ENGLISH 7

On the Christmas Eve, Scrooge’s sister Fan said, “Father is so much kinder than he used to be.” Growing up, Scrooge had a complicated, difficult relationship with his father. Why was he at school and not at home? How do you imagine his father had previously been unkind? What childhood experiences can you identify that might have led to Scrooge’s growing up to be a grumpy old man with no joy in his life?

QW: The key question: Do you think an unpleasant experience in childhood should excuse bad adult behavior? Explain your position.

Let’s finish Watching Stave 3.

Hand out Stave 4. Read what you can. We will continue with it on Friday.

HW: Stave 4 -- The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge through a sequence of mysterious scenes relating to an unnamed man's recent death. Scrooge sees businessmen discussing the dead man's riches, some vagabonds trading his personal effects for cash, and a poor couple expressing relief at the death of their unforgiving creditor. Scrooge, anxious to learn the lesson of his latest visitor, begs to know the name of the dead man. After pleading with the ghost, Scrooge finds himself in a churchyard, the spirit pointing to a grave. Scrooge looks at the headstone and is shocked to read his own name. He desperately implores the spirit to alter his fate.

ENGLISH 8

Finished worksheet on Charles. Some with partners.

Now, the ‘’tis the season of gifts--and of storytelling.

QW-- Write about a time that you received two of the best gifts ever.

One gift was an actual physical object that you could see and feel. The other is about about a different kind of gift -- one that you couldn’t touch but meant so much more -- an emotional gift, of love, of sharing, of knowledge, of time. Create a story out of both gifts.

You are the narrator and you are telling it to your future grandchild, 50 years from now.

ONE PAGE MINIMUM REQUIRED--

Begin reading--

HW: FRIDAY -- In literature textbooks, start reading The Story Teller and The Medicine Bag. Stories start on p. 574.