Estimated Time: 30-40 minutes

Spelling

Dictate one of the passages you copied in your journal from Read, Write, Learn.

• Be careful to punctuate and capitalize correctly and watch for spelling. If you make any errors, correct them.

If you have never used dictation before:

• ​​Dictation just means the student writes the copywork from memory while the teacher reads it aloud. The student should be familiar enough with the passage to accurately spell, capitalize and punctuate the passage.

Literary Elements

Conflict

Do you think you know what the conflict of the story is yet?

Use of Color

What color words did you find? Here are some examples:

RED

• Nick's bond books pg 4
• Tom and Daisy's Red and White house pg 6
• Crimson room pg 17
• Red gas pumps pg 20

WHITE

• white windows pg 8
• white dresses pg 8
• white girlhood pg 19
• white feet on the dog pg 28
• white shirt front pg 36
• white flannels pg 41
• white chasms of New York pg 56

GRAY

• gray eyes of Miss Baker pg 11
• gray cars pg 23
• gray land pg 23
• gray scrawny child pg 26
• gray man pg 27

GREEN

• single green light pg 21

YELLOW

• yellow brick pg 24
• yellow windows pg 35
• yellow cocktail music pg 40

Grammar

• Find the subject and verbs of each sentence in the passage below.

Vocabulary

Take a practice quiz on quizlet. There will be a vocabulary test at the end of week 4 that includes all the vocabulary from the book.