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- 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 + 1 + 1 = 1 sentence summary per NIGHT, 1 sentence reaction PER NIGHT, 1 thoughtful question PER NIGHT. Reading assignments might vary depending on how far we get in class, so pay attention!
- Monday night: to the end of chapter 20
- Tuesday night: to the end of chapter 22
- Wednesday night:
- to the end of chapter 23 AND>>>>
- Read the UNDERLINED PORTION (starts on p6) of Lois Lowry’s Newbery acceptance speech and respond: What is your theory about the ending?
- Thursday: Nada.
- Vocab due Tuesday, Wednesday.
- due Tuesday – Definitions in notebook.
- due Wednesday – Copy and Finish the SMYK’s.
- Giver Project due Next Thursday, 3/7. (Details Tuesday.)
“Warm Up, 2/26.”
- What 5 things were on the test Friday?
- How can we connect “Old Glory” and The Giver?
- How about “The Sneetches” and The Giver?
- What does the word forecast mean?
“The Forecast” by Dan Jaffe
Perhaps our age has driven us indoors.
We sprawl in the semi-darkness, dreaming sometimes
Of a vague world spinning in the wind.
But we have snapped our locks, pulled down our shades,
Taken all precautions. We shall not be disturbed.
If the earth shakes, it will be on a screen;
And if the prairie wind spills down our streets
And covers us with leaves, the weatherman will tell us.
“Forecast, 2/26.” (5p)
- “The Forecast” is written in… a) 1st person b) 2nd person c) 3rd person d) 4th person
- The word forecast in the poem refers to the weatherman’s forecast, but it also adds another meaning for the poem. What else is the poem forecasting?
- This poem was written in 1964. How does it relate to today’s world?
- How can we relate this poem to The Giver?
- (2) Which character doesn’t belong with the others? Why? a) Pony b) Alyce c) Gran-Da d) Donald e) the Giver f) Jonas