ENGLISH – HOURS 1 & 3 – Day 17
· Think about your list of 25 events in your life as you read the following story:
o “The Farmer’s Luck” by Jon J. Muth - from Zen Shorts
Once upon the time there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years.
One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically.
“Maybe,” the farmer replied.
The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses.
“How wonderful,” the neighbors exclaimed.
“Maybe,” replied the old man.
The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg.
The neighbors again came to offer their sympathy on his misfortune.
“Maybe,” answered the farmer.
The day after, military officials came to the village to draft young men into the army.
Seeing that the son’s leg was broken, they passed him by. The neighbors congratulated the farmer on how well things had turned out.
“Maybe,” said the farmer.
o As a follow up to our plotline assignment, answer questions 1-11…
Perspectives of luck:
1. Why was the farmer lucky that his horse had run away?
2. Why was the son lucky to have broken his leg?
3. When is a time that you have felt lucky?
4. What is an example of a time you felt unlucky? How was this different from feeling lucky?
5. What do you do when you feel unlucky?
6. Give an example of a time when you felt unlucky but as time passed realized that you were actually lucky.
7. Describe how a person could experience bad luck but still be happy.
8. Describe a situation where a person you know had bad luck but is still successful.
9. Explain how you think having good luck is necessary to being successful?
10. If luck is not necessary to being successful than what is?
11. Explain how “The Farmer’s Luck” and “The Interlopers” are related.
· Reviewed omniscient narration (pg. 233)
· Previewed “The Interlopers” (read bits of beginning, middle, end; looked at illustrations; made predictions) – 2 minutes
· Read “The Interlopers” by Saki – pgs. 232 – 240.
· As you read, list 3 events from the story. Then write down what each event reminds you of in your life outside of school.
§ For example, if we did the same thing for “The Most Dangerous Game,” I might write: When the story mentioned that Zaroff had a collection of heads, it reminded me of this kid in my grade school who always wanted to show off his collection of rare comic books.
· Begin homework
ENGLISH homework – HOURS 1 & 3:
· Finish reading “The Interlopers” by Saki – pgs. 232 – 240.’
· Finish your list of 3 events from the story and what each event reminds you of your life outside of school. (see example above)
· Study the second set of 11 prefixes from “30-15-10” PINK master list for Friday’s PREFIX test. (hypo – pro)
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ENGLISH – HOURS 4 & 5 – Day 17
Open your book to page 1082 and answer the following questions:
1. What is INCREDULITY?
2. What is dramatically ironic in this section?
3. If the Greeks (from the time of The Odyssey) believed that without gods, man is nothing…name an example from the story that confirms this belief.
4. HAND BACK then REVIEW answers (we finished them on the last day before break) to Part 2 questions 1 - 24.
· Take survey…“What’s Most Important in a Friend?” COLLECTED
· Choose 5 of the 11 statements.
1. Choose 5 of the statements and write them down, word for word.
2. After each statement
· TABLES 1 & 3 write AGREE next to ALL 5 of your statements.
· TABLES 2 & 4 write DISAGREE next to ALL 5 of your statements.
3. Without repeating the statement, write down 5 sentences that explains why some people would either agree or disagree with it.
- Violence can solve problems.
- Boyfriends and girlfriends are more important than family.
- There are times when secrets must be told.
- Teenagers don’t know what true love really feels like.
- Parents should have the final say in the people that you date.
- You are the pilot of your own life. There is no greater force determining your outcome. You determine your own outcome.
- You should know someone for at least a year before you marry them.
- Deceiving people is all right if it is for a good cause in the long run.
- Parents are ultimately responsible for their children’s choices.
- “Luck” is a figment of someone’s imagination; there is no such thing as luck.
- Love at first sight is possible.
ENGLISH homework:
Finish 5 of 11 work (see above)
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