Week Five
Monday, April 20
Journal: If you had to pick the best song ever composed, what would you pick and why?
This is a short test of a new learning platform
Follow these instructions:
1. Go to Google slides link
2. Watch and interact with the google slideshow. Answer all questions. You get credit for doing it.
3. This is just a trial run to make sure it works
Grammar: Underlining and Italics
Watch the video on underlining and italics : Underlining and Italics
Read page 287-288 and Do page 288 exercise 1, #1-10
Literature: Lesson on the Elements of a Short Story: Plot, Setting, Character, Point of View, Tone or Mood, Theme, Conflict.
1. Plot--what happens in the story.
2. Setting--where, when the story takes place
3. Character--who is in the story
Protagonist--the person trying to overcome the conflict
Antagonist--the person or thing trying to prevent the protagonist from succeeding
4. Point of View--who is telling the story
First person--narrator is inside the story "I"
Third person--narrator is outside the story
5. Tone or mood--the word choice that sets up what kind of story it is (scary, funny, etc)
6. Theme--what is the moral or the message of the story (ex. crime does not pay)
7. Conflict--a hurdle or problem that the character must overcome.
Video Lesson on Elements of a Short Story: Click this hyperlink to watch. It's only about 7 minutes and contains answers to the questions right below this.
DO: Question: In the Red Fern Grows, what is the:
1. Plot
2. Setting
3. Characters
Protagonist-
Antagonist-
4. Point of View
5. Tone or Mood
6. Theme
7. Conflict
Read in the novel Tex, by SE Hinton, pages 1-26
Tuesday, April 21
Journal: What historical event would you most like to have seen in person? Why?
Grammar: Quotation Marks
Watch this short video: Using Quotation Marks in Titles
Do: Read page 289. Do page 289 #1-10
Google Slides: Writing a Haiku Poem. Watch the google slideshow and follow the directions. Answers are done right on the slides.
Read Jack London's "To Build a Fire".
Do these questions:
1. What mechanical thing is mentioned in the first paragraph?
2. What are the prevalent feelings and sights in the first paragraph?
3. What is the total length of the trail mentioned in paragraph 2?
4. Why may the man’s lack of “imagination” be a serious flaw?
5. What experiment does the man perform?
6. Why is he surprised at the result?
7. Why is the man not with the rest of “the boys” at Camp Henderson Creek?
8. How is the dog’s reaction to the cold different from the man’s? Why?
9. What happens to the dog when the man forces him on? What does it instinctively know to do?
10. What is happening to the man’s fingers and toes?
11. What had the old-timer on Sulphur Creek told him the previous fall?
12. How does the man react to this advice?
13. What mistake did the man make when choosing a spot for his fire?
14. What does the dog do then that lets us know he is in no danger from the intense cold?
15. How is the man’s opinion of the old-timer different from what it was?
16. When the man fails to build a fire, what wild idea does he get?
17. In his panic, what does the man do?
18. As the man sits and rests, what strange sensation does he feel?
19.What hallucination does he have?
20. What does the man “say” to the old-timer?
21. How do we know from the end of the story that the dog is somewhat domesticated?
22. Why do you think we are not told either the man’s or dog’s name?
Read Tex Chapter 28-48
Wednesday, April 22
Journal: If you had to be represented by an object in your home, what would you pick that best represents you and why?
Grammar: Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations
Watch short video: Using Quotations with Dialogue
Do: Read page 290. Do p. 291 #1-10
Do This: Bridge Creative Writing Activity
Read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
1. What is happening at the beginning of the story?
2. What is the occupation of the man they are hanging?
3. How will the man hang? He is not on a gallows.
4. What does the man notice in the water?
5. Does the man seem concerned that he is about to die? How can you tell?
6. What does the man hear?
7. How does he hope to escape at the last minute?
8. What state is Peyton Farquhar from?
9. What war does this take place in? How can you tell?
10. Farquhar is visited by a gray-clad soldier. What does the soldier tell him?
11. What does Farquhar not know about this soldier?
12. What do you think Farquhar means by a man who is a "student of hanging"?
13. What does Farquhar decided to try to do to the bridge?
14. Why does he fall into the river?
15. How does he dodge or escape the bullets fired at him?
16. Where does he go when he escapes?
17. Waht happens at the end of the story? Why is this a suprise?
18. What does this mean about the middle part of the story? Where did it actually take place?
Read Tex 49-60
Thursday, April 23
Journal: If you had to eliminate one season from the four earth seasons, which would you omit and why?
No grammar: Test will be over underlining and italics and quotations
Literature: The Tell-Tale Heart Read it. This is a short horror story by Edgar Alan Poe.
After reading, answer the questions below:
1. In the first paragraph, what suggests that the narrator is not in his right mind?
2. What has happened to the narrator's senses? Are they better or worse than before? Which sense is the most highly developed?
3. How does the narrator feel about the old man?
4. What bothers the narrator about the old man?
5. What animal's eye does the narrator compare the old man's eye to?
6. What does the narrator do every night in the week before the murder?
7. What scares the old man?
8. When the narrator opens up the lantern, what part of the old man does he see?
9. What does the narrator compare the beating of the old man's heart to?
10. The narrator says that he is not mad, but has an acuteness of the senses. What are some things that he sees or hears more clearly than a regular person would? What are they?
11. The old man's heartbeat gets so loud that the narrator is afraid that who will hear?
12. How does the narrator kill the old man?
13. What does he do with the body?
14. How does he keep blood from staining the crime scene?
15. Who shows up the next morning?
16. What does the narrator say caused the loud shriek during the night?
17. What sound does the narrator hear while the visitors are there? Why does this scare him?
18. Why does the narrator confess to the crime?
19. What does the story's title mean?
20. Do you think the narrator is crazy? Give your reasoning.
Read Tex pages 61-83
Journal: If you had to pick the best song ever composed, what would you pick and why?
This is a short test of a new learning platform
Follow these instructions:
1. Go to Google slides link
2. Watch and interact with the google slideshow. Answer all questions. You get credit for doing it.
3. This is just a trial run to make sure it works
Grammar: Underlining and Italics
Watch the video on underlining and italics : Underlining and Italics
Read page 287-288 and Do page 288 exercise 1, #1-10
Literature: Lesson on the Elements of a Short Story: Plot, Setting, Character, Point of View, Tone or Mood, Theme, Conflict.
1. Plot--what happens in the story.
2. Setting--where, when the story takes place
3. Character--who is in the story
Protagonist--the person trying to overcome the conflict
Antagonist--the person or thing trying to prevent the protagonist from succeeding
4. Point of View--who is telling the story
First person--narrator is inside the story "I"
Third person--narrator is outside the story
5. Tone or mood--the word choice that sets up what kind of story it is (scary, funny, etc)
6. Theme--what is the moral or the message of the story (ex. crime does not pay)
7. Conflict--a hurdle or problem that the character must overcome.
Video Lesson on Elements of a Short Story: Click this hyperlink to watch. It's only about 7 minutes and contains answers to the questions right below this.
DO: Question: In the Red Fern Grows, what is the:
1. Plot
2. Setting
3. Characters
Protagonist-
Antagonist-
4. Point of View
5. Tone or Mood
6. Theme
7. Conflict
Read in the novel Tex, by SE Hinton, pages 1-26
Tuesday, April 21
Journal: What historical event would you most like to have seen in person? Why?
Grammar: Quotation Marks
Watch this short video: Using Quotation Marks in Titles
Do: Read page 289. Do page 289 #1-10
Google Slides: Writing a Haiku Poem. Watch the google slideshow and follow the directions. Answers are done right on the slides.
Read Jack London's "To Build a Fire".
Do these questions:
1. What mechanical thing is mentioned in the first paragraph?
2. What are the prevalent feelings and sights in the first paragraph?
3. What is the total length of the trail mentioned in paragraph 2?
4. Why may the man’s lack of “imagination” be a serious flaw?
5. What experiment does the man perform?
6. Why is he surprised at the result?
7. Why is the man not with the rest of “the boys” at Camp Henderson Creek?
8. How is the dog’s reaction to the cold different from the man’s? Why?
9. What happens to the dog when the man forces him on? What does it instinctively know to do?
10. What is happening to the man’s fingers and toes?
11. What had the old-timer on Sulphur Creek told him the previous fall?
12. How does the man react to this advice?
13. What mistake did the man make when choosing a spot for his fire?
14. What does the dog do then that lets us know he is in no danger from the intense cold?
15. How is the man’s opinion of the old-timer different from what it was?
16. When the man fails to build a fire, what wild idea does he get?
17. In his panic, what does the man do?
18. As the man sits and rests, what strange sensation does he feel?
19.What hallucination does he have?
20. What does the man “say” to the old-timer?
21. How do we know from the end of the story that the dog is somewhat domesticated?
22. Why do you think we are not told either the man’s or dog’s name?
Read Tex Chapter 28-48
Wednesday, April 22
Journal: If you had to be represented by an object in your home, what would you pick that best represents you and why?
Grammar: Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations
Watch short video: Using Quotations with Dialogue
Do: Read page 290. Do p. 291 #1-10
Do This: Bridge Creative Writing Activity
Read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
1. What is happening at the beginning of the story?
2. What is the occupation of the man they are hanging?
3. How will the man hang? He is not on a gallows.
4. What does the man notice in the water?
5. Does the man seem concerned that he is about to die? How can you tell?
6. What does the man hear?
7. How does he hope to escape at the last minute?
8. What state is Peyton Farquhar from?
9. What war does this take place in? How can you tell?
10. Farquhar is visited by a gray-clad soldier. What does the soldier tell him?
11. What does Farquhar not know about this soldier?
12. What do you think Farquhar means by a man who is a "student of hanging"?
13. What does Farquhar decided to try to do to the bridge?
14. Why does he fall into the river?
15. How does he dodge or escape the bullets fired at him?
16. Where does he go when he escapes?
17. Waht happens at the end of the story? Why is this a suprise?
18. What does this mean about the middle part of the story? Where did it actually take place?
Read Tex 49-60
Thursday, April 23
Journal: If you had to eliminate one season from the four earth seasons, which would you omit and why?
No grammar: Test will be over underlining and italics and quotations
Literature: The Tell-Tale Heart Read it. This is a short horror story by Edgar Alan Poe.
After reading, answer the questions below:
1. In the first paragraph, what suggests that the narrator is not in his right mind?
2. What has happened to the narrator's senses? Are they better or worse than before? Which sense is the most highly developed?
3. How does the narrator feel about the old man?
4. What bothers the narrator about the old man?
5. What animal's eye does the narrator compare the old man's eye to?
6. What does the narrator do every night in the week before the murder?
7. What scares the old man?
8. When the narrator opens up the lantern, what part of the old man does he see?
9. What does the narrator compare the beating of the old man's heart to?
10. The narrator says that he is not mad, but has an acuteness of the senses. What are some things that he sees or hears more clearly than a regular person would? What are they?
11. The old man's heartbeat gets so loud that the narrator is afraid that who will hear?
12. How does the narrator kill the old man?
13. What does he do with the body?
14. How does he keep blood from staining the crime scene?
15. Who shows up the next morning?
16. What does the narrator say caused the loud shriek during the night?
17. What sound does the narrator hear while the visitors are there? Why does this scare him?
18. Why does the narrator confess to the crime?
19. What does the story's title mean?
20. Do you think the narrator is crazy? Give your reasoning.
Read Tex pages 61-83
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