QUARTER ENDS TOMORROW. UNUSED LATE SLIPS DUE MONDAY

ENGLISH 7

Mugshots checked in and reviewed. Check-in sheet handed in for credit.

Check in Seedfolks worksheets.

QW: In literature, point of view refers to the person telling the story. This person is called the narrator. The narrator might be the author or a character in the story.

From whose point of view is each story in Seedfolks told? Why do you think the author keeps changing the point of view?

Did not quite finish discussion on Kim, Ana and Wendell.

But in your notebooks, jotted down a few ideas as so you are ready to talk about the following:

1.How do you imagine Kim feels about her life in this strange new city?

2. Why do you think Ana bought binoculars?

3. Do you think Kim and Ana will meet?  

4. Why were Ana and Wendell important to one another?

5. Why did Ana and Wendell try too hard to save Kim’s bean plants?

6. How did the idea of a garden affect Wendell’s personal life? (find page #)

7. Why did Wendell recall the biblical passage, “And a little child shall lead them?” (find page #)

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

ENGLISH 8

QW: Pretend you are the person in your biography. Write an entry about the best day you ever had when you were a teenager. You may be making this up, but keep it in character with the person you are reading.

Make sure it is clear who you are.  Share?

Thesis and paragraph work. Continued. On your own today. Handouts. Must be done by the end of the period. Mechanics matter, especially no excuses words.

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