1. WARM-UPS Week 13

2. Monday- No Prefixes this week. ◦ Clear your desk of everything except for your behavior card, a pencil, and a clean sheet of paper. ◦ Today we are taking the midterm. (Don’t worry; you know this! ) ◦ When you finish, turn your scantron into the turn-in bin along woth your short answer paper. (BE sure your NAME is on BOTH. ) ◦ Read until everyone is finished. ◦ We will finish presentations once all midterms have been turned in.

3. Tuesday- Prefix Practice ◦ Match each prefix to its correct definition then write a word that begins with each prefix. 1. Anti _________, __________________________________ 2. hyper ________, __________________________________ 3. Extra______, _________________________________ 4. Cir ________, _______________________________ 5. Fore _______, ______________________________ A.Around B.Above, over, More C.Before, toward D.Outside, out of, excessive E.Against

4. Wednesday- Media Center Once you are settled, bring your reading log to me for me to check.

5. Thursday-Analogies Write and Classify each analogy as: A. synonymB. Kind of C. Sequence D. Product of 1.Infant: toddler :: teen: adult ____ 2.Saliva: mouth :: bile: liver ___ 3.Limber: flexible :: rigid: stiff ___ 4.Dew: liquid :: steam : gas ___ 5.Windbreaker: jacket :: windsurfer: athlete ____

6. Friday- Milestones Practice ◦ There is no frigate like a book To take us lands away, Nor any coursers like a page Of prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul! ◦ -Emily Dickinson

7. Milestones Practice ◦ 1. What is the author comparing a book to ? _________________________________ ◦ 2. Cite 2 elements of figurative language that you see within the poem. Write the line, and the type of figurative language. _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________