Effort trumps talent.
Effort grows connections in your brain which make you smarter. (Carol Dweck)
1.
While I check homework: back page this week’s vocabulary
handout (Exercise 2)
WARMUP: Write a paragraph
about:
i.
something you want really badly in your life…
ii.
and explain what you are willing to do to get it
2.
Review vocabulary exercises ANSWERS
3.
Check grades.
4.
Read the first paragraph on page
236.
“He strayed away by himself from the
watchers whom he had placed in ambush on the crest of the hill, and wandered
far down the steep slopes amid the wild tangle of undergrowth, peering through
the tree trunks and listening through the whistling and skirling of the wind
and the restless beating of the branches for sight and sound of the marauders.
If only on this wild night, in this dark, lone spot, he might come across Georg
Znaeym, man to man, with none to witness - that was the wish that was uppermost
in his thoughts. And as he stepped round the trunk of a huge beech he came face
to face with the man he sought.”
i.
Ultimately, does Ulrich get what he wants?
ii.
What does he have to do to get it?
5.
In Demetri Martin’s book, This Is A Book, he writes
from a genie’s point of view and he comically responds to all the people who
find his lamp and wish for money. He argues that the conservation of wealth
states that if a genie grants somebody’s wish for money, the genie must take the
money away from families who are already quite poor or from the economies of
developing countries or both.
·
Is there anything for which you would hurt needy
people in order to get?
6.
Discuss feuds and fights – including Huck Finn’s
thoughts – and how feuds resemble rivalries – write definitions in our notes
7.
Watch video: The Interlopers (A Short Film by Ben
Hurst)
8.
HOMEWORK: “The Interlopers” is a story about:
·
1. feuding 2. hatred 3. revenge 4. tragedy 5. death
·
6. pity 7. change of heart 8. forgiveness 9. hope
i.
Make a chart that lists the nine items/themes listed above.
ii.
Find a quote (word for word) from the story that
shows each of the above traits.
iii.
Finally, identify which type of conflict each
one represents (man vs. ____)
ENGLISH homework:
Finish chart (see above)
Study for Friday’s vocabulary test: Lesson Three vocabulary
words (edifice, ambidextrous…) The test will have a word bank and 20
fill-in-the-blank sentences – you provide the correct vocabulary word for each
sentence.
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