ENGLISH 7

QW: Write: What do I care about this Thanksgiving? Do I care only about myself? Do I care about others? Why might it be important to care and take care with myself before I worry about others? What does it meant to be thankful?

FILL AT LEAST ONE PAGE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.

Come up with examples to show what you are thinking about, to make your point. Be writers and communicators.

Have a great Thanksgiving week. Be ready to take Seedfolks final test and project on your return.

ENGLISH 8

QW: A different kind of writing, in your notebooks

1. Create one list -- what you are thankful or grateful for
2. Create a second list --  a list of your own personal needs
3. Create a third list -- a list of your own personal wants
4. Now, pretend you are someone else. Pretend you live in a foreign country, that your family is poor, that girls are not allowed to go to school past the age of 7, and that your village is under siege by warring factions.  What then are you grateful for. What are your needs? What are your wants?
5. Respond --Are people’s needs really much different? Why might people’s needs be different?

Fill at least one page in your notebooks, NOT skipping every other line and NOT writing in huge letters, respond to the following:

Your ideas will be shared in a list for the 8th grade so everyone can see it. In connection with reading John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, we will explore these ideas.

Share turkey essays.  Share each others. In a group of 3. Pick the best one. If  time, will share with the class -- or when we come back OR take it to your Thanksgiving dinner and read it. Only after dessert!

AND HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING BREAK!

Ready to start John Steinbeck and The Pearl.