ENGLISH 7

Planners checked/counted -- 5 checks = 25 points

Reviewed character studies rough draft.

Reviewed a few questions for All Summer In A Day -- with partners. In literature textbook.

HW: Thurs: Mugs, Week 5 and turn in check-in sheet (worth 25 points)

Fri:  Final draft Margot character study. Must include rough draft.

Novel Check #3. Make sure you have finished your book.

(Spelling on hold until next week!)

ENGLISH 8

Check-in essay work.

QW: PROMPT #1: Books like The Hunger Games and Harry Potter have become nothing short of a cultural phenomenon. People of all ages have quickly become entwined in the stories and the characters that these books deliver. Why do you think that these popular novels have hit it big with mass crowds? What is it that people find so appealing in these types of books?

AND  (Do both. One paragraph each.)

PROMPT #2: Before you begin reading The Hunger Games, briefly write a little bit about what you think of the importance of friendship. What does it mean to be a good friend to another person? Describe an experience that you have had in which you really were there for a friend and helped them.

Hand out The Hunger Games books. Names in book in ink. Sign out sheet with the number of your book. Write condition of the book. Many of them are new.

Reading schedule (handout)

Listen to interviews with author Suzanne Collins, scholastic.com. Her thoughts on both classical and contemporary inspiration for the novel, how TV has numbed (desensitized) us to violence, the most difficult part about writing the novel, and some personal details about her.

HW: Thurs: Begin reading The Hunger Games.  Complete worksheet.

Tues., Oct 3-- Read Chapters 1 through and including Chapter 6.