<p class="MsoNormal"><span>May 3, 2010</span><span> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>This week for homework, read <span style="text-decoration: underline">The Coming of Long Knives </span>by Scott O’Dell.<span> </span>By Friday, you should complete three tic-tac-toe activities in your homework notebook.<span> </span>At the top of each page, you should write the <strong>date </strong>and <strong>title</strong> of the story.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><span>As you are reading, ask three Right There   Questions (questions that the answer can be found in the text). Please be   sure to also answer the question.<span> </span>Also   write the page number where you found the answer.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><span>Illustrate your favorite part of the   story.<span> </span>Write a caption underneath the   illustration.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><span>Preview three text features from this   selection.<span> </span>From each preview, make a   prediction.<span> </span>Then enhance your   prediction by summarizing the text.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><span>Find the words: <em>hogan, abandon, deserted, secure, and captivity </em>in the story.<span> </span>Use each word in your own sentence. If you   do not know what the word means, look up the word in the glossary. Each   sentence must have eight words.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><span>Complete the two <em>Focus Questions</em> on page 446.<span> </span>Answers should be written in complete sentences.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><span>Write a letter to Miss Wejman about this   biography.<span> </span>Your letter must have at   least five sentences.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Answer the <em>Within the Selection</em> questions found   on page 461.<span> </span>Please answer in complete   sentences.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>How would you   describe Tall Boy?<span> </span>Write three sentences   that describe the kind of person that he is.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Answer the   bullet points found in the <em>Across   Selections</em> on page 461.<span> </span>You must   answer the bullet point in two sentences.<span> </span></span></p>
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