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Glass Castle reading schedule
On the night of: Read:

Wed., Feb. 2 pp. 3 – 25 Thurs., Feb. 3 pp. 26 – 50 Fri., Feb. 4 pp. 51 – 75

Mon., Feb. 7 pp. 76 – 101 Tues., Feb. 8 pp. 102 – 125 Wed., Feb. 9 pp. 129 – 154 Thurs., Feb. 10 pp. 159 – 185 Fri., Feb. 11 pp. 186 – 213

Mon., Feb. 14 pp. 214 – 241 Tues., Feb. 15 pp. 245 – 268 Wed., Feb. 16 pp. 269 – 288

Glass Castle Vocabulary
Copy the word, part of speech, and definition. Write a sentence with each word. 1. parched, adj. – thirsty, dried out 2. ruddy, adj. – reddish, usually about skin 3. elements, n. – basic building blocks; the outdoor environment 4. atomizer, n. – something that sprays liquid into a mist, usually perfume 5. retrospective, n. and adj. – a backwards look at something, usually a life or a body of work. 6. convulsions – n. – muscular responses to brain seizures 7. triumphant, adj. – celebrating victory, sense of winning 8. essential – adj. – about the basic core of something, indispensible 9. desolate, adj. – separate from other things, lonely; without inhabitants 10. rendition, n. – a version of something, often a song or a story. 11. shiftless, adj. – good-for-nothing, having no valuable abilities or resources. 12. arroyo, n. – a gully cut by a stream; a dry streambed. 13. saguaro, n. – a big cactus, characteristic of the southwest U.S. 14. prospector, n. – a miner, a person searching for minerals 15. immunize, v. – to make immune, to render impervious to something 16. topple, v. – to totter and fall; to push over 17. creosote, n. – resin from a desert bush; substance that builds up inside chimneys; coal creosote is a wood preservative 18. figment, n. – something made up or imagined 19. gypsum, n. – a mineral of hydrous calcium sulfate, used as a fertilizer, used to make plaster 20. pigeonhole, v. – a convenient category that doesn’t reflect complexities

Tuesday, February 1

 * hand back film finals
 * hand out Lynn Neary article
 * write one paragraph response - 10 pts.
 * experiment with Twitter Lit
 * write a story in 100 - 140 characters, including letters, punctuation, and spaces
 * how much story can you tell?

Wednesday, February 2

 * check out The Glass Castle
 * get reading schedule
 * memoir: a true story of a particular time period in the author's life
 * 1st 10 Glass Castle Vocab words
 * copy word, definition
 * write a good sentence with that word.
 * homework: read pp. 3 - 25

Thursday, February 3

 * discuss book: were there parts that didn't make sense?
 * 2nd 10 vocab words
 * in-class point of view writing assignment, at least one page - 15 pts.

Friday, February 4

 * quiz on pp. 3 - 50 - 6 pts.
 * work on Point of View writing