Thursday, 3/11/99

Finish "MFN" silently.
Q and A (Do 1-4 and 10-17 in notebook. Do 5-9 on a separate piece of paper. Your responses to those questions count toward your 500 words this week. Due EOP tomorrow)
1.List two of the stereotypes that Robert thought of when he first met Jeff.
2.Why is Robert disappointed when Jeff tells him his family came from Boston looking for work? (p145)
3.What do Jeff's father and Robert's father have in common?
4. Why do the Midnight Raiders start throwing their vegetables?



(SEPARATE SHEET)
5. "I found my staring into the eyes of Jefferson Johnson Stone." (p152)  What is going through each boy's mind at this moment?
6. Why doesn't Robert run from Nutsy at the end? Explain why you think so.
7. Could/should Robert have done anything differently? If you were in Robert's position, how would you have handled your friendships with Jeff and the Midnight Raiders?
8. What effect do you think the events of the story will have on Robert? Has he changed as a person? In what ways? What makes you think so?
9. Have you ever done something you regretted later? (And not just because you were caught!) Why did you choose to do it? Did you learn a lesson? Explain.

10. What is a davenport?
11. Pepere is French for ___________ .
12. Noir is French for _________ .
13. What is a sonnet?
14. Mardis Gras is French for _______.
15. What is Lent? When?
16. Name a book/story by Jack London.
17. What's a piazza?



Work!
Edit.(Evaluate and format!)**Write.(500 words!)**Rewrite.(Final Draft due!)**Work on "MFN" questions.(Due EOP tomorrow!)**Work on crossword.(Due tomorrow!)**Work on spelling words 5x.**Work on worksheets.