Post 33

English Language Arts American Literature & Social Studies
Upper School - South Whidbey Academy

Lunch count -
Thursday December 13th, 2012

Notebook Check -
period 1 = Jake
period 2 = Joshua and Alex
period 3 = Nneka

DOL 52
being only 14 years old the diminutive hysterical juliet couldn’t stand the pain and the pressure

DOL 53
despondent and depressed juliet decides to run away.  she forgot foood but remembered to take her favorite book love and marriage

Analogy
DEVOUT : RELIGIOUS
hyper : energetic
depressed : angry
fit : strong
cruel : strange


Period 1 - High School English
Classic American Musical Theater - Cabaret continued Thursday?


Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
Period 1 = Chapter 25

Study Questions for chapter 25 of Cannery Row
1.Why does Mack try to find out when Doc’c birthday is? Is he successful?
2. Are you superstitious? Why do you think the mood changed around Cannery Row?
3. Prediction: How will this party work out? Will it have a happier ending than the last one?

Adventure of English
Take notes and write a short and sweet summary of the main ideas from this episode/segment
label = disk 6 - 1st bit
period 1 = disk 6


Create or transcribe the following to Google Docs (school version)
file name = “Christoph phase autobio part 1”
Topic - the phase and the lesson learned
Focus statement - actual sentence that includes the time period and how you were changed by that period
Prewrite - freewrite on your phase, background and resulting change
Chart - as seen on page 105 of Write Source 9000
Example -

Key Events	Details	Feelings
Portland	long night Sambos	fear then exaltation
Reynosa	Stuck at the border	fear, uncertainty, doubt
Belize City	Bill Russell Krugerrands	fear, uncertainty, doubt Free at last?
Mango Creek, Dangriga	Andre Duguesney Southern Highway	Happy Big Yemeri

Period 3 -
Cannery Row - chapter 15


Quick study questions for chapt 15 -
1. How can Mack and the boys fell that the Captain’s wife is away?
2. What does the Captain share with the boys?
3. Are the boys successful at catching frogs? How many do they get?
4. What does Mack take from the Captain after he falls asleep?
5. Do you think Mack and the boys have the right to take anything from the Captain?

Thursday Classic American Musical Films - Across the Universe - directed by Julie Taymor (who created the Broadway play of the Lion King)
Written Response/Reaction to the film


Phase Autobio - See above components

Period 2  Middle School English/Language Arts and Social Studies
DOL
Make sure you have finished all of the Johnny Tremain quizzes (1-12) on the Moodle web site
Woods Runner - chapter 16 - Gary Paulsen

Declaration of Independence - John Adams in Philadelphia - First Continental Congress continued - part 2 = 57:20 minutes in

Notes in Notebook -
1. Name as many delegates to the first Congress and the colony they belong to and represent
2. What are some of the arguments for and against independence?

Work on writing assignment - Short essay - draft in notebook or on computer; final typed into Google Docs/Google Drive/Google Apps and shared with csnelling@sw.wednet.edu (your login is alabadens and password is swhidbey)

1. Look up information on the authors - compare and contrast.
How does the biographical information explain the difference in the way the two stories are written?

2. Describe the setting (place and time) of each story. Compare

3. Describe an important object (for example a weapon or piece of clothing) from each story. Research the objects and write a summary of your findings in your own words. You should think of your peers in the

Period 4 - does not meet today
Advocacy - Town Meeting and Senior Council - Thursday