Lottery

Reflect on an experience where you participated in a raffle or a lottery- how did it feel? Did you enjoy the experience? What were those moments of anticipation like before the winning ticket(s)/ number(s) were drawn?

Reflect on an experience

Reflect on an experience you have had with someone with a cognitive or physical disability. How did you feel about that person? Were you embarassed by him/ her?

What's the measure of a man/ or woman?

What is the most important quality a human being can possess? Is it to be attractive or intelligent or kind? Explain...


1. Reflection
2. Read Scarlet Ibis

3. Start questions

Wrapping up- Cask of Amontillado

It is now more than a hundred years after Cask of Amontillado has been written. You are taken on a torch-led tour of the catacombs. At the end of the hall, you find the room where the narrator had built the wall, which had begun to collapse. You peek inside- what do you see?

Make a Prediction

What will happen after Fortunato drinks the sherry?

Cask of Amontillado

1. REFLECTION:
If you really made someone angry, what would be the worst thing they could do to get back at you?

2. READ:
Cask of Amontillado

3. AS YOU READ
Highlight 5 words that you do not know. Define them for homework.

Today in English

1. Quick-write
2. Quiz Review

3. Quiz

Today in English:

1. Reflection
In what way does Rainsford become more like Zaroff at the end of the story?
2. Most Dangerous game reading questions
3. Most Dangerous game Vocab
 Homework: Most dangerous game quickwrite

Rainsford the most dangerous game?

Today in English:

1. Reflection
What thoughts would be going through your head if you were Rainsford trapped in his room in Zaroff's chateau?

2. Continue reading/ answering questions "Most Dangerous Game"

Today in Enlgish:

1. Reflection
What do you think General Zaroff stocks the island with (what does he think the most dangerous game is?)

2. Inferences
A best guess about the circumstances in the story.

1. Reflection
Make a prediction: What will Raimsford find on the island?
2. Reading: "Most Dangerous Game"

3. Literary terms as they apply to "Most Dangrous Game".

Challenging hunt

Challenging hunt

 

1. Reflection
What kind of animal would be the most difficult to hunt? What would make the hunt such a challenge?

 

2. Literary glossary

Hunting

1. Do you think hunting is immoral- why or why not?
2. Pick out our books for SSR
3. Pre-reading activity "The Most Dangerous Game"
4. Literary terms

At the end of Chapter 18, Katniss has her first kill. Do you think killing another human being changes someone? How? Give reasons for your answer.

What advantage will destroying the career's food supply give Katniss and Rue?

Do you think Katniss and Rue will be successful in destroying the Career's food supply? Why or why not?

Do you think it is a good idea for Katniss to trust Rue? Why or why not?

Do you think that Katniss can trust Peeta? Why or why not?

Burn

Reflect on a time when you burned yourself. How did it happen? How did you treat the burn? How did it heal?

Cause and Effect

What do you think CAUSED the fire that woke Katniss from her perch? What EFFECT will it have on her and the rest of the contestants?