ENGLISH 7

Planner check

Worksheets due Thursday

In notebooks: short answer:

1. Why did Kim stand before the family altar? How did this make her feel?

2. What evidence revealed that Kim lived in a poor neighborhood?

3. Why did Kim suffer from the cold in April?

4. Why did Kim plant the lima bean seeds in the vacant lot? Why did she choose this time for her project?

5. What has happened to Ana’s neighborhood since she was a child? Why did Ana stay in her old neighborhood?

6. Why did Ana dig up Kim’s bean seeds? How did she feel when she realized what she had done?

And to think about and be ready to talk about:

How do you imagine Kim feels about her life in this strange new city? Why do you think Ana bought binoculars? Do you think Kim and Ana will meet?  

Listened to Wendell. Will discuss Wendell on Thursday.

    HW: Thurs: Mugshot week 8. Finish worksheets on Kim, Ana and Wendell. Make sure to do both of the written exercises at the bottom of the pages.   

Fri: Spelling Unit 9, exercises p. 49, 1-20

ENGLISH 8

Finishing focus and thesis work.

 Now, as a group, or with partners, wrote one paragraph from your best thesis statement. If it’s too hard to write, fix your thesis statement.

HW: Fri: Biography DEJ # 2 -- four more DEJ entries and two-thirds through the book.