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Friday, 1/22 (Periods 1,2,3) – Monday, 1/25 (Periods 5,6) – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Friday, 1/22 (Periods 1,2,3) – Monday, 1/25 (Periods 5,6)

ZoomaZoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/6580428380?pwd=SCs3NDRHcUJIbWE1SXdQVUdKUGpZdz09

Slides link for Homies (1/25): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OUohfNiBn0sMUxOE7K5bS72yUp_fgBcvOjli4VyuDqM/edit?usp=sharing

Check-in in Chat: PRIVATE!

  1. What did you predict was in Gran-Da’s bag?
  2. What does the word anti-Semitism mean? (NO GOOGLE! YOU SHOULD KNOW IT FROM THE NEWSELA ARTICLE!)

MAUS BOOK! MAUS BOOK! NEWSELA! NEWSELA!

KBARR is BACK! CHART AND RESPONDING!

YOU NEED THIS BOOK FOR MONDAY!!!
MAUS Book Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-z1TnaaSYPvx4v0T9K-_CjIUE4Zkb_oT8LmZmRlM3mvdWZQ/viewform

SGI FRIDAY, 1/22 (Periods 1,2,3) – MONDAY, 1/25 (Periods 5,6): NEWSELA PART 2:

https://newsela.com/assignment/2004416621/?classroom_id=2002732643&return_url=/binder/assignments

Show me your defns!

“Vocab, 1/22 (1/25)”
   

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. forgettable : iconic :: emotional : _______
  6. She has high ______(ations). She wants to rule the world.
  7. huge : diminutive :: inspiring : ______
  8. The root of this word means “life.” _____
  9. Reading Shakespeare for the first time can be rather ______.
  10. (2) They tried to ______ the angry and _____ mob by telling them their concerns would be addressed.
  11. “Dig and be dug in return” is Langston Hughes’s version of the old ____ about treating others how you want to be treated.
  12. Fifth Period tried to ____ Mr. Coward’s anger with cookies.

 

Finish “Old Glory.”

“Old Glory” Document.

“Old Glory” Questions. Answer in chat. PRIVATELY! You also might want to write the answers down in your notebook, because I will be rerunning them on the Test next wee!

  1. On the surface, who are we initially supposed to think is the protagonist (hero) of the story? If we dig deeper, who is REALLY the protagonist?
  2. Conflict #1: ____ v _____  Conflict #2: ____ v _____
  3. What right did the SOS law take away?
  4. Why did Donald turn Grand-Da in? (Hint: Look at the title of his essay.)
  5. Explain the last line: “What kind of world would that be?” (Use a previous vocab word!)
  6. What do you think the main message of the story is?

 

“The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury. Link to the story: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TaPn0LSTg-O-DyGGnB4hh8iojUf8KpDk/view?usp=sharing

  1. How are “The Forecast” and “The Pedestrian” connected in meaning?
  2. Which character/person doesn’t belong with the others?  Why?  a) Mr. Mead  b) Gran-Da  c) Ponyboy  d) Donald  e) Emily Dickinson’s narrators