Happy Three-Day Weekend!

ENGLISH 7

Five more speeches.

Some work on vocabulary. 

Directions: Select two words from each of the four chapters on your vocabulary list. Look up where they are in that chapter. Write the complete sentence where that word was found.  Explain the meaning of that sentence, the context, in your own words. That means you will have looked up eight words in four chapters, and you will have written eight exact sentences from the chapter with an explanation on each.  

Hand in whatever done, short period today!

Utopia presentations on Tuesday. 

HW: Tues: Finish speeches.
Weds Planner Check

Thurs: Mugs; Read Chapters 5, 6, 7 & 8.

Friday: Vocabulary The Giver, Week 2 and Week 2 Quiz on Chapters 5, 6, 7, & 8

ENGLISH 8

Key quotes (main points)  from the article on John Steinbeck--

1- Geographical ties to his home, his experiences over the years working odd jobs with physical laborers and those displaced from their homes and trying to start a new life, as well as his interest in sea life, can all be seen in his later writings.

2-His ability to capture the genuine feelings of Americans during this time period, mostly because he was seeing and experiencing them first hand, helped him win a Pulitzer Prize.

3-Steinbeck... remained true to his style of commentary on the unequal social and economic conditions of rural America, while also showcasing close ties to and appreciation for the land.

4- ...not only was he able to depict real people in real situations, but he did so with a bit of humor, raw emotion, and a true understanding of the social experience at this time in history.

Handout, Cultural Aspects of  The Pearl. (2nd period will get on Tuesday)

Read and annotate. Then, answer questions on the back. Hand in. Classwork only.

Reviewing all on Tuesday.