Tuesday, December 2, 2014

 

ENGLISH – 1st and 3rd hour only – Day 3

·         Check homework:

o   4 definitions

o   SIGNED contact sheet

§  REMEMBER: Fill out a pink sheet (on center table) if missing either assignment

o   Write down a list of similarities between the chairs in my room and your life.

·         Pickup this week’s vocabulary words

o   Test will be Friday…word bank at top…20 sentences: all fill-in-blank

·         English book online!!

o   http://my.hrw.com

§  Username – rfc2018

§  Password – onlinebook

ENGLISH homework 1st and 3rd hours only:

Add a 5-sentence paragraph to your cyborg work from yesterday that explains what your cyborg hopes to do with its incredible ability in the future. This should be something positive.

Challenge: name a contraction whose apostrophe stands in for exactly 3 letters

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ENGLISH – 4th and 5th hour only – Day 3

Collect signed contact sheet…(homework)

1.      List as many heroic traits as you can.

2.      List as many unheroic traits as they can.

3.      Explain why these various traits are heroic or unheroic.

4.      Name heroes—historical, contemporary, and fictional.

5.      Name some villains—historical, contemporary, and fictional.

6.      Once you have 2 good lists (from #4 and 5), answer the following questions:

1. Name a hero who some would consider a villain or name a villain who some would consider a hero.
2. Why would some people disagree about whether someone is a hero? On what grounds do we disagree?
3. What makes the heroes, heroes?
4. And what makes the villains, villains?

7. Brainstorm a list of  4 ways in which an author can develop the character of a hero other than what he DOES…

·         Hero’s Journey/Monomyth explained

o   Watch 3 videos about Hero’s Journey

In your PURPLE Literature book, read pgs. 1012 – 1013;

ENGLISH homework 4th and 5th hours only:

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