Tuesday, 2/18: Homework, RTS, Giver

Copy Homework into Planner:

  • KBARR = The Giver: There will be a reading check quiz every day, preceded by a Q/A session. Come prepared with questions about ANYTHING you don’t understand.  Response = DAILY = 1 paragraph: summary and reaction combined. Reading assignments might change depending on how far we get in class, so pay attention!
    • Tuesday night: to the end of Chapter 16.
    • Wednesday night: to the end of chapter 17
    • Thursday night: to the end of chapter 19.
  • Vocab due Wednesday. Def’s ONLY. Original SMYK‘s for Bonus on Friday. Use LearnersDictionary.
  • COPY INTO NOTEBOOK: DECORUM, ADMONISH, AMIABLE, RAPT, VILE, ADHERE (not like tape), CARNAGE, APT, PALPABLE


“Warm Up, 2/18.” (From Test #12) ANSWERS NOT LETTERS.
a) 1st person  b) 2nd person  c) 3rd person limited  d) 3rd person objective  e) 3rd person omniscient

  1. “I got this,” Jimmy thought confidently as he approached the house not knowing the llama knew he was coming and was ready for him._____
  2. As soon as your grandpa says, “I give up,” jump out and shout, “Here I am!”
  3. “He wore a tall pointed blue hat, a long gray cloak, and a silver scarf. Small hobbit-children ran after the car all through Hobbiton and right up the hill.”____
  4. “Everyone else said of her: ‘She is such a good mother. She adores her children.’ Only she herself, and her children themselves, knew it was not so. They read it in each other eyes.” ____
  5. Maus:___
  6. Giver: ___
  7. Outsiders:___
  8. Midwife’s Apprentice: ___

Recognizing Text Structures: Argument. Link to sheet for absentees.

DO NOT WRITE ON THE SHEET!!!!!

Read the explanation of argument and then the letter, “Save Spirit Week.”

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Answer the following in your notebook:

“Argument, 2/18.” (These are the notes you will use on the Test.)

  1. List at least three “signal words” that signal an opinion (besides the circled one).
  2. Write the statement that is not supported by fact.
  3. What is the author’s main claim?
  4. Make a chart of the Pros and Cons listed by the author. Make sure there are 3 in each column.

The Giver aloud. Chapter 16 —>

LINK to GIVER BOOK.