Getting Started1.Take out your assignment book and copy the

following homework:

Due Friday, October 23

Complete Famous Person Chart for either Morning Girl or Star Boy.

2. Take out your Social Studies notebook and fill in your Table of Contents with the following information:

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Students will answer questions to check for

understanding.

Vocabularysift – “sift the ideas,” (pg. 2);

means to separate or break up into pieces to be sorted

rustle – “the sounds I make will blend into the rustle of the world,” (pg. 2);

means to move quickly and energetically

hammock – “Father sighed from his hammock,” (pg. 4);

means a hanging bed of canvas or netting that is supported between poles

grove – “I could watch the ocean or slip into the mango grove,” (pg.5);

means a small group of trees or an orchard where fruit is grown

Morning Girl

Read Chapter 1.

Answer questions to check for understanding.