Essentials - Weeks 7 through 12
Week Seven
- Imagine that cities could be built inside glass domes on the bottom of the ocean. What would it be like to see fish swimming outside the city? How might you get fresh air and sunshine? Describe an "ocean city". 3 prgs.
- pg. 108 #1-5. (purple book)
- How would life be different if there were no gravity? 3 prgs.
- If you could change something by waving a magic want, what would you change? why? 3 prgs.
- Write 3 prgs about your week in Review.
Week Eight
- Write 3 prgs about your weekend.
- Write 3 prgs about something in the news.
- Pg. 142 #1-5 (purple book)
- pg. 153 #1-5 (purple book)
- Write 3 prgs about your week in Review. Looking back what would you change, why? How can you learn from making the same mistakes twice?
Week Nine
- Write 3 prgs about what is on your mind.
- pg. 159 #1-5. (purple book)
- Describe a new tool or utensil that has at least three functions. What three things can this tool do? give the tool a name and draw it. 3 prgs.
- pg 164 #1-5 (purple book)
- Pg. 170 # 1-5 (purple book)
Week Ten
- A fable is a short story abut animals that act and talk like humans. What if animals really could do these things? Create a short story about animals who act like humans and talk to one another. 3 prgs
- Write 3 prgs about something in the news.
- What is the difference between courage and recklessness? 3prgs.
- Pretend that you have supersonic hearing. Describe what one of theses everyday activities sounds like when you use your special power: a pencil writing on paper, a person breathing, a pin dropping. 3prgs.
- Write 3 prgs on your thoughts about life as it is.
Week Eleven
- If you could preserve some of your possessions for future generations to find, what would you preserve? What would your possessions tell future genereations about your life? 3 prgs.
- What do you think makes people attractive? What if everyone looked the same? What might attract people to other people? 3prgs
- your lates book has made you a best-selling author. Write the title of your book and a brief summary of it. 3prgs.
- Write 3 prgs about something in the news.
- 3 prg Free write.
Week Twelve
- What if you woke up one morning with 8 legs? How would your eight legs help you? How might they make your life difficult? Describe your day. 3 prgs.
- In The Indian in the Cupboard, a young boy puts a small plastic toy Indian in a magic cupboard. The plastic toy comes to life. Write a story about something you might put in the magic cupboard. What would happen when it came to life? 3prgs.
- Swarms of locusts sometimes blacken the sky and destroy crops. Imagine that your city has been invaded by swarms of some type of insect. You are a television reporter and must describe what the insect invasion is like. 3prgs.
- What if people could read on another's minds? How might this be helpful? what problems might it cause? 3prgs.
- Imagine that you school could be located in any place you'd like. It could be in a forest, at the beach, or in an airplane. Describe this place and explain the good and bad things about going to school there.
