FEBRUARY 24 WARM UPFebruary Journal

Summarize the novel, Touching Spirit Bear (up to where we left

off). THIS MUST BE IN

GOOD FORM!

Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen is about a teenage bully named Cole Matthews. As punishment for attacking another kid, he was banished to an island. But, he was attacked by a mysterious bear and had to be rescued. He has been allowed to return to the island to serve his punishment.

1. LISTEN TO CHAPTERS 19-20

2. SELECT IR BOOK TO READRead this book independently for homework. Quiz on the book is March 17th .

TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR

When sixteen people are called together for the reading of wealthy Sam Westing's will, they are surprised to learn that the will is actually a contest in which they are all to participate. Working with partners, the potential heirs take their clues to try to find the elusive answer to the Westing game and thus take their shares of the two-hundred-million-dollar prize.

THE WESTING GAME by Ellen Raskin

HOLES by Louis Sachar

Stanley Yelnats has had awful luck his whole life: He's overweight, kids tease him, his family is poor, and now he's accused of a crime he didn't commit! Stanley blames his great-great grandfather, Elya Yelnats, who stole a pig from a gypsy. According to legend, the gypsy put a curse on Elya and all his descendants.