Feb.+1+-+5

Monday, February 1
>> 2. What obligations do children have in a family? >> 3. What differences do you see in how families operate? >> 4. Which things should children NOT have to do in a family? >> 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, indispensable >> 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
 * 1st ten vocab words from The Glass Castle
 * copy each word, part of speech, and definition
 * write a sentence using each word correctly
 * expectations of family - small scratch paper
 * 1. What responsibilities do parents have toward their children? Make a list.
 * Glass Castle Vocab
 * //Glass Castle// vocabulary – Copy the word, part of speech, and definition. Write a sentence with each word.



Tuesday, February 2
>>> reading schedule >>> On the night of: Read: >>> Tues., Feb. 2 pp. 3 – 25 >>> Wed., Feb. 3 pp. 26 – 50 >>> Thurs., Feb. 4 pp. 51 – 75 >>> Fri., Feb. 5 pp. 76 – 101 >>> >>> >>> Mon., Feb. 8 pp. 102 – 125 >>> Tues., Feb. 9 pp. 129 – 154 >>> Wed., Feb. 10 pp. 159 – 185 >>> Thurs., Feb. 11 pp. 186 – 213 >>> Fri., Feb. 12 pp. 214 – 241 >>> Mon., Feb. 15 No School >>> Tues., Feb. 16 pp. 245 – 268 >>> Wed., Feb. 17 pp. 269 – 288
 * 2nd ten vocab words
 * 10 points for 20 words and definitions
 * 10 points for 20 vocab sentences with words correctly spelled and used
 * due before vocab quiz, Friday, February 12
 * Check out The Glass Castle
 * get reading schedule
 * //The Glass Castle// by Jeannette Walls

Wednesday, February 3
>> Choose one of the following scenes to rewrite: >> **1)** On pages 4 & 5 the author takes her mother out to a Chinese restaurant. They have very different attitudes about each other’s lives. **Rewrite this scene from the mother’s point of view.** >> **2)** On pages 13 & 14 the author’s dad argues with a doctor in the hospital and takes her out of the hospital without her being discharged. **Write part of the author’s hospital stay from the point of view of one of the nurses.** >> Your writing should be in the first person (writing using //I//, as if you were that person). How would that character tell the same story differently than the author told it?
 * Discuss national test for randomly selected seniors
 * Reading quiz tomorrow
 * Point-of-view writing assignment
 * 20 points, due Tuesday, February 9
 * //The Glass Castle// is a memoir. It is very clearly written from the point of view of one character. How would another character in the book see this story?
 * Time in class for reading and/or writing

Thursday, February 4

 * federal bus safety rules
 * LSU talent show tryouts
 * reading quiz on pp. 3 - 50
 * family roles group work

Friday, February 5

 * vocab exercise