Character/Environment Seminar Discussion

1. Vocab Quiz

2. Seminar discussion
Be sure you...

• Speak at least three times during the discussion
• Contribute meaningfully, build on another’s point, include others in the conversation, use specific examples and clearly express your points

3. Reflection –  This will count as a HW grade and is due the class period after the seminar. Please respond to the following questions using specific examples and voices from the discussion.

• What’s the one thing you wish there’d been time for you to tell the rest of the class?
• How has your thinking changed/deepened/improved as a result of this discussion?
• How do you think you participated in this  seminar? How could you have participated better/more efficiently?

HW: Reflection due next class

Are Characters a Product of their Environment?

1. Vocab: http://quizlet.com/58862029/honors-set-4-flash-cards/
2. Finish character presentations
3. Are characters a product of their environments? 

• Seminar Assignment

HW: Study for vocab quiz. Paragraph response due Monday.

Characters Continued

1. Blog Commenting

2. Reading Response #2

3. Character Presentations

HW: Vocab #4 due next class. Check reading schedule for due dates!

Character Presentations

1. Journal: Write about a person in your life who has had an impact on you.
2. Discussion: what characters have affected Peekay positively or negatively? How?
3. Character presentation work

HW: Blog Posting due next class and remember to check reading schedule for due dates!

Blog Post #5: Due 11/14

What is "the power of one"?

1. Blog commenting and guidelines

2. Review vocab words- quiz next class
http://quizlet.com/56984151/eng-9-set-3-honors-flash-cards/

3. The Power of One Book Discussion: Chapters 1 and 2
Prompt: write about a time when you had to camouflage something about yourself OR adapt to a new situation. What was that like?

Chapter 1:

• Why do the judge and the jury hate Pisskop?
• Describe the medicine man. What does he give to Pisskop?

Chapter 2:

• What is “the power of one”?
• .What is it that Peekay has learned about camouflage so far?  How are the ideas of camouflage and adapting to change related to related to the “power of one”?
• When the headmaster announces that England has declared war on Germany, why does Pisskop feel he needs to escape?

4. Comma Activity in groups

HW: Study for vocabulary quiz

See reading schedule under current assignments for due dates!

Finish Presenting Myths

1. Blog Posting: Reflection Questions for Writer's Blogs

• choose one prompt and write a 150-200 word response on your blog.

2. Continue sharing myths

3. The Power of One: Read chapter one (pages 1-18)  for Global Studies tomorrow

 

Complete Vocabulary #3 sheet for Wednesday