ENGLISH 7

“For the good of all of us, finish this.” (From the movie.)

Finished (!) watching The Giver.

We will do some writing comparing the book to the movie.  

HW: Thurs: Mugs

Thank you for the book money, especially the donations.

I will order through Copperfield’s--great to support local bookstores

--and hopefully we will begin A Wrinkle In Time

next week.

ENGLISH 8

Graded The Pearl Multiple Choice test.

Checked in textbook questions on theme.

Watching more of The Pearl.

Taking notes -- Consider--What have you noticed that is the same in the

movie and the book? What is different? Who are the new characters

added in the movie? Was that a good idea or not? What are some of the new scenes/situations? Name a few.

What do you think of the actors playing the characters?

Better? Worse? More fully fleshed out -- rounded?

Or thin-- a stereotype?

Since we know Steinbeck wrote this to be a movie,

what do you think he would have thought of the version you are seeing?

HW: Thurs: Begin working on a draft of a movie review.

Look at some reviews at Teen Ink.com.