Tuesday July 8, 2014
Learning Target:
I can site strong text based evidence to support my literary analysis of theme. I can describe how words or phrases, effect the mood of the story or the development of the character associated with the word or phrase.
In Class Task #1:
Complete the Literary Analysis using Text Evidence. Copy the chart, complete the table, and then share it with Mrs. Hohn at jhohn@tahomasd.us
Homework:
During Week Three you will be responsible to read chapters 13-20 and complete Response Questions.
Please click on the hyperlink in order to access the questions.
Last Weeks Response Questions:
During Week Two you will be responsible to read chapters 7-12 and complete Response Questions. Please click on the hyperlink in order to access the questions, please make sure to share them with me.
Journal Writing Using Text Evidence:
To complete this task, you will need to copy the Journal Writing questions and add it to your previous journal writing document. The questions need to be answered using text evidence to support whatever ideas they may have about the prompt. When using a text based evidence, make sure that you are using "quotation marks" and adding page numbers.
Vocabulary:
Throughout the novel, The Eleventh Plague, by Jeff Hirsch you will be completed a vocabulary list. Please copy and save the attached google doc. This assignment must be completed by Monday July 28th.
Vocabulary List
Discussion Question:
For each word or phrase, explain the effect it has on either the mood of the story or the development of the character associated with the word or phrase. You must pick at least one word or phrase. You can not pick one that someone else has chosen.
Page 3 "A desert plain"
ex. This describes Grandpa's hand after he's dead It's lifeless like a dessert.
1. Page 3 "veins like dry riverbeds winding up the crags of his knuckles"
2. Page 3 "shovel chewed"
3. Page 3 "slouching ruins of an old mall"
4. Page 3 "sign hovered like a ghost"
5. Page 4 "fingers of vines"
6. Page 7 "we clawed our way"
7. Page 8 "dead cities"
8. Page 15 "Every so often some rusty metal lump emerged from underneath the plants, like the face of someone drowning."
9. Page 15 "Ate through the country lake wildfire"
10. Page 27 "Sticking out like a range of knobby mountains"
11. Page 39 "War of rain and lightning and thunder"
12. Page 48 "creeping shadows"
13. Page 59 "Tumbling; dirty;cotton; blowing trash"
14. Page 62 "a nervous flare bit through me"
Comment to at least two other student's postings. When posting please make sure to give quality feedback.
