ENGLISH 7

Reviewed and took test, Spelling exercises Unit 15

QW: How far back can you remember? What is that memory? How would you feel if you were told all your memories would be erased, and memories would be assigned to you? (In your writer's notebooks.) 

Started discussion on Chapters 1 and 2 of The Giver.  

In Chapter 2, the community's Newchildren were given comfort objects when they were born. When each child became an eight, such things were no longer necessary, and the object was taken away. As infants, most children in our society willingly and firmly attach themselves to toys or objects, such as blankets. In many cases, the relationship lasts well past the age of eight. We tend to carry the idea of comfort objects with us as we get older and grow into adulthood, although we prefer to think of them as “prized possessions” for the sake of perceived maturity. At times, some of us manage to surround ourselves with mountains of cluttered comfort.

Write about comfort objects, using the graphic organizer.

HW: Monday. Read Chapters 3 and 4. Use handout questions as a study guide. 

Finish comfort object graphic.. 

English 8

QW: "It is not good to want a thing too much. Sometimes it drives the luck away" -- John Steinbeck, The Pearl. Think. Write for 5 to 10 minutes.

Continued our grand conversation about Chapters 1 and 2, The Pearl.  

Chapter 2 Worksheet checked in. Chapter 3 worksheets distributed. Finish for Monday and read Chapter 3. There are two sides to the Chapter 3 worksheet. 

HW:    Mon: 12/06: Read and Qs for Ch. 3, due Monday.

    Tues: Read and Qs for Ch. 4

    Weds. Read Chapter 5. Questions due Friday. Bring materials to class to work on 1^st response.

    Thurs 12/09: First response due. Can work on Ch. 5 questions in class on Thursday.

Coming up:

    Fri: 12/10:  Read and Chapter 5 questions due

    Mon: 12/13: Read chapter 6 (finish book) and questions due.

    Tues: 12/14: Second response due