright p 188, glanced p 188

Study vocabulary words from story The Great Wall Pre-test tomorrow
]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 16:05:20 PDT //rms.erusd.org/homeworkItem2697825 //rms.erusd.org/apps/classes/460604/assignments/ (blueprint,technique,downfall,stonemason,ingenious,grueling,vying,imposed,insurmountable,
unity)

Study vocabulary words

PB p 233,239-241
]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 13:15:47 PDT //rms.erusd.org/homeworkItem2696777 //rms.erusd.org/apps/classes/460604/assignments/ 1. Why did Ruben and Owen get in trouble for making the phone calls asking for Santiago
Leon?
2. Describe what Naomi wore to look like a Mexican girl?
3. What does it mean when great-aunt Teresa's "touch was as gentle as a silky blanket"?
4. What is "Los Posadas"?
5. How long have the Leon family been carving in the festival?

Quiz on Ch 10-13 of novel

Study these vocabulary words for quiz
1. caterwaul
2. shuddered
3. barricade
4. deviate
5. handy
6. migration


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Study vocabulary (Lot Temple of the Aztecs) Test tomorrow
]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:09:56 PDT //rms.erusd.org/homeworkItem2690623 //rms.erusd.org/apps/classes/460604/assignments/ Study vocabulary words (The Lost Temple of the Aztecs)
Complete spelling assessment worksheet
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