Week Four
Welcome to the Block 12
Submit all work to robert.morris@malad.us via google docs
Check Remind app for messages and use it to send me questions
Do 2 hours a week of English IXL. 40 points.
Check Powerschool regularly for grade
Use rubrics for stories, poems, and papers
Work due by 9 a.m. the day after it is assigned
Day One:
Journal: Have you ever had a strange encounter with an animal? Tell about it. If you haven't, think of an unusual one with a pet.
Grammar: 276, do Exercise 13, writing out the paragraph.
Poetry Read Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Read parts One and Two only for today. If you struggle with it, read it while listening along with reading in the hyperlink below.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner Read Out Loud
Questions Parts One and Two:
1. Where is the wedding guest going?
2. Who stops the him?
3. What is the guest's first reaction to the old man?
4. What makes the guest stay and listen?
5. What happens to the ship at the beginning of the journey?
6. Which direction is the ship being pushed?
7. What weather do they encounter there?
8. What animal comes to the ship?
9. What is the men's reaction to seeing it?
10. How long does the animal follow the ship?
11. Whose voice does the animal come to?
12. What does the mariner do to the animal?
13. How has the mariner cursed the ship?
14. What problems does the crew now face?
15. Why could the men not speak?
16. What was hung around the mariner's neck?
Where the Red Fern Grows pp 224-236
Day Two:
Journal: Do you have a superstition? If so, what is it? If not, why aren't you superstitious?
Grammar: Commas that Enclose. Read page 277-278, then do 278 Exercise 14 #1-12.
Poetry: Read Rime of the Ancient Mariner parts 3 and 4.
Questions Part 3 and 4
1. Describe the ship that approaches the doomed ship of the mariner?
2. How many are on the ghost ship's crew? Describe them.
3. What does Death do to win the souls of the men on the mariner's ship?
4. How many men drop dead?
5. How many men are left?
6. In part IV, why does the wedding guest say he fears the mariner?
7. Is the mariner a ghost? What does he tell the wedding guest?
8. Do the dead begin to rot? Why or why not, in your opinion?
9. Why do the dead all stare at the mariner?
10. When he finally prays, what happens to the albatross around his neck? Why?
11. What happens to the albatross?
Where the Red Fern Grows pp 237-251
Day Three:
Journal: What is your favorite book and why? If you do not have a favorite book, what is your favorite movie and why? Be specific.
Grammar: Do page 282 #1-15.
Poetry: Read The Highwayman in the link below and watch the video/song by Loreena McKinnitt
The Highwayman
The Highway Video and Song by Loreena McKinnett
The Highwayman Questions (These will be easier if you watch the video after reading the poem)
1. A highwayman is a robber on horseback. Why does the highwayman come to the inn?
2. How is the highwayman dressed?
3. What weapons does he have with him?
4. Who is waiting for him in the window?
5. What is she doing with her hair?
6. Who sees the couple?
7. Why is this bad for them?
8. What is the highwayman planning to do that night?
9. When does he say he will return to see the innkeeper's daughter?
10. Who shows up the next day before the highwayman reappears? How do they know to come?
11. What do the soldiers do with Bess? Why?
12. Why is there a gun up against her?
13. What does she manage to do with the ropes that tie her up?
14. What noise do the horses' hooves make?
15. Why is Bess standing in the window facing the road?
16. What happens to Bess?
17. What happens to the highwayman?
18. At the end of the poem, who still meets at the inn? Are they ghosts? Why do you think so?
Where the Red Fern Grows pp 252-276
Haiku creative writing lesson
Day Four:
Journal: Who is a person you wish you could meet and why?
Grammar: Grammar will be on the test today. No assignment on grammar.
Poetry: Read The Creation of Sam McGee at the link below and watch the videos
The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service
Cremation of Sam McGee video by Johnny Cash
Answer the questions:
1. Where is Sam McGee from?
2. Does he like the cold of Alaska?
3. If not, what makes him stay?
4. Where does he say he'd rather be?
5. What makes Sam ask his request?
6. What is Sam's request of the narrator?
7. What does the narrator do with Sam's corpse right after Sam dies?
8. What lake does he bring Sam's body to?
9. What is a crematorium?
10. What does the narrator use as the crematorium?
11. Where does the narrator put Sam's body?
12. When he comes back to look, what does he find?
13. Why is this a surprise ending?
Where the Red Fern Grows 277-282
Supplementals
Highwayman Cartoon
Submit all work to robert.morris@malad.us via google docs
Check Remind app for messages and use it to send me questions
Do 2 hours a week of English IXL. 40 points.
Check Powerschool regularly for grade
Use rubrics for stories, poems, and papers
Work due by 9 a.m. the day after it is assigned
Day One:
Journal: Have you ever had a strange encounter with an animal? Tell about it. If you haven't, think of an unusual one with a pet.
Grammar: 276, do Exercise 13, writing out the paragraph.
Poetry Read Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Read parts One and Two only for today. If you struggle with it, read it while listening along with reading in the hyperlink below.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner Read Out Loud
Questions Parts One and Two:
1. Where is the wedding guest going?
2. Who stops the him?
3. What is the guest's first reaction to the old man?
4. What makes the guest stay and listen?
5. What happens to the ship at the beginning of the journey?
6. Which direction is the ship being pushed?
7. What weather do they encounter there?
8. What animal comes to the ship?
9. What is the men's reaction to seeing it?
10. How long does the animal follow the ship?
11. Whose voice does the animal come to?
12. What does the mariner do to the animal?
13. How has the mariner cursed the ship?
14. What problems does the crew now face?
15. Why could the men not speak?
16. What was hung around the mariner's neck?
Day Two:
Journal: Do you have a superstition? If so, what is it? If not, why aren't you superstitious?
Grammar: Commas that Enclose. Read page 277-278, then do 278 Exercise 14 #1-12.
Poetry: Read Rime of the Ancient Mariner parts 3 and 4.
Questions Part 3 and 4
1. Describe the ship that approaches the doomed ship of the mariner?
2. How many are on the ghost ship's crew? Describe them.
3. What does Death do to win the souls of the men on the mariner's ship?
4. How many men drop dead?
5. How many men are left?
6. In part IV, why does the wedding guest say he fears the mariner?
7. Is the mariner a ghost? What does he tell the wedding guest?
8. Do the dead begin to rot? Why or why not, in your opinion?
9. Why do the dead all stare at the mariner?
10. When he finally prays, what happens to the albatross around his neck? Why?
11. What happens to the albatross?
Where the Red Fern Grows pp 237-251
Day Three:
Journal: What is your favorite book and why? If you do not have a favorite book, what is your favorite movie and why? Be specific.
Grammar: Do page 282 #1-15.
Poetry: Read The Highwayman in the link below and watch the video/song by Loreena McKinnitt
The Highwayman
The Highway Video and Song by Loreena McKinnett
The Highwayman Questions (These will be easier if you watch the video after reading the poem)
1. A highwayman is a robber on horseback. Why does the highwayman come to the inn?
2. How is the highwayman dressed?
3. What weapons does he have with him?
4. Who is waiting for him in the window?
5. What is she doing with her hair?
6. Who sees the couple?
7. Why is this bad for them?
8. What is the highwayman planning to do that night?
9. When does he say he will return to see the innkeeper's daughter?
10. Who shows up the next day before the highwayman reappears? How do they know to come?
11. What do the soldiers do with Bess? Why?
12. Why is there a gun up against her?
13. What does she manage to do with the ropes that tie her up?
14. What noise do the horses' hooves make?
15. Why is Bess standing in the window facing the road?
16. What happens to Bess?
17. What happens to the highwayman?
18. At the end of the poem, who still meets at the inn? Are they ghosts? Why do you think so?
Where the Red Fern Grows pp 252-276
Haiku creative writing lesson
Day Four:
Journal: Who is a person you wish you could meet and why?
Grammar: Grammar will be on the test today. No assignment on grammar.
Poetry: Read The Creation of Sam McGee at the link below and watch the videos
The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service
Cremation of Sam McGee video by Johnny CashAnswer the questions:
1. Where is Sam McGee from?
2. Does he like the cold of Alaska?
3. If not, what makes him stay?
4. Where does he say he'd rather be?
5. What makes Sam ask his request?
6. What is Sam's request of the narrator?
7. What does the narrator do with Sam's corpse right after Sam dies?
8. What lake does he bring Sam's body to?
9. What is a crematorium?
10. What does the narrator use as the crematorium?
11. Where does the narrator put Sam's body?
12. When he comes back to look, what does he find?
13. Why is this a surprise ending?
Where the Red Fern Grows 277-282
Highwayman Cartoon
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