Science+Fiction+-+January+9+-+13

=Monday, January 9= = = =Tuesday, January 10=
 * Frozen slush!
 * No school - again! (6th snow day)
 * ===Vocab warm-up:===
 * 17. grope (v.) -
 * 1) to feel blindly with the hands: He groped in the dark for the key.
 * 2) to fondle someone for sexual pleasure, possibly against their will.
 * === 18. fealty (n.) - obligation of faith and honor sworn to a lord by one of his knights ===
 * === 19. perplex (v.) - to puzzle or confuse ===
 * === 20. agrarian (adj.) - related to farming ===


 * ===Okay, where are we?===
 * ===Vocab:===
 * Are you missing any words?
 * Check website or get list
 * ===Stories:===
 * ===Do you have the Subliminal Man story?===
 * ===Blue study questions?===
 * ===Big Questions? (Discussion from Friday, January 6)===
 * ===get what you need===
 * ===Did you get the Kate Elliott essay: "The Landscapes Around Us"?===


 * ===What world do writers use to set their stories?===
 * ===Some parts are intentionally same, intentionally different than our world.===
 * ===Some parts are unintentionally same, unintentionally different===
 * World-building issue:
 * [|Every word spoken by a person of color in the Harry Potter Series]
 * [|Every word spoken by a person of color in The Lord of Rings movies]
 * ===Labels:===
 * ===[|We are not labels!]===


 * ===Notes: What do sci-fi stories tell us?===
 * Anachronisms
 * Get Kate Elliott story "My Word is My Sword"
 * source of the title?
 * What did Macduff mean?
 * ===Time to read?===

=Wednesday, January 11= = = =Thursday, January 12= = = =Friday, January 13=
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * ===Do you need a vocab list? Pick one up===
 * ===Choose 4 words from the vocab list===
 * ===Draw a scene using those 4 words===
 * ===Write a caption for your picture===
 * ===Yesterday's notes available on the wiki===
 * ==="The Landscapes Around Us"===
 * ===What is the author's main thesis?===
 * ===How does she use a metaphor to make her point?===
 * ===Underline together===
 * ===Watch===
 * [|Yasser Bahjatt Ted talk]
 * 5:45
 * ===[|Gabriel Teodoros TedX talk]===
 * ===10:10===
 * ===Time to work!===
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * ===write down four words on a piece of paper===
 * ===pass your piece of paper to someone else; receive a piece of paper from someone else===
 * ===write a two-sentence (okay, maybe three) story using the words you received.===
 * ===Vocab quiz tomorrow!===
 * ===Open book quiz on "My Voice is My Sword"===
 * ===fill in story chart during discussion===
 * ===Get a copy of"A Sound of Thunder" and "Hollow"===
 * ===and inference questions for "Sound of Thunder"===
 * ===read by Monday===
 * ===and inference questions for "Sound of Thunder"===
 * ===read by Monday===
 * =vocab quiz!=
 * =Finish "My Voice is My Sword" story chart=
 * =Sci-fi is called a genre of lit, but can they cross?=
 * =can you have a sci-fi western?=
 * =What are components of a western?=
 * =hero=
 * =second-in-command=
 * =gang=
 * =bad guy=
 * =prostitute with a heart of gold=
 * ="The Train Robbery"=