12/10 – 16/09
A Christmas Carol
12/09/09
Night – pages 93-109 (chapters 7-9)
Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. How does Wiesel convey a sense of hopelessness in this final section of the book? What do you think would have happened to him if his father had died much earlier?
2. Why did the two men try to throw Wiesel’s father from the carriage? Why did the living “rejoice” when the order came to throw out the corpses? Is the author saying the prisoners themselves became less humane as time went on?
3. How did the prisoners in the wagon act like animals? Why did the German workmen take a “lively interest in this spectacle” when they had merely stopped and stared at the marching prisoners, before? Can you think of other examples of human beings enjoying the spectacle of other human beings in pain and misery?
4. Why didn’t Wiesel join in the scramble for food? How were Meir and his son like the other fathers and sons Wiesel has described? What is he saying about how the concentration camps affected the bonds between loved ones?
5. How did Meir Katz save Elie Wiesel’s life. How did Wiesel’s father try to save Katz? How do you know he didn’t succeed? When the author describes the various deaths, does he reveal regret, outrage, or fear?
6. Why is it that Wiesel “could have wept with rage” when his father begged for rest upon arrival at Buchenwald? Why did Wiesel fee that he was arguing “with death itself”?
7. Why did Wiesel leave his father when the sirens wailed? How can you tell that he felt guilty about this later? Was his father angry? Why did Weisel feel that “no better than Rabbi Eliahou’s son had I withstood the test”?
8. What emotions did Wiesel experience as he watched his father die, that last week? What do you suppose was hardest for Wiesel?
9. Why did Wiesel decide to be an “invalid”? Why didn’t he see his father die? Why didn’t he cry?
10. What were Wiesel’s thoughts during the months after his father’s death? How did he “cope”?
11. What would have happened if the children had gone to the assembly place, as ordered?
12. Why did the SS flee the camp? When was Wiesel finally freed? Why was he sent to a hospital?
13. On what note does the book end? Would this be a better book if Wiesel had attempted a more “uplifting” tone at the end? Why do you suppose he does not?
12/08/09
• Night – pages 81-92 (chapter 6)
• Read pages 81 – 92 aloud
• Review questions over pages 63-80
• Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What does Wiesel mean by the observations of the SS men, “their fingers on the triggers, they did not deprive themselves of this pleasure”? Where else have you seen evidence of sadism in the book? Are most of the Nazis Wiesel describes apparently enjoying their work, following orders mindlessly, or afraid to disobey orders?
2. What happened to Zalman? Do you think the SS are any less guilty of his death than if they had shot him?
3. In what way were Wiesel and the other Jews who kept rushing onward “masters of nature” – then, in the morning “without strength, without illusions”?
4. How did Wiesel and his father help each other stay alive? Where do you find evidence in this section and earlier ones that looking our for oneself took more and more precedence over worrying about others as time in the camps wore on?
5. Why does Wiesel tell the story of Rabbi Eliahou? Why was he glad that the rabbi “should continue to look for his beloved son”? Did Wiesel judge the son? Why do you think “sons abandoned their fathers’ remains without a tear”?
6. How did Wiesel avoid suffocation? Why did he think he was hallucinating? Why do you suppose Juliek played the violin in this terrible situation?
7. How did Weisel’s father avoid being “selected” at Gleiwitz? Why did Wiesel run after him to the left?
12/07/09
Night – pages 63-80 (chapter 5)
• Go over questions from yesterday.
• Read pages 63 – 80 aloud
• Quiz on pages 63-80
1. What was the New Year’s gift from the SS to the prisoners?
(selection)
2. Why did Eliezer go to the hospital?
(foot surgery)
3. Who does Eliezer’s hospital neighbor say is the only person who has kept his promise to the Jews?
(Hitler)
4. Why was the camp evacuated?
(the Russian army was approaching)
5. What would have happened to Eliezer if he had stayed in the hospital?
(he would have been liberated)
• Vocabulary:
• Tempest
• Dysentery
• Buffoon
• Crucible
• Monochrome
• Benediction
• Din
• Knell
• Prostrate
• Interminable
• Derision
• Mountebank
12/07/09
Night – pages 63-80 (chapter 5)
Answer the following questions in complete sentence form on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is Rosh Hashanah? Why do you suppose even “Kapos, functionaries of death” came to the Rosh Hashanah service? What was going through Eliezer’s mind? Was hi in the minority when he “rebelled” inwardly. Why does he call the place where the Jews met to pray a mirage?
2. What does Wiesel mean when he says of his father, “We had never understood one another so clearly”?
3. What is Yom Kippur? Why didn’t Eliezer fast?
4. What was the “fine New Year’s gift” the SS gave the prisoners? What is the tone here? Can you find other remarks made by the narrator in a similar vein?
5. Do you think the advice the head of the block gave about how to avoid selection helped Eliezer? What do you suppose it was like to be a jew- and put in charge of a block of concentration camp prisoners? Why do you think the “Kapos” reassured the men who were told to stay behind that they had not been “selected” for execution?
6. What does Wiesel mean when he says that the prisoners stood naked…”This must show how one stands at the last judgement”?
7. What was Dr. Megele’s attitude during the “selection”? What were Eliezer’s thoughts as he went through the “race”?
8. What sorts of “presents” and “inheritance” gifts did Wiesel’s father give him? Why did Eliezer give the knife and spoon back? What does this show you about how life changes when mere survival is a struggle?
9. What happened to may of the prisoners when they lost faith? Why do you suppose that is? Did Wiesel lose faith? Why do you suppose he tells the story of what happened to Akiba Drumer – and how everyone forgot to say the Kaddish for him?
10. How did Wiesel end up in the hospital? What decisions did he face there? How did he make his choice to leave the hospital so soon after the operataion? What would you have done? Was this a good decision?
11. Why was the camp being evacuated? Why did the prisoners want the Russians to arrive first? Why does Wiesel say the prisoners asked themselves, “Were they going to let the Jews hear the twelfth stroke sound?”
12. How did the “face of the camp” change on the morning of the evacuation? Why did the head of the block order the prisoners to clean the floor? How do you suppose the prisoners felt about their task? Reread the description of the evacuation at the end of the chapter. Why do you suppose the author chooses to use a series of short sentences in this passage? What is the effect? How do you feel as you come to the end of the chapter?
12/04/09
Night
Pages 45-62 (chapter 4)
Answer the following questions in complete sentence form on a separate sheet of paper.
1. How could Wiesel have bribed the assistant to arrange for him to go with his father to a “good unit”? Why didn’t’ he try the bribe? Should he have?
2. Why was the dentist so conscientious?
3. Where was music played in the camp? Why do you suppose the Germans ordered this music? Why couldn’t the musicians play Beethoven?
4. Why was Wiesel sent to the dentist? Why was he so desperate to keep his tooth? Why didn’t he succeed?
5. Who beat Eliezer in front of the French girl? Why? Why was she afraid to speak to him? What did her advice show about her?
6. Why did Idek beat Eliezer’s father? Why do you suppose Eliezer was angry with his father for getting beaten? Does this remind you of any other situations?
7. Why did Eliezer give his father “marching lessons”? What do you suppose was going through his father’s mind during these “lessons”?
8. Why did Eliezer laugh at Idek? Does that surprise you? What was the result?
9. What did the air raid sirens signify? Why was this a particularly dangerous time for prisoners? In what way was “terror stronger than hunger”? How did the death of that one man affect Eliezer? How did Eliezer feel when the air raid was over?
10. Who were some of the people who died on the gallows? What phrase did many repeat before their deaths? Why do you suppose these people weren’t shot or killed some other way? Whose death moved Eliezer the most? Why? Why did he find the soup “excellent” after one execution, but tasting of “corpses” after another?
12/03/09
Night – pages 21-43
· Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Why did the Hungarian lieutenant move among the prisoners with a basket? What did “those who no longer wished to taste the bitterness of terror” do? Would you have given up what you had?
2. Who was Madame Schacter? Why was she so upset? How did the others treat her? What was the first thing the prisoners saw when thy got to Birkenau? Do you think they realized what they were seeing and smelling?
3. Who were the SS men? How did Eliezer and his father get separated from Mother and Tzipora? What was Eliezer’s last view of them? Why do you suppose he dedicates this book to them?
4. Why did some of the younger men want to attempt escape? Why didn’t they go ahead? What do you think would have happened if they had convinced their elders to revolt?
5. Why did Eliezer and his father lie to Dr. Megele? Why did his father wish Eliezer had gone with his mother?
6. What is the Kaddish? Why didn’t Eliezer join his father in reciting this? Do you note a change in him?
7. How did the prisoners already in the barracks treat the newcomers? What were Eliezer and the others ordered to do? How did Eliezer change physically by the end of the first night – and emotionally and spiritually?
8. How did Eliezer keep his shoes from the “Kapos” at first? According to the SS officer, what was the only way to avoid the furnaces?
9. Why did the gypsy strike Eliezer’s father? How did Eliezer react? What would you have done under these circumstances?
10. To what new camp were the prisoners marched? Who was in charge of the block? What was his advice? Why was he replaced? Why do you suppose the Germans put prisoners in charge of prisoners’ blocks?
11. How did Eliezer become “A-7713”? What was “roll call” like?
12. Who was Stein? Why did Stein stop coming?
· On another sheet of paper, write a one page essay on the following:
Wiesel lied to Stein to make him feel better. Describe a time that you lied – or at least concealed the truth – to protect someone from being hurt.
12/02/09
Night
Vocabulary:
Edict
Indiscriminately
Expelled
Pillage
Candelabra
Convoy
Morale
Phylacteries
Cringing
Refuge
Truncheons
Portfolios
Guerillas
Read aloud pages 12-20
Analyzing Literature: (pages 1-20)
Answer the following questions thoroughly in paragraph form.
1) Describe Wiesel’s community at the beginning of the story. How does young Elie
view the world and his place in it?
2) What are some incidents that suggest or foreshadow the coming danger to the Sighet Jews? Why doesn’t th community believe it is in danger?
3) What are the conditions on the Jews’ train journey? How do the Jews react to Madame Schacter’s behavior? What does this reveal about human nature?
4) What connection might there be between Madame Schacter’s treatment on the train and possible future events in the concentration camp? What are some other ways that Wiesel foreshadows, or hints at, the horrors ahead?
5) Even though it was 1944, and Nazi extermination of Jews had begun earlier, the Sighet Jews had very few facts about it. Do you think it is possible in today’s world for a community to know so little, to be so unprepared? Explain.
12/01/09
Night
• Have students go over vocabulary:
o Beadle
o Cabbala
o Zohar
o Passover
o Hasidic
o Rabbi
o Fascist
o Ghetto
o Synagogue
o Talmud
o Pentecost
o Waiflike
o Mysticism
o Gestapo
o Zionism
• Begin reading aloud; pages 1-12
11/20 – 24/09: Gateway Prep (Interactive Reader)
11/19/09 Othello Test
11/18/09 Othello
Answer each of the following questions in two to three paragraphs.
1. Roderigo, Cassio, and Othello are all manipulated by Iago, but how are they different? What weaknesses or virtues does Iago exploit in each character’s case?
2. What purpose do Desdemona’s story of Barbary and the song about the “willow maid” in Act IV serve in the play?
3. Describe Emilia’s personality and determine what values and characteristics she represents.
11/17/09
Othello
Act IV and V Questions
Answer the following questions in complete sentence form. You may use this sheet.
1. How does Iago continue to provoke Othello’s jealousy?
2. What does the confrontation between Bianca and Cassio reveal about Cassio’s character?
3. Why has Lodovico come to Cyprus, and how does he become a part of Iago’s scheming?
4. How does Emilia react to Othello’s initial suggestion of Desdemona’s unfaithfulness? How does Othello respond?
5. How does Desdemona react to Othello’s accusations in Scene 2?
6. How does Iago intend to dispose of Cassio and Roderigo? What actually transpires?
7. How does Iago’s treachery finally work itself out?
8. What philosophical viewpoint prevails at the end of the play?
11/16/09
Othello: read Act V aloud
11/12-13/09
Othello
Act IV
Read aloud
11/ 11 /09
Othello – Act III
Answer the following questions in complete sentence form on this paper/
1) What is the purpose of the brief scene with the clown and the musicians?
2) How does Iago work on Othello’s suspicions in Scene 3?
3) What was Cassio’s relationship with Othello before the beginning of the play?
4) How does the handkerchief serve as a plot device in Act III?
5) How is the theme of jealousy developed in Act III?
6) How is Emilia characterized?
7) How does Emilia’s remark about jealousy comment on the themes of the play?
What hope does Desdemona cling to in Scene 4?
9) What is Cassio’s relationship to Bianca?
10) What has become of Cassio’s hope to appeal to Othello through Desdemona by the end of Act III?
11/10/09
Othello
Act III
Read Act III aloud
11/09/11
· Othello Act II Study Questions:
1) What happens to the threat of a Turkish invasion of Cyprus?
2) What do Cassio’s actions in Act II, Scene 1 tell us about his character?
3) What happens during the meeting between Roderigo and Iago at the end of Scene 1?
4) How does Iago bring about Cassio’s dismissal?
5) How does Iago manipulate Cassio after the lieutenant’s humiliating dismissal?
6) How does Shakespeare develop the theme of illusion and reality in Act II?
11/05/09
Othello – Act I
Answer the following questions in complete sentence form on this sheet.
1. Why is Iago angry at the beginning of the play? Is Roderigo unhappy for the same
reason?
2. Is Brabantio prejudiced? Is his anger over Desdemona’s marriage to Othello based on
Othello’s race or other factors?
3. How does Othello’s speech compare to Iago’s? Which character speaks with greater
eloquence and composure?
4. What qualities attracted Desdemona to Othello? Are these qualities that would
predict a successful marriage? Why or why not?
5. What two reasons does Iago give for his hatred of Othello? Do you think these
motivations are complete, or do you think other factors also influence him?
Writing Activity Write a two-paragraph summary of the events before the end of Act 1.
In the first paragraph, describe what takes place before the play
begins. Then, summarize the events in Act I. Write on back of this
paper.
11/04/09
Othello
Read Act I aloud
11/03/09:
Review general Shakespeare information.
Go over Othello, concentrating on Moors vs. Venetians (see attached).
Discuss jealousy, racism, rumors.
Vocabulary:
1. obsequious
2. deluding
3. potent
4. insolent
5. equivocal
6. beguile
7. profane
8. disembark
9. prologue
10. indignity
11. penitent
12. ruminate
13. vehement
14. castigation
15. perdition
16. portents
17. pernicious
18. liberal
19. impediments
20. censure
10/27 – 10/29/09
The following are foreign phrases used commonly in English speaking cultures.
Find the definition of each and its origin.
1. RSVP
2. Déjà vu
3. Faux pas
4. Du jour
5. Bon voyage
6. Alma mater
7. Cum laude
8. Femme fatale
9. Esprit de corps
10. Verbatim
11. E pluribus unum
12. Prima donna
13. Avant-garde
14. Status quo
15. Joie de vivre
16. Carte blanche
17. Caveat emptor
18. Alpha and omega
19. Tabula rosa
20. Hoi polloi
21. Ad nauseam
22. Carpe diem
23. Tempus fugit
24. C’est la vie
25. Bona fide
26. Savoir-faire
27. Non-sequiter
28. Id est
29. Enfant terrible
30. Terra firma
31. Vox populi
10/23/09: Invisible Man Vocabulary Test
10/22/09: Invisible Man Test
10/21/09: Test Review
Test Thursday
Vocabulary Test Friday
10/20/09
“The Invisible Man”
Answer the following questions in complete sentence form on a separate sheet of paper.
Due at end of class.
Chapter XXIV
1. Why does Kemp try to keep Griffin talking?
2. Why didn’t Kemp’s plan to lock Griffin in the study work?
Chapter XXV
3. List three things Kemp told Adye to do in order to capture Griffin.
Chapter XXVI
4. Where was Mr. Wicksteed’s body found?
5. What did Griffin use to kill Wicksteed?
6. Why did Griffin kill Wicksteed?
Chapter XXVII
7. What did Griffin’s note to Kemp tell him?
8. How does Griffin let Kemp know he has arrived at the house?
9. What happens to Adye when he goes outside and talks to Griffin?
10. What did Griffin use to break into the house?
11. While Griffin was fighting the police, what happened to Kemp?
Chapter XXVIII
12. Why didn’t Kemp get into Mr. Heelas’ house?
13. When he is running in the street, who hits Kemp under the ear?
14. Why did Griffin suddenly become visible again?
Epilogue
15. What is the name of the inn at Port Stowe where you can learn about the Invisible Man?
16. Who is the landlord of the inn at Port Stowe?
17. What does the landlord have that everyone wants?
18. List one thing you liked about the book and one thing you did not like.
19. What do you think is the moral or lesson of this story?
20. Should Griffin have told everyone when he became invisible?
Why or why not?
10/16 – 19/09
The Invisible Man
Vocabulary for chapters XXVI – Epilogue
1. Abut
2. Albino
3. Algal
4. Antagonist
5. Apparition
6. Asseveration
7. Bludgeon
8. Bustle
9. Contra Mundum
10. Contrive
11. Corpulent
12. Decorum
13. Ecstatic
14. Eminent
15. Epoch
16. Exasperate
17. Furtive
18. Garnet
19. Guinea
20. Incessant
21. Intolerable
22. Irascible
23. Laburnum
24. Loiter
25. Malignant
26. Manuscript
27. Missive
28. Multitudinous
29. Navies
30. Nettles
31. Oblige
32. Opaque
33. Pantomime
34. Parallelogram
35. Parsimony
36. Pensive
37. Penultimate
38. Perception
39. Pillar-box
40. Proclamation
41. Prosaic
42. Protrusion
43. Pursuant
44. Purview
45. Remorse
46. Resound
47. Sallied
48. Sham
49. Siege
50. Sporadic
51. Stalwart
52. Stringent
53. Subside
54. Tangible
55. Tram
56. Transitory
57. Tumult
58. Vehement
59. Vigor
60. Visage
61. Vociferation
62. Sojourn
10/15/09
The Invisible Man
Chapters XVI – XXIII
Answer the following questions in complete sentence form on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What was the “runaway ring” that Doctor Kemp’s housekeeper answered?
2. What is the invisible man’s name?
3. Did the invisible man know he was in Kemp’s house?
4. What happened to the money Griffin stole?
5. Why did Griffin feel he could not sleep?
6. What was it that fascinated Griffin so much that he began his experiments?
7. How did Griffin get the money to finish his experiments?
8. What particular detail about Griffin made him perfect for his experiments?
9. Why did Griffin set fire to his boarding house?
10. Why was it hard to stay hidden; even when invisible?
11. What was Griffin’s first idea for disguising his face?
12. Why did Griffin go to Iping?
13. Do you accept the explanation of invisibility given in chapter XIX? Why or why not? (paragraph form)
10/14/09: The Invisible Man
Read chapters XVI -XXIII
10/13/09
The Invisible Man
Vocabulary for chapters XVI – XXV
1. Anemic
2. Frock
3. Leveret
4. Obstinate
5. Interstice
6. Balustrade
7. Forthwith
8. Flagrant
9. Nauplii
10. Torn aria
11. Diffuse
12. Fabricate
13. Belvedere
14. Incredulous
15. Elaborate
16. Mania
17. Provincial
18. Cistern
19. Tapetum
20. Vivisect
21. Apathy
22. Strychnine
23. Paleolithic
24. Invigorate
25. Languid
26. Attenuate
27. Pigment
28. Patois
29. Costermonger
30. Incontinent
31. Perambulate
32. Interminable
33. Perplexity
34. Cheval
35. Acute
36. Pugnacious
37. Benzoline
38. Subsequent
39. Swathe
40. Calico
41. Dominoes (clothing)
42. Cashmere
43. Credible
44. Impunity
45. Philanthropy
46. Caricature
47. Inarticulate
48. Garrison
10/ 12 /09
The Invisible Man Chapters IX – XV
Answer the following questions in complete sentences on this paper.
1. Who is Mr. Thomas Marvel?
2. What did the invisible man need Mr. Marvel to do?
3. Why weren’t the doctor and the vicar able to read the invisible man’s diary?
4. What sound provides a clue to the invisible man’s presence?
5. List two acts of vandalism the Invisible Man performed when he lost his temper.
6. What did the invisible man do with the money he took in Port Stowe?
7. Why was Mr. Marvel running through Burdock?
10/08/09
Read chapters IV-VII aloud
The Invisible Man
Chapters I – VII
Answer the following questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Why was Mrs. Hall so glad to see the stranger?
2. What occupation does the stranger claim?
3. What theory does Fearenside submit about the stranger’s coloring?
4. Why did Cuss want to interview the stranger?
5. What did the stranger do to Cuss that made him leave the room?
6. Who did the stranger rob to get money?
7. How did the stranger get Mrs. Hall out of his room on Whit-Monday?
8. Why do you think the stranger exposes himself to the crowd?
9. How does the stranger escape the police?
10. At this point, would you classify the stranger as a “good guy” or a “bad guy”? Why?
10/07/09
The Invisible Man
Distribute books.
Assign vocabulary
Vocabulary:
Chapters I-VII:
1. portmanteau
2. acquiesce
3. inscrutable
4. brevity
5. vestige
6. germinate
7. interminable
8. dilettante
9. chiffonier
10. athwart
Begin reading aloud. Read through chapter VII by tomorrow.
11. crepitate
12. penury
13. ostentatious
14. gesticulate
15. imprecate
16. vicar
17. ammonite
18. primrose
19. imprecate
10/06/09: Flowers for Algernon
Test
10/05/09: NO CLASS
10/02/09: Flowers For Algernon
Test Review
09/29/09: Flowers for Algernon
Questions from Progress Reports 12-13
Read Progress Report 14
09/28/09:
County Wide Essay
09/25/09: Flowers for Algernon
Questions from Progress Reports 9-11
Read Progress Reports 12-13 (pgs 79-115)
09/24/09:
Begin reading “Flowers For Algernon”
09/23/09: Test over “A Seperate Peace”
09/22/09 Test Review
09/21/09
A Separate Peace
Chapters 12-13
Discussion Questions (Answer in complete sentence form on this paper)
1. How do Gene and Finny come to terms with the fact that Gene jounced the limb
and caused Finny to fall?
2. Gene remembers everything that he experienced on the day Finny died. What does
this reveal about the impact of Finny’s death on Gene?
3. Why does Brinker apologize for his father’s lecture?
4. What does Gene admire most about Finny?
Writing Activity In a paragraph, explain what Gene thinks was the cause of the war.
How does this relate to his thoughts about his relationships with the
people around him?
09/21/09
“A Separate Peace”
Complete the following on a separate piece of paper:
The physical and historic setting of A Separate Peace establish some, but not all, of
the tension and conflict in the story. Write an essay explaining which elements of the story would change if the setting were changed and which would remain the same.
09/18/09
A Separate Peace Chapter 11
Discussion Questions (Answer in complete sentence form on this paper)
1. Whom does Gene want to see after his visit with Leper, and why?
2. What effect does the revelation about Leper have on Brinker and Gene, and why?
3. Why is Brinker so eager to uncover Gene’s role in Finny’s injury?
4. Why does Leper condemn people who do whatever others want whenever they want it?
5. What is one main message, or theme, expressed by Knowles in A Separate Peace,
and how does he express it?
Writing Activity Write a paragraph explaining how the events of this chapter are a
Turning point for both Gene and Finny.
09/ 17 /09
A Separate Peace
Chapters 9-10
Discussion Questions (Answer in complete sentence form on this paper)
1. Why is Leper’s enlistment a surprise?
2. Why has Brinker “turned rebel for the Duration”?
3. What does the Winter Carnival mean to Gene?
4. Why does Leper consider Gene his best friend?
5. Why does Gene run away from Leper?
Writing Activity Write a paragraph describing the ways in which Leper has changed as
well as the reasons for those changes.
09/16/09
A Separate Peace
Chapters 7-8
Discussion Questions (Answer in complete sentence form on this paper)
1. Why does Gene feel that it is important to avoid making fun of Leper Lepellier?
2. What does Gene think he would gain by enlisting?
3. Why does Gene change his plan to enlist?
4. What does Finny do to help cope with his injury and its consequences?
Writing Activity: In Chapter 8, Knowles describes the war as a wave. Write a paragraph explaining how comparisons with the sea and swimming get across the mood of the story and of the characters.
09/14 – 15/09
A Separate Peace
Chapters 5-6
Discussion Questions (Answer in complete sentence form on this paper)
1. What does an inability to participate in sports mean for Finny?
2. How is Gene’s confession like another injury to Finny?
3. What does Gene learn about himself from his fight with Cliff Quackenbush?
4. What does Gene mean when he says that he “lost part of myself” to Finny?
Writing Activity: Write a paragraph describing what, in Gene’s mind, are the differences
between the mood of the current semester and the mood of the summer session just ended.
Read chapters 7-8 for tomorrow
09/11 /09
A Separate Peace
Chapters 3-4
Discussion Questions (Answer in complete sentence form on this paper)
1. Why doesn’t Finny want Gene to tell anyone about the record-breaking swim?
2. At the beach, why can’t Gene reciprocate Finny’s declaration of friendship?
3. Why has Finny not respected Gene’s need to study?
4. What type of figurative language does Knowles use in his description of the ocean waves?
5. Why do you think Gene jounces the limb while Finny is standing on it?
Writing Activity Write a paragraph explaining what Gene’s suspicions about Finny reveal about Gene. Give examples from the story to support your explanation.
09/10/09
A Separate Peace
Read chapters 3-4 aloud
09/09/09
A Separate Peace: Chapters 1-2
Discussion Questions (Answer in complete sentence form)
1. What is the mood at Devon during the summer of 1942?
2. What do Gene’s and Finny’s descriptions of the tree reveal about each of them?
3. What are Gene’s conflicting feelings toward Finny?
4. How does the war affect the teachers’ responses to Gene, Finny, and the other boys in their classes?
5. Why does Finny urge Gene to jump from the tree a second time?
Writing Activity Why does Gene let Finny talk him into jumping out of the tree? Write a paragraph explaining what Gene’s emotions and actions reveal about his character.
09/08/09
A Separate Peace
· Intro: (see attached)
· Discuss:
o Characterization
§ (direct, indirect)
o Figurative Language
§ (simile, metaphor, personification)
o Conflict
§ (internal, external)
o Setting
o Plot
§ (rising action, climax)
· Vocabulary:
1. tacit (tas» it) adj. not expressed or declared openly, but implied or understood (page 1)
2. contentious (kßn ten» §ßs) adj. argumentative, quarrelsome (page 4)
3. inveigle (in vè» g’l) v. to lead on with deception; to trick; to entice or lure (page 7)
4. venerable (ven» ßr ß bßl) adj. worthy of respect (page 25)
5. inured (in yørd») v. made accustomed to something difficult or painful (page 25)
6. enmity (en» mß tè) n. bitter attitude or feelings of an enemy or of mutual enemies;
hostility; antagonism (page 45)
7. effulgence (e ful» jßns) n. great brightness; brilliance; radiance (page 47)
8. vindicated (vin» dß kàt« ßd) v. justified, defended (page 66)
9. transcended (tran send» id) v. rose above or went beyond the limits of (page 67)
10. sinecure (sì» nß kyør«) n. any position providing an income or advantage but
requiring little or no work (page 69)
11. fratricide (fra» trß sìd«) n. killing one’s own brother or sister (page 81)
12. contretemps (kän» trß tän«) n. unlucky happening (page 82)
13. burlesque (bßr lesk») adj. exaggerated; mocking; broadly humorous (page 86)
14. encumbrance (en kum» brßns) n. burden; hindrance (page 94)
15. opulent (äp» yØ lßnt) adj. luxuriant (page 102)
16. poignance (p¡n» yßns) n. sharpness or pungency of smell; intensity (page 105)
17. gibe (jìb) n. jeer or taunt (page 113)
18. vagaries (vß ger» èz) n. pl. whims or odd notions (page 115)
19. multifariously (mul« tß fer» è ßs lè) adv. in many and varied ways (page 121)
20. cacophony (kß käf» ß nè) n. harsh, jarring sounds; dissonance (page 124)
21. accolade (ak» ß làd«) n. praise or award (page 124)
22. presaged (prè sàjd») v. gave a warning of (page 131)
23. aesthete (es» •èt«) n. person highly sensitive to art and beauty (page 132)
24. animosity (an« ß mäs» ß tè) n. feeling of strong dislike or hatred (page 180)
25. bellicose (bel» i kòs«) adj. warlike; eager to fight (page 188)
09/04/09
Grammar
Language Networks
· Review information on page 206
· Students do Diagnostic Test on page 207
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 208-209
· Students do Concept Check on page 210
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 211-213
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 214
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 215-216
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 217
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 218
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 219
o Review answers on board
Assignment: Mixed Review A&B on page 222
Mastery Test on page 223
Mastery Test on page 243
· Mastery Test on page 277
09/03/09
Grammar
Language Network
· Review information on page 176
· Students do Diagnostic Test on page 177
o Review answers aloud
· Review information on pages 178 – 180
· Students do Concept Check on page 181
o Review answers on board
· Students do Editing on page 182
o Review answers aloud
· Review information on page 183
· Students do Concept Check on page 184
o Review information on board
09/ 02 /09
Grammar
Language Network
· Review information on page 154
· Students do Diagnostic Test on page 155
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 156
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 157
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 158
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 159
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 160
· Students do Concept Check A on page 161
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 167-168
· Students do Concept Check on page 169
o Review answers on board
· Students do Mixed Review A&B on page 172 and Mastery Test on page 173
09/01/09
· Review information on page 143-144
· Students do Concept Check on page 145
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 146
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 147
o Review answers on board
Assignment: Mixed Review A&B on page 150
Mastery Test on page 151
08/31/09
Grammar
Language Network
· Review information on page 114
· Students do Diagnostic Test on page 115
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 116-118
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 119
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 120
· Students do Concept Check on page 121
o Review answers on board
· Students do Revising on page 121
Assignment: Mixed Review A&B on page 124
Mastery Test on page 125
Grammar
Language Network
· Review information on page 128
· Students do Diagnostic Test on page 129
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 130 – 132
· Students do Practice & Apply A&B on page 133
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 134 – 136
· Students do Practice & Apply A&B on page 137
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 138
· Students do Practice & Apply A&B on page 139
o Review answers on board
Assignment: Mixed Review A&B on page 140
Due by end of class
Grammar
Language Network
· Review information on page 141
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 142
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 143-144
· Students do Concept Check on page 145
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 146
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 147
o Review answers on board
Assignment: Mixed Review A&B on page 150
Mastery Test on page 151
08/27 – 28/09
Grammar
Language Network
· Review information on page 101-102
· Students do Concept Check on page 103
· Review answers on board
· Students do Revising on page 103
· Review answers aloud
· Review information on page 104
· Diagram sentences under Concept Check on page 104 on board
· Review information on page 105
· Diagram sentences under Concept Check on page 106 on board
· Review information on page 107
· Diagram sentences under Concept Check on page 107 on board
· Diagram sentences under Mixed Review on page 107 on board
Assignment: Mixed Review on page 110
Mastery Test on page 111
08/26/09
Grammar
Language Networks
· Review information on page 90
· Students do Diagnostic Test on page 91
· Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 92-93
· Students do Concept Check on page 94
· Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 95-96
· Students do Practice and Apply on page 97
· Review answers on board
· Review information on page 98
· Students do Concept Check on page 99
· Review answers on board
Assignment: Do Writing on page 100
Due at end of class
08/25/09
Grammar
Language Network
· Review information on page 75
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 76
· Review answers on board
· Review information on page 78
· Students do Concept Check on page 79
· Review answers on board
· Assignment: Mixed Review on page 86 and Mastery Test on page 87
Due by end of class
08/24/09
Grammar
Language Networks
· Review Exercise D on page 57 on board.
· Review information on page 64
· Students do Diagnostic Test on page 65. Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 66-67
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 68. Review answers on board
· Review information on page 69
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on page 70. Review answers on board
· Review information on page 71
· Students do Practice and Apply A&B on pages 72. Review answers on board
· Review information on page 73
· Students do Practice and Apply on page 74. Review answers on board
08/21/09
Grammar
Language Network
· Review information on pages 51-52
· Students do Concept Check and Revising on pages 52-53
· Review answers on board
· Review information on page 54
· Students do Concept Check A&B on page 55
· Review answers on board
· Review information on page 56
· Students do Concept Check and Mixed Review on page 57
· Review answers on board
· Assignment: Mixed Review A&B on page 60
Mastery Test on page 61
08/20/09
Grammar
Language Network Textbook
· Review information on page 36
· Students do Diagnostic Test on page 37
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 38
· Students do Concept Check and Editing on page 39
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 40
· Students do Concept Check and Revising on page 41
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 42
· Students do Concept Check and Revising on page 43
08/20/09
Grammar
Language Networks
· Review information on page 44
· Students do Concept Check on page 45
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 46-47
· Students do Concept Check and Revising on page 48
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 49
· Students do Concept Check and Revising on page 50
o Review answers on board
08/19/09
Grammar
Language Network Textbook
· Parts of Speech
· Review information on pages 23 – 24
o Students do Concept Check on page 25
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 26-27
o Students do Concept Check on page 28
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 29
o Students do Concept Check on page 29
o Review answers on board
· Students do Mixed Review on page 32 and Mastery Test on page 33
o Turn in by end of period.
08/18/09
Grammar
· Parts of Speech
Language Networks pages 14 – 22
· Review information on pages 114-15 aloud
· Students do Practice and Apply on page 16
o Review answers on board
· Review information on page 17
· Students do Practice and Apply on page 18
o Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 20-21
· Students do Practice and Apply on page 22
o Review answers on board
Assignment: Revising on page 19 (paragraph)
08/17/09
Grammar
· Parts of Speech
Language Networks pages 4 – 13
· Review information on page 4 aloud.
· Students do Diagnostic Test on page 5.
Review answers with students on board
· Review information on pages 6 – 7 aloud.
· Students do Concept Check on page 8
Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 9 – 10 aloud.
· Students do Practice and Apply on page 10
Review answers on board
· Review information on pages 11 – 12 aloud
· Students do Concept Check on page 13
Review answers on board
· Students do Revising on page 13
CLASSROOM PROCEDURES Mr. WARD 2009-2010
· Be in your seat before the bell rings.
· Remain in your seat for the entire class period.
· Keep any conversation in class to a minimum and relevant to current class topic.
· Pick up all trash and place in trashcans at the end of class.
· You are not dismissed by the bell. The bell is to inform the teacher it is time to stop teaching. Students are dismissed by the teacher. Please remain in your seat until the teacher dismisses you.
· Turn your cell phones off before entering the classroom. If your cell phone is confiscated, your parents will have to claim it at the office the next day.
· All other rules, including dress codes, listed in the student handbook will be enforced. If you are seen with any non-allowable item you will give that item to the teacher upon request.
· Demonstrate the same respect and courtesy for others as you wish to receive.
· You are responsible for bringing your own materials to class.
· Place assignments in corresponding boxes at the beginning of each class.
· You will find previous days’ assignments in notebooks if you are absent.
· Use blue or black ink only for all assignments; including quizzes, tests, and essays.
· Assignments will be turned in on white paper. Use college ruled paper for essays.
· Late assignments will lose 10 points per day.
· Extracurricular activities, including athletic events, club events and after school jobs do not excuse students from deadlines. All procedures regarding late assignments will apply.
· If you turn in an assignment on time and are dissatisfied with your grade, you may redo the assignment and turn it back in the day after it is returned to you.
· You have 5 days following your last day absent to make up any work.
· Quizzes cannot be made up. If you are absent on the day a quiz is given, you are excused from it and it will not count against you.
· Any missed tests will be made up before or after school by appointment within five days.
· Fold all assignments lengthwise.
· Assignments need to have the following heading printed on the outside fold:
· Name: First and Last
· Class: English II, English III, etc.
· Period: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.
· Date: month/day/year (08/14/07)
· Assignment: Essay Title, Page #s, etc.
09/14/09
A Separate Peace
Chapters 5-6
Discussion Questions (Answer in complete sentence form on this paper)
1. What does an inability to participate in sports mean for Finny?
2. How is Gene’s confession like another injury to Finny?
3. What does Gene learn about himself from his fight with Cliff Quackenbush?
4. What does Gene mean when he says that he “lost part of myself” to Finny?
Writing Activity: Write a paragraph describing what, in Gene’s mind, are the differences
between the mood of the current semester and the mood of the summer session just ended.
10/27/09
The following are foreign phrases used commonly in English speaking cultures.
Find the definition of each and its origin.
1. RSVP
2. Déjà vu
3. Faux pas
4. Du jour
5. Bon voyage
6. Alma mater
7. Cum laude
8. Femme fatale
9. Esprit de corps
10. Verbatim
11. E pluribus unum
12. Prima donna
13. Avant-garde
14. Status quo
15. Joie de vivre
16. Carte blanche
17. Caveat emptor
18. Alpha and omega
19. Tabula rosa
20. Hoi polloi
21. Ad nauseam
22. Carpe diem
23. Tempus fugit
24. C’est la vie
25. Bona fide
26. Savoir-faire
27. Non-sequiter
28. Id est
29. Enfant terrible
30. Terra firma
31. Vox populi11/09/11
