Week Eight May 11-May 14
Monday, May 11
Journal: What is the funniest thing you ever saw?
Grammar: No grammar. Test on apostrophes today though
Literature: Read Stop the Sun by Gary Paulson
Answer the questions:
1. Why does Terry's dad act strangely?
2. What happens to his dad at the hardware store?
3. Where does his dad think he is in the hardware store?
4. Why does Terry want to learn more about Vietnam? What does he do to learn?
5. Where does Terry finally ask his dad about Vietnam?
6. What does his dad tell him?
7. Why does Terry's dad say "they couldn't stop the morning"? What is he referring to?
8. How many men survived in his dad's unit?
9. How did Terry's dad survive?
10. Do you think talking about it helped his dad? Why or why not?
11. Do you think talking about it helped Terry? Why or why not?
Read TEX: 194-211
30 minutes English IXL, preferably on use of apostrophes
Tuesday, May 12
Journal: Would you personally go sky-diving? Why or why not?
Grammar: Semicolons and Colons. Read pages 309-310
Do Exercise 9, page 310 #1-10
Watch this video if you need extra help
Literature: Read the 3 stories by Sherman Alexie
Answer the questions:
Story One: Fixed Income
1. Where does the story take place?
2. Describe the main character?
3. Why is he frustrated with the ages and races of his co-workers?
4. Are many of the workers over-qualified to work at McDonalds? If so, why do you think they are working there?
5. What race is the narrator?
6. What does his mother do?
7. What does his father do?
8. The narrator befriends another employee. Describe him.
9. Why does the old man want him to call him Grandfather?
10. The narrator calls the old man grandfather. What does the narrator mean when he says, "In this sad country, respect is the only thing most of us can afford?
11. What are the narrator's goals?
Story Two: Honor Society
1. Who is the main character? Describe him?
2. Where does he live?
3. Whose truck is he using?
4. How many miles are on the truck?
5. Why doesn't he have a driver's license?
6. What is he taking to Spokane?
7. How much money does he need?
8. What does he need the money for?
9. What do his parents do for a living?
10. Why does he sing an Indian song with his own words on the way to Spokane?
11. How does he feel about leaving the reservation? How can you tell?
12. Why does he say he will sing about life while taking his SAT test? What does he sing?
Story Three: Valediction
1. Describe the main character.
2. What do the two boys do after school every day?
3. What do they steal and where do they hide it?
4. Why does the narrator quit stealing?
5. What happens to his friend?
6. Why is the narrator called to the principal's office?
7. What does he tell the principal?
8. What has his friend told the principal?
9. What is his friend's punishment?
10. Why do you think his friend won't look at him any more when he comes back to school?
11. At the kegger, what does his friend do and say to the narrator?
12. What does the narrator say to his friend?
13. Why does each say what he does?
14. Who was more guilty, the narrator or his friend? Why?
Novel: Read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry pages 3-20
IXL: Semicolons or Colons
Wednesday, May 13
Journal: How have you changed in the last year or so?
Grammar: Colons and Semicolons. Read 312-313. Do Ex. 11 page 313 #1-10
Literature: Read Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
Answer the Questions:
1. What age is the girl in the story?
2. Do you agree with her that we are actually all of our previous ages deep down?
3. Why is this a special day for the narrator?
4. What object does the teacher try to find the owner to?
5. Why does the teacher think that the sweater belongs to the narrator?
6. Is the sweater hers?
7. How does she react when given the sweater?
8. What does the teacher force her to do?
9. What does the narrator do when she is forced to put it on?
10. Who finally admits the sweater is hers?
11. Does the teacher apologize? Why or why not?
12. When the narrator goes home, what special event is going to happen?
13. Is she looking forward to it? Why or why not?
14. What do you think the moral or message of this story is?
15. How old does the narrator say she wishes she were?
Read Roll of Thunder pages 21-41
IXL: Semicolons or Colons
Thursday, May 14
Journal: Describe a time that you learned a valuable lesson.
Grammar: None. Test today
Literature: Read Amigo Brothers
Do the questions:
1. What city is the story set in?
2. Who are the two main characters?
3. Are they close friends? How can you tell?
4. What big event is coming up that they are both involved in?
5. Why does Felix suggest that he and Antonio don't see each other until the fight?
6. What are both boys worried about concerning the fight?
7. What is the prize for winning the fight?
8. Describe each boy's boxing style.
9. How many rounds is the fight?
10. Who wins?
11. Why do you suppose the author ends the story this way, with the reader not knowing?
Read: Roll of Thunder pages 42-68
IXL: Semicolons or Colons
Journal: What is the funniest thing you ever saw?
Grammar: No grammar. Test on apostrophes today though
Literature: Read Stop the Sun by Gary Paulson
Answer the questions:
1. Why does Terry's dad act strangely?
2. What happens to his dad at the hardware store?
3. Where does his dad think he is in the hardware store?
4. Why does Terry want to learn more about Vietnam? What does he do to learn?
5. Where does Terry finally ask his dad about Vietnam?
6. What does his dad tell him?
7. Why does Terry's dad say "they couldn't stop the morning"? What is he referring to?
8. How many men survived in his dad's unit?
9. How did Terry's dad survive?
10. Do you think talking about it helped his dad? Why or why not?
11. Do you think talking about it helped Terry? Why or why not?
Read TEX: 194-211
30 minutes English IXL, preferably on use of apostrophes
Tuesday, May 12
Journal: Would you personally go sky-diving? Why or why not?
Grammar: Semicolons and Colons. Read pages 309-310
Do Exercise 9, page 310 #1-10
Watch this video if you need extra help
Answer the questions:
Story One: Fixed Income
1. Where does the story take place?
2. Describe the main character?
3. Why is he frustrated with the ages and races of his co-workers?
4. Are many of the workers over-qualified to work at McDonalds? If so, why do you think they are working there?
5. What race is the narrator?
6. What does his mother do?
7. What does his father do?
8. The narrator befriends another employee. Describe him.
9. Why does the old man want him to call him Grandfather?
10. The narrator calls the old man grandfather. What does the narrator mean when he says, "In this sad country, respect is the only thing most of us can afford?
11. What are the narrator's goals?
Story Two: Honor Society
1. Who is the main character? Describe him?
2. Where does he live?
3. Whose truck is he using?
4. How many miles are on the truck?
5. Why doesn't he have a driver's license?
6. What is he taking to Spokane?
7. How much money does he need?
8. What does he need the money for?
9. What do his parents do for a living?
10. Why does he sing an Indian song with his own words on the way to Spokane?
11. How does he feel about leaving the reservation? How can you tell?
12. Why does he say he will sing about life while taking his SAT test? What does he sing?
Story Three: Valediction
1. Describe the main character.
2. What do the two boys do after school every day?
3. What do they steal and where do they hide it?
4. Why does the narrator quit stealing?
5. What happens to his friend?
6. Why is the narrator called to the principal's office?
7. What does he tell the principal?
8. What has his friend told the principal?
9. What is his friend's punishment?
10. Why do you think his friend won't look at him any more when he comes back to school?
11. At the kegger, what does his friend do and say to the narrator?
12. What does the narrator say to his friend?
13. Why does each say what he does?
14. Who was more guilty, the narrator or his friend? Why?
Novel: Read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry pages 3-20
IXL: Semicolons or Colons
Wednesday, May 13
Journal: How have you changed in the last year or so?
Grammar: Colons and Semicolons. Read 312-313. Do Ex. 11 page 313 #1-10
Literature: Read Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
Answer the Questions:
1. What age is the girl in the story?
2. Do you agree with her that we are actually all of our previous ages deep down?
3. Why is this a special day for the narrator?
4. What object does the teacher try to find the owner to?
5. Why does the teacher think that the sweater belongs to the narrator?
6. Is the sweater hers?
7. How does she react when given the sweater?
8. What does the teacher force her to do?
9. What does the narrator do when she is forced to put it on?
10. Who finally admits the sweater is hers?
11. Does the teacher apologize? Why or why not?
12. When the narrator goes home, what special event is going to happen?
13. Is she looking forward to it? Why or why not?
14. What do you think the moral or message of this story is?
15. How old does the narrator say she wishes she were?
Read Roll of Thunder pages 21-41
IXL: Semicolons or Colons
Thursday, May 14
Journal: Describe a time that you learned a valuable lesson.
Grammar: None. Test today
Literature: Read Amigo Brothers
Do the questions:
1. What city is the story set in?
2. Who are the two main characters?
3. Are they close friends? How can you tell?
4. What big event is coming up that they are both involved in?
5. Why does Felix suggest that he and Antonio don't see each other until the fight?
6. What are both boys worried about concerning the fight?
7. What is the prize for winning the fight?
8. Describe each boy's boxing style.
9. How many rounds is the fight?
10. Who wins?
11. Why do you suppose the author ends the story this way, with the reader not knowing?
Read: Roll of Thunder pages 42-68
IXL: Semicolons or Colons
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