October 30

Homework:
Read through 255
Complete discussion guide sheet. Print this off from Edline.

Today:
Obama at Dover
Vocab Quiz
Outside reading peer review

October 29th

HW:
Read through 255 for Monday.
Study for vocab quiz Friday.

Today:
1. Turn in projects.
2. Reader Response Note Card. On a note card write one paragraph in response to the either of the following questions. Pick only one to answer. Your response should have a topic sentence, three supporting details, and a conclusion.
A. Is Jeremiah Land a responsible father?
B. Are Davy LAnd's actions (esacping from jail, running from the law) jusitified?
3. Vocab Pictionary.

October 28th

Homework:
Outside reading projects!
Read through 255 for next Monday.

Today:
Thematic Ideas Give One Get One
Vocab images- for each vocab word draw an image. tomorrow we will play vocab pictionary for prizes.

October 27th

READING SCHEDULE/QUIZ CHANGES
In order to lessen the work load of this very busy week, the following changes have been made. Please review them carefully so you do not spend time doing unecessary things.

Revised reading schedule:

1. Read through 204 by Wednesday, 10/28.
2. Read through 255 by Monday, 11/2. Papers will be assigned on this day, but will not be due until November 10th.
3. Read 256-287 for Tuesday, 11/3.
4. Finish the book by Wednesday, 11/4. Final test over the book Wednesday.

• Outside reading project is still due on Thursday, 10/29.
• The vocab quiz will be Friday, 10/30.

Today:
This is your work day. You will earn up to 10 points for being on task.
You should be doing one of the following:
1. Reading
2. Completing your ongoing notebook assignment.
3. Completing your outside reading project.
4. Studying vocab- draw an image for each word.

Vocab Definitions

Transient (15)- Passing through from one place to another, fleeting
Judicious (15) *- Having sound, rational judgment
Heretic (18)- A person who holds controversial opinions, usually about Catholicism (or any religion)
Ingress (20)- An entering or the right to enter
Defile (21)- To make filthy, to tarnish, to render unclean
Benevolent (23) * - Kindly, charitable
Invective (23) *- An abusive expression, an insult, vehement denunciation
Incandescent (24)- Emitting light as a result of heat, shining brilliantly
Prostrate (24) – To kneel or lay down in humility, to throw down flat
Oratory (28)- The art of public speaking, a place for prayer
Exhort (28) – To urge by strong argument, to make an urgent appeal
Conduit (32) *-A channel or pipe for directing fluid, a person who conveys information Admonition (36)- Cautionary advice, a mild scold
Feign (38) * - To pretend, to represent falsely
Futile (40) -Useless
Garrulous (41) –Talkative, loquacious
Harbinger (44) –A forerunner, a warning
Discourse (47) *- Verbal expression, verbal exchange
Conjure (52) – To call upon, to summon
Hubris (55) *-Excessive pride

October 26

Homework:
1. Read through 204.
2. Metaphor Give One Get One:

• Find a metaphor in the novel.
• Write the sentence it is in on a note card. Include a page number.
• Explain the context of the metaphor. What is being compared?
• How does the metaphor fit the style of the author or the speaker of the quote? Style is the personality of the writer or the way the writer uses language, sentence structure, dialogue, etc. In this case we will also consider it the style or manner in which specific characters speak.

Today:

• Add style to notebook- lit terms: Style is the way a writer's personality comes through in a piece. It is established through a writer's choice of language, sentence structure, figurative language, and structure of the overall piece. It really is similar to a person's fashion style.
• Read vocab words aloud
• Go over my definitions
• Thematic idea spectrum in groups
• Gallery Walk

October 22 and 23

October 22
In class discussion sheet. Note cards were collected.
The sheet is on edline.
Homework: Read to 129, quiz on Friday.

October 23
Homework:
Read to 166
Work on ongoing notebook activity- see blog.
Work on outside reading project, due Thursday!

In class:
Quiz through 129
Read

October 20th

Homework:
1. Read through 69. Complete the ongoing notebook assignment. For each chapter:

• Write out the title.
• Write out the exact line from that chapter where the word in the title appears.
• Explain the title.

2. Work on vocabulary note cards. All words are on Edline.

Today

1. Journal: Five Memories. Write three-five sentences for each memory.

Describe an important event or experience that happened:

• in the last 24 hours
• in the last six months (think summer!)
• one year ago
• five years ago
• as early as you can possibly remember

2. Read vocab words

3. Ongoing notebook assignment

4. Read

October 19

The last day to turn in papers or paper revisions is next Monday, the 26th.

Today:
Homework: Read 1-33, take notes on characters, setting, plot, and thematic ideas.

Journal: things I no longer do...
Vocab
Reading Schedule
Anticipation guide
Papers

October 12-14

We worked on our papers and viewed Saving Chance.
Papers were collected on Tuesday.

Homework:
Four outside reading entries are due on Tuesday, October 2oth.

Thursday, October 8th

Homework: Four outside reading entries due on Tuesday, October 20th. You will have five total!
Typed draft due on Monday, october 12th.
Typed paper due on Tuesday, October 13th.

Today:
1. Review thesis statements and introductions.
2. Preview body paragraphs.
3. Three body paragraphs are due at the beginning of class on Friday.

October 6

Homework: Print out essay assignment sheet

In class: Final quiz +vocab quiz

See you tomorrow!

October 5th

Homework:
Study vocab. Review last five chapters (from "In the Field" to "The Lives of the Dead") of book for quiz!

Vocab

Rectitude-righteousness, morality
Definitive-perfect, ultimate
Vaporous-hazy, unclear, misty, watery
Ponder-think about, wonder about
Feign-fake, pretend
Catharsis-great release of emotion
Tedious-boring, monotonous, repetitive
Laxity-carelessness, negligence
Taut-tight, rigid, stiff
Dissonance- discord, disagreement, conflict
Narrate-relate, recount, tell
Figurative- metaphorical, symbolic, not literal
Ambiguity-vagueness, uncertainty, confusion


Today:
Flow Map- the end of the book
Idea generation for paper topics

October 2

Homework:
Finish reading book!
Pick out a thematic idea that you could use as a foundation for a five paragraph essay. Look over your flow maps and see if there are any recurring ideas that you find intriguing or relevant in today's society. For example: brotherhood, loss, fear, shame, pride, glory....

Today:
Flow map
Crazy
Film clip

October 1!!!!

Isn't this a great month? Also, you are great students.

Homework: Read "Ghost Soldiers." Find out why Gnarls Barkley's song is so fitting for this chapter.

In class:
Revise paragraphs using S.T.A.R
S= SUBTITUTE
T=TAKE OUT
A=ADD
R= REARRANGE

Grading:
Topic sentence = 2
Examples = 2
Evidence (quotes) = 2
Conclusion sentence = 2
Transitions = 2
Conventions = 2

TOTAL: 12
TURN IN FINAL PARAGRAPH TODAY OR TOMORROW.