Monday, 1/25/99

Warm up: (in notebook)
Match the character with the characteristic.
Moon Shadow, Windrider, White Deer, Uncle B.S., Hand Clap, Black Dog

· "a devout Buddhist who (ironically) ate no meat"
· He had been raised in luxury back home in China, and now resented having to work for a living.
· He is frightened by "strangely constructed machines."
· He is in his fifties and "lively as a cricket."
· He called Father’s kite a "silly toy."
· He used to have beautiful handwriting.
· He "doesn’t know much about being a father.
· His daughters need large dowries.
· Faces a series of tests to prove his "dragonness."
· He said, "My, my, but that is a righteous wine."
· He can "dig up a mountain" or "drink up a lake."
· His son is Black Dog
· He has two wives.
· He is tall for a Tang man.
· Uncle said he has "character at least."
· A "strange, brooding man in his forties."
· Is an official partner(part owner) in the Company, while the others are only employees.

150 words...

Dragonwings
Go over quiz/study questions
Read Chapter 5 aloud

Homework:
KBAR (3 + 1 page due Thursday)
Vocabulary: Definition, POS, Sentences due Wednesday
Dragonwings: Read through end of chapter 6 + study questions for Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 or quiz Thursday
150 Words, showing a character; as descriptive as you can be! Due Wednesday