E9+-+October+31+-+November+4

=Monday, October 31=
 * vocab warm-up: Write a Halloween paragraph using at least 5 vocabulary words
 * Partner work
 * read your Halloween paragraph to your partner
 * finish your Partner work #1
 * make sure you have listed page numbers of your passages
 * work on Partner work #2
 * discuss, then write down at least 3 themes in Old Man & the Sea
 * Theme work
 * choose one theme, then write about how this applies to your life.
 * remember, a theme is a well-developed idea
 * write using good sentence and paragraph form

=Tuesday, November 1= = = =Wednesday, November 2= = = =Thursday, November 3= = = =Friday, November 4=
 * vocab warm-up: write a rhyming poem using your favorite three vocab words
 * VOCAB QUIZ TOMORROW!!!
 * Need two sheets of paper today
 * C-notes for Notes
 * Title notebook paper: 11/1 Paragraphs
 * Biblical Allusion - Hemingway uses references to Christianity to talk about the old man's suffering.
 * The old man's pain in his palms from the fishing cord cutting them
 * He makes the sound a man might make "feeling the nail go through his hands and into the wood." (107)
 * refers to the nails going into Christ's hands on the cross
 * He has trouble climbing the hill to his shack because he's carrying the mast of his boat.
 * Christ carried his cross up the hill for his crucifixion
 * He falls asleep face down with his arms straight out
 * like Christ on the cross
 * This all allows the readers to better understand how much the old man suffered
 * This only works if the reader is familiar with the Christian story!
 * DiMaggio - Santiago loves the famous baseball player
 * DiMaggio's father was a fisherman
 * DiMaggio plays through his pain - he suffers from heel spurs
 * the old man keeps going in spite of the pain in his back and hands
 * The old man feels they are the same
 * End of the book -
 * Manolin, the boy, is very worried that Santiago has been gone
 * A search had been made for the old man
 * shows the community's respect for Santiago
 * Tourists have no idea what happened
 * no respect for the situation or the old man
 * not part of the community
 * A Good Paragraph
 * Starts with indentation
 * First sentence states the topic, the main point.
 * The following sentences are supporting ideas that allow your reader to understand what you're saying
 * On notebook paper write a good paragraph about someone who is your role model.
 * hand back papers for 5 minutes while students review vocab
 * Vocab quiz on Unit 1 - 25 pts.
 * Vocab work due TODAY:
 * word list: 5 pts.
 * vocab exercises: 15 pts.
 * vocab crossword: 5 pts.
 * Hero's journey short video
 * Hero's Journey
 * how does //The Old Man and the Sea// fit?
 * how do two other stories fit
 * Cienfuegos contest
 * need 8 volunteers
 * Big //Old Man & the Sea// test