Post 35

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

Lunch count - 4
Tuesday December 18th, 2012

Notebook Check -
period 1 = Eden and Sabrina
period 2 = Erric and Luna
period 3 = Nneka

DOL 54
Juliet judged that it would be dangerous to go to her girlfriends’ houses or to her aunt’s; her parents would find her there.

DOL 55
that very night she crept out and hides in the families tomb.  no one will think of looking for me here she chortled

Analogy
VEINS : CIRCULATE
calculators : think
boots : sprint
laws : enforce
ornaments : decorate


Period 1 - High School English
Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
Period 1 = Chapter 26

Study Questions for chapter 25 of Cannery Row
1. What do Dora’s girls make for Doc’s birthday?
2. What does Sam Malloy plan to give Doc?
3. What will Henri’s present be?
4. What will Mack and the boys give Doc?
5. Why does the narrator refer to Mack and the boys as “the Virtues, the Beatitudes, the Beauties”?

Adventure of English
Take notes and write a short and sweet summary of the main ideas from this episode/segment
label = disk 6 - 2nd bit = 9:21
period 1 = disk 6

Phase Autobio part 2
Read and do the TryIt on page 106
Read example phase autobio from LMS student


Period 3 -
Cannery Row - chapter 16

Quick study questions for chapt 16 -

1. Why are the doctors of Monterey so busy during March of the big sardine catch?
2. Why do so many people in Cannery Row go to Doc instead of to a regular doctor for medical advice?
3. How do Dora and her girls help out during the epidemic?
4. What do you think doc and Dora’s girls get out of helping the sick?  Do their reactions remind you of anything that has ever happened in your community?

Wild Horses or Garment Workers

Phase Autobio part 2 - see above

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 18 - Gary Paulsen

Declaration of Independence - John Adams in Philadelphia - First Continental Congress continued - part 2 = 1:21:00 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.

Period 4 - does not meet today
Advocacy - Christmas Festival - Trees, Food and Activities