(On a side-note -- You are working well with the idea of STRUCTURE in creating your hybrid animals in one context, and with writing your essays and working in class -- used in a different context--Thank you students.)
Review for Midterm on Monday and Tuesday, November 14th and 15th:
Key Vocabulary:
(Swallowing Stones Noted Vocabulary -- in Journal and/or on this blog -- see previous entries)
NorthStar R/W Unit One:
avoid
avoidance
blame
celebrate
celebration
choked up
controversial
denial
deny
depression
determination
determine
devastated
devastation
donor
hereditary
instruct
manage
management
prioritize
priority
slogan
sober
strength
strong
survival
survive
tough
toughness
Use of Grammar:
Use of Suffixes
Simple Past
PUC -- Past Unreal Conditional
"If Mary Ellen's parents had known how to help her, then their solution to the problem might have been effective."
Reading for Comprehension and Meaning
Understanding Parts of Speech
Using correct word in context
NorthStar L/S Unit One:
addiction
anxious
be bombarded with
be going on
chat room
come out
compulsiveness
depressed
devote
driven
engage in
enhance
enhancement
feed (verb)
feel empty
fulfillment
go through
high-tech
isolate
multitask (verb)
noodle around
overwhelmed
present with
problematic
put together
shape (verb)
social interactions
strategic
support group
surf (verb)
symptom
therapy
turn into
turn someone in
Use of Listening: Highlighting key words, contextual forms, listening for main ideas//note-taking
Use of Speaking:
Highlighting with a line/responding to using voice with highlighted pitched words
Use of Grammar:
"Wish Statements"
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
SWALLOWING STONES, BY JOYCE MCDONALD Chapter Summaries 16-20
Swallowing Stones, by Joyce McDonald -- Chapter Summaries, Chapter 16-20
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening Students:
You are doing a great job reading. Thank you students. Recall Mr. Dumbleton's visit (author of 30+ books) from Australia, and how he said that reading and writing is necessary for daily and academic success. You can do this!
On another note, today is Tuesday, November 8th, Election Day; this means that professionals are at work, but students are not in school. As suggested in class, you have homework online. Please read the following chapter summaries (16-20) and be prepared for in class discussions, review, and class assignments. ((Remember, Wednesday, November 9th, RMA is back to work with you and your inventive, imaginative hybrid animals; hence, we will return to Swallowing Stones on Thursday, November 10th (we will review Chapters 16-20. Please remember, the ESL/6 MIDTERM is on Monday and Tuesday, November 14th and 15th -- and yes, SS is on the test.
Okay, let's get started:
CH. S. 16-20 (Page 161 to 201)
It's still summer, and Michael is feeling very "choked-up" (understandably). Remember the last chapter, when the police are at the MacKenzie's house and his father, Tom, asks Michael to show the police the rifle. Of course, after another act of desparation, Michael says that he loaned it to Joe, and that the gun had been stolen; hence, there was no gun (rifle, Winchester) to show. Time passes, and Joe tells Michael that the police didn't have enough evidence to put a case together against Michael. Thus, no police had gone back to Michael's house for more questioning--Michael had begun to breathe easier (for the moment).
So, Michael continues his routine of training for track, and he still continues to sit in front of the church, across from Jenna's house, though has grown uneasy at the thought of this, especially since she had approached him at the party (remember, Andrea, Jenna's friend, really wanted to get to know Michael, but she is shy, so Jenna went up to Michael's car as he was leaving from the party, to say that Andrea really wanted to meet him. Michael, really can't remember what Jenna said to him on that day, and only remembers seeing her pale face in his rear-view mirror as he was leaving in his car.) ((This really says how distracted he is feeling at the moment.))
Michael realizes how much he cares about Amy, and tries to get her to talk to him by calling her and writing letters to her -- all failed attempts to try and amend (make-up and say sorry). His sense of loss was far greater than he had ever imagined it would be. For the first time in his life, he felt absolutely alone in the world.
Finally, he gets a change to talk to her at the 7-Eleven Store. He really wants to see her again, yet Amy is cautious. (Read Page 165 to 167).
Moving forward, the police are back at Michael's house searching his backyard with metal detectors.
(BACKYARD)
(METAL DETECTOR)
The police discover a shell casing in the nearby woods.
They determine that the fatal shot was fired from Michael's gun, and Michael further embellishes (magnifies) his testimony to the police. Michael's heart begins to thump wildly.
The police know something, and that's why they went back to his house. (Read page 170 - 171)
In the process, Josh implicates Joe (implicates: to show to also be involved).
When the police leave (after asking for a list of all 40 people who were at Michael's party, the family all sit at the table, were quiet with feelings of distraughtness, and then the conversation begins about how Joe might be the only suspect.
Josh: "What about Joe?"
Tom: What about him?
Josh: Why did he suddenly want to borrow Mike's rifle? Then, when Mike wants it back, Joe tells him it was stolen. If you ask me ..."
Michael: We're not asking you.
Tom: You know anything more about this?
Michael: Dad, I told the police everything I know.
Michael has been living in false hope, now that the cops are back in the picture and have narrowed the shot from a specific gun - his one of a kind Winchester -- deep down he knows that the cops are skeptical, and that the gun and shot came from someone at the party that 4th of July.
Things had gotten worse. Michael felt more guilt. Somehow, he managed to drag forty of his friends into the mix. What made his stomach turn sour was that he had done almost nothing to defend Joe. Instead, he had kept silent.
Now, Michael meets with Joe and tells him that he is likely now a suspect. (Remember homework dated 11-4-11 -- How will this newest lie affect Michael and Joe's friendship?)
Discuss your ideas here.
Moving on, Joe's drinking how gotten worse. (CH 18) Michael drives Joe to the Ghost Tree to talk.
Michael: They know that the bullet came from the Winchester.
Joe: Your Winchester? How do they know it was your Winchester? I keep telling you man, they can't prove a (beep) thing without the rifle. If they don't have the murder weapon, they don't have a case.
Michael: You need to know something.
Joe: What's that.
Michael: Healey's got this idea that maybe you borrowed the rifle and then said it was stolen to cover up the fact that you fired it.
Joe: Yeah? And where would he have gotten that idea?
Michael: Who knows how Healey's mind works? He's desparate. He's got to make a case out of something.
Joe: So he's going to make me a suspect?
Michael: I'm sorry man. I never meant for anything of this to happen.
They find themselves back in the car (Joe has now had several (beeps) and they head (go) back to town. Michael is driving.
Michael inadvertently runs into Amy's car.
Joe is frantic. (Read Pages 183-184)
Remaining Chapters 19-20:
Jenna reminisces about her father and helps her mother prepare to give away some of his clothes. Later that day, Jenna finds out that Joe was picked up for questioning by the police. She spies on Joe from outside his house and determines that she must speak to Amy.
In-Class Assignments:
Go to "Character Web" + Use the 70 feelings/emotion/characteristic expressions as a guide to help complete worksheet.
((First, draw a Mind Mirror on the back side to name qualities that make up Joe's inside characteristics.))
Synthesize these ideas and compare and constrast Michael and Joe's characteristics (Use a Venn Diagram)
Then, write a short compare and constrast paragraph. (Use website below to access transitional words and phrases in compare and contrast writing).
http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr6.htm
Vocabulary:
1) Retrieved
2) Defuse
3) Disoriented
4) Conspiracy
5) Asscessory
Simile and Metaphor Analysis:
1) Simile -- Page 92
2) Simile -- Page 95
3) Metaphor -- Page 95
4) Simile -- Page 122
5) Metaphor -- Page 150
6) Simile -- Page 166
7) Metaphor -- Page 196
**Add details to illustrated imagery
**Choose any page, any paragraph and illustrate -- Cite in Journal.
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening Students:
You are doing a great job reading. Thank you students. Recall Mr. Dumbleton's visit (author of 30+ books) from Australia, and how he said that reading and writing is necessary for daily and academic success. You can do this!
On another note, today is Tuesday, November 8th, Election Day; this means that professionals are at work, but students are not in school. As suggested in class, you have homework online. Please read the following chapter summaries (16-20) and be prepared for in class discussions, review, and class assignments. ((Remember, Wednesday, November 9th, RMA is back to work with you and your inventive, imaginative hybrid animals; hence, we will return to Swallowing Stones on Thursday, November 10th (we will review Chapters 16-20. Please remember, the ESL/6 MIDTERM is on Monday and Tuesday, November 14th and 15th -- and yes, SS is on the test.
Okay, let's get started:
CH. S. 16-20 (Page 161 to 201)
It's still summer, and Michael is feeling very "choked-up" (understandably). Remember the last chapter, when the police are at the MacKenzie's house and his father, Tom, asks Michael to show the police the rifle. Of course, after another act of desparation, Michael says that he loaned it to Joe, and that the gun had been stolen; hence, there was no gun (rifle, Winchester) to show. Time passes, and Joe tells Michael that the police didn't have enough evidence to put a case together against Michael. Thus, no police had gone back to Michael's house for more questioning--Michael had begun to breathe easier (for the moment).
So, Michael continues his routine of training for track, and he still continues to sit in front of the church, across from Jenna's house, though has grown uneasy at the thought of this, especially since she had approached him at the party (remember, Andrea, Jenna's friend, really wanted to get to know Michael, but she is shy, so Jenna went up to Michael's car as he was leaving from the party, to say that Andrea really wanted to meet him. Michael, really can't remember what Jenna said to him on that day, and only remembers seeing her pale face in his rear-view mirror as he was leaving in his car.) ((This really says how distracted he is feeling at the moment.))
Michael realizes how much he cares about Amy, and tries to get her to talk to him by calling her and writing letters to her -- all failed attempts to try and amend (make-up and say sorry). His sense of loss was far greater than he had ever imagined it would be. For the first time in his life, he felt absolutely alone in the world.
Finally, he gets a change to talk to her at the 7-Eleven Store. He really wants to see her again, yet Amy is cautious. (Read Page 165 to 167).
Moving forward, the police are back at Michael's house searching his backyard with metal detectors.
(BACKYARD)(METAL DETECTOR)The police discover a shell casing in the nearby woods.
They determine that the fatal shot was fired from Michael's gun, and Michael further embellishes (magnifies) his testimony to the police. Michael's heart begins to thump wildly.
The police know something, and that's why they went back to his house. (Read page 170 - 171)
In the process, Josh implicates Joe (implicates: to show to also be involved).
When the police leave (after asking for a list of all 40 people who were at Michael's party, the family all sit at the table, were quiet with feelings of distraughtness, and then the conversation begins about how Joe might be the only suspect.
Josh: "What about Joe?"
Tom: What about him?
Josh: Why did he suddenly want to borrow Mike's rifle? Then, when Mike wants it back, Joe tells him it was stolen. If you ask me ..."
Michael: We're not asking you.
Tom: You know anything more about this?
Michael: Dad, I told the police everything I know.
Michael has been living in false hope, now that the cops are back in the picture and have narrowed the shot from a specific gun - his one of a kind Winchester -- deep down he knows that the cops are skeptical, and that the gun and shot came from someone at the party that 4th of July.
Things had gotten worse. Michael felt more guilt. Somehow, he managed to drag forty of his friends into the mix. What made his stomach turn sour was that he had done almost nothing to defend Joe. Instead, he had kept silent.
Now, Michael meets with Joe and tells him that he is likely now a suspect. (Remember homework dated 11-4-11 -- How will this newest lie affect Michael and Joe's friendship?)
Discuss your ideas here.
Moving on, Joe's drinking how gotten worse. (CH 18) Michael drives Joe to the Ghost Tree to talk.
Michael: They know that the bullet came from the Winchester.
Joe: Your Winchester? How do they know it was your Winchester? I keep telling you man, they can't prove a (beep) thing without the rifle. If they don't have the murder weapon, they don't have a case.
Michael: You need to know something.
Joe: What's that.
Michael: Healey's got this idea that maybe you borrowed the rifle and then said it was stolen to cover up the fact that you fired it.
Joe: Yeah? And where would he have gotten that idea?
Michael: Who knows how Healey's mind works? He's desparate. He's got to make a case out of something.
Joe: So he's going to make me a suspect?
Michael: I'm sorry man. I never meant for anything of this to happen.
They find themselves back in the car (Joe has now had several (beeps) and they head (go) back to town. Michael is driving.
Michael inadvertently runs into Amy's car.
Joe is frantic. (Read Pages 183-184)
Remaining Chapters 19-20:
Jenna reminisces about her father and helps her mother prepare to give away some of his clothes. Later that day, Jenna finds out that Joe was picked up for questioning by the police. She spies on Joe from outside his house and determines that she must speak to Amy.
In-Class Assignments:
Go to "Character Web" + Use the 70 feelings/emotion/characteristic expressions as a guide to help complete worksheet.
((First, draw a Mind Mirror on the back side to name qualities that make up Joe's inside characteristics.))
Synthesize these ideas and compare and constrast Michael and Joe's characteristics (Use a Venn Diagram)
Then, write a short compare and constrast paragraph. (Use website below to access transitional words and phrases in compare and contrast writing).
http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr6.htm
Vocabulary:
1) Retrieved
2) Defuse
3) Disoriented
4) Conspiracy
5) Asscessory
Simile and Metaphor Analysis:
1) Simile -- Page 92
2) Simile -- Page 95
3) Metaphor -- Page 95
4) Simile -- Page 122
5) Metaphor -- Page 150
6) Simile -- Page 166
7) Metaphor -- Page 196
**Add details to illustrated imagery
**Choose any page, any paragraph and illustrate -- Cite in Journal.
Swallowing Stones, By Joyce McDonald - Chapter Summaries 12 -- 15
Swallowing Stones, by Joyce McDonald -- Chapter Summaries 12 - 15
Michael is in such a frantic state. His deceitfulness has gotten deeper and deeper, and is more troublesome than ever.
Remember, in the last chapter, the police Ralph Healey and Doug Boyle are at the MacKenzie house, as well as Michael's father Tom MacKenzie. Michael's father grows uneasy when the police ask sensitive questions about possible guns in the house. Then, after another act of desperation, Michael tells another lie. When his father asks for the rifle (Winchester), he says that he doesn't have it and that he loaned it to Joe (remember, his best loyal friend). He then calls his friend and tells another lie on the phone out of immediacy, and plays that the Winchester has been stolen out of Joe's car. "Adding salt to the wound," idiomatically speaking, Michael is "dragging" Joe deeper "into the hole" of telling lies. Hence, Joe continues to lie for Michael and tells the police about the alleged robbery.
Remember, Michael's girlfriend Darcy has now broken up with him, and for only about five days, he returns to Amy's house but she refuses to see him because she is deeply hurt. He thinks it has something to do with Darcy (Read pages 127 to 129).
Later, Michael finds out that Darcy has played a dirty trick on Amy, telling her that Michael was only interested in her because of a bet.
BACK TO JENNA
Jenna is still feeling melancholic, and finds a bit of comfort with girlfriend Andrea, whom invites her to "go-out." They end up taking a two hour bus ride, in the rain, to a beach to a place called Spring Lake. The rain has drizzled and they walk along the beach. Jenna cannot stop thinking about her father, and still cannot believe he is not coming home (it has been at least six weeks), although she fantasizes that a miracle would happen and that he would be home any minute. Jenna shares her anger with Andrea. (Read Page 136).
The girls find their way back to the house in Briarwood, and Jenna finds her way to the mailbox.
What she finds is a letter from Amy Ruggerio, strangely enough. Jenna is curious and begins to read the letter. (Read 137 to 139).
Thus, this sympathy letter from Amy causes her Jenna to cry her first "real tears" since her father's death.
Jenna and her mother discover that someone (Michael) has been doing odd jobs around their house.
Jenna attends a party with Andrea, who has developed a crush on Michael. There, Jenna senses Michael presence and is curious why he sits on the front church steps in front of her house almost every evening. She questions herself, "Is he interested in ME?" Then, dismisses this idea when comparing herself with Andrea, a "drop-dead" gorgeous looking person.
Andrea really wants to meet Michael, but feels apprehensive, instead, Jenna takes the lead and sees Michael out in his car, away from the party, and boldly says that her friend (Andrea) really wants to meet him. "You probably think this is really dumb," she said, "but my friend over there has been wanting to meet you. She nodded in Andrea's direction. Andrea stood still, as if she were a rabbit facing a hungry wolf. (Page 154). He tells Jenna, maybe another time, and hurdles away in his car.
(PREDICTION from Chapter 11
How will this newest lie affect Michael and Joe's friendship?)
Michael is in such a frantic state. His deceitfulness has gotten deeper and deeper, and is more troublesome than ever.
Remember, in the last chapter, the police Ralph Healey and Doug Boyle are at the MacKenzie house, as well as Michael's father Tom MacKenzie. Michael's father grows uneasy when the police ask sensitive questions about possible guns in the house. Then, after another act of desperation, Michael tells another lie. When his father asks for the rifle (Winchester), he says that he doesn't have it and that he loaned it to Joe (remember, his best loyal friend). He then calls his friend and tells another lie on the phone out of immediacy, and plays that the Winchester has been stolen out of Joe's car. "Adding salt to the wound," idiomatically speaking, Michael is "dragging" Joe deeper "into the hole" of telling lies. Hence, Joe continues to lie for Michael and tells the police about the alleged robbery.
Remember, Michael's girlfriend Darcy has now broken up with him, and for only about five days, he returns to Amy's house but she refuses to see him because she is deeply hurt. He thinks it has something to do with Darcy (Read pages 127 to 129).
Later, Michael finds out that Darcy has played a dirty trick on Amy, telling her that Michael was only interested in her because of a bet.
BACK TO JENNA
Jenna is still feeling melancholic, and finds a bit of comfort with girlfriend Andrea, whom invites her to "go-out." They end up taking a two hour bus ride, in the rain, to a beach to a place called Spring Lake. The rain has drizzled and they walk along the beach. Jenna cannot stop thinking about her father, and still cannot believe he is not coming home (it has been at least six weeks), although she fantasizes that a miracle would happen and that he would be home any minute. Jenna shares her anger with Andrea. (Read Page 136).
The girls find their way back to the house in Briarwood, and Jenna finds her way to the mailbox.
What she finds is a letter from Amy Ruggerio, strangely enough. Jenna is curious and begins to read the letter. (Read 137 to 139).
Thus, this sympathy letter from Amy causes her Jenna to cry her first "real tears" since her father's death.
Jenna and her mother discover that someone (Michael) has been doing odd jobs around their house.
Jenna attends a party with Andrea, who has developed a crush on Michael. There, Jenna senses Michael presence and is curious why he sits on the front church steps in front of her house almost every evening. She questions herself, "Is he interested in ME?" Then, dismisses this idea when comparing herself with Andrea, a "drop-dead" gorgeous looking person.
Andrea really wants to meet Michael, but feels apprehensive, instead, Jenna takes the lead and sees Michael out in his car, away from the party, and boldly says that her friend (Andrea) really wants to meet him. "You probably think this is really dumb," she said, "but my friend over there has been wanting to meet you. She nodded in Andrea's direction. Andrea stood still, as if she were a rabbit facing a hungry wolf. (Page 154). He tells Jenna, maybe another time, and hurdles away in his car.
PREDICTION:
1) Will Michael mend his relationship with Amy?
Worksheet
Character/Characteristic Page -- Create a Profile of Michael
Character/Characteristic Page -- Create a Profile of Michael
Vocabulary (Definition + Parts of Speech + Choose 5 of 10 and use word in context).
(SmartPhones -- Ok -- Please--Assignment only)
Thank you.
(SmartPhones -- Ok -- Please--Assignment only)
Thank you.
1) frantic
2) paranoid
3) meloncholy
4) apprehensive
5) skeptical
6) apprehension
7) dwindled
8) precariously
9) variables
10) allegedly
Additional in-class assignment:
*Find two similies and one metaphor and give meaning
1) Simile -- Page 92
2) Simile -- Page 95
3) Metaphor -- Page 95
4) Simile -- Page 122
5) Metaphor -- Page 150
**Add details to illustrated imagery
**Choose another page, paragraph and illustrate
2) paranoid
3) meloncholy
4) apprehensive
5) skeptical
6) apprehension
7) dwindled
8) precariously
9) variables
10) allegedly
Additional in-class assignment:
*Find two similies and one metaphor and give meaning
1) Simile -- Page 92
2) Simile -- Page 95
3) Metaphor -- Page 95
4) Simile -- Page 122
5) Metaphor -- Page 150
**Add details to illustrated imagery
**Choose another page, paragraph and illustrate
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Swallowing Stones Chapter Summaries 8 - 11
Swallowing Stones Chapter Summaries 7 - 11
Directions: "Log-in" your work in your Journal; use the following format below as an entry.
1) Log-in -- Upside Down, Turned Around (Keep this part of your Journal for reading anotations.
2) Date Entry
3) Name the Chapter/References
4) Name the Assignment
Chapter Summaries 7 - 11
Directions: "Log-in" your work in your Journal; use the following format below as an entry.
1) Log-in -- Upside Down, Turned Around (Keep this part of your Journal for reading anotations.
2) Date Entry
3) Name the Chapter/References
4) Name the Assignment
Chapter Summaries 7 - 11
The police have traced the bullet's path to within an area of a few blocks (actually 4). Jenna is so engrossed in finding out about the investigation that she forgets the time with her date with Jason (her boyfriend) that night. Later, they go to a movie anyway, and then Jenna has another panic attack.
Amy Reggerio was also at the movies with a "date" and unexpectedly comes to Jenna's aid in the bathroom.
Michael continues to wrestle with his conscience.
WHAT SIDE WILL WIN?
He continues spending time with Amy and tries to keep their relationship platonic, but he ends up kissing her. Darcy accuses Michael of cheating on her with Amy, and Michael denies all wrongdoing. Darcy responds by doing something not nice and breaks up with him. The police come to the MacKenzie's house to ask questions and to see their guns. Michael feels desparate and he tells them that Joe borrowed his rifle and that it has been stolen (more DECEITS). Later Michael and Joe meet in the park to discuss the details of Michael's newest lie.
Questions:
1. Why do you think Michael fears tht he is only using Amy, and that he is "not to be trusted?"
(Page 103).
(Page 103).
2. Explain why you think Darcy was so suspicious with Michael (in seeing someone else)?
(Read Chapter 10, Page 106)
(Read Chapter 10, Page 106)
3. Explain how Michael's father is now treating him while Ralph Healey and Doug Boyle question the family. (Page 114)
4. Why does Michael's heart race uncontrollably? (Page 115)
5. Why is Michael's father getting angry at his son? (Page 116)
4. Why does Michael's heart race uncontrollably? (Page 115)
5. Why is Michael's father getting angry at his son? (Page 116)
6. What exactly is Michael's newest lie? (Bottom of Page 120)
PREDICTION:
1) How will this newest lie affect Michael and Joe's friendship?
Worksheet
1) Add to Michael's trail of Deceit
1) Add to Michael's trail of Deceit
Vocabulary (Definition + Parts of Speech) "SmartPhones -- Ok -- for assignment only) Thank you.
1) lethal
2) eerie
3) irrational
4) mortified
5) hyperventilating
6) exhilarating
7) hideous
8) snide
9) flinched
10) disconcerting
Additional in-class assignment:
*Find two similies and one metaphor and give meaning
1) Simile -- Page 92
2) Simile -- Page 95
3) Metaphor -- Page 95
**Add details to illustrated imagery
**Choose another page, paragraph and illustrate
2) eerie
3) irrational
4) mortified
5) hyperventilating
6) exhilarating
7) hideous
8) snide
9) flinched
10) disconcerting
Additional in-class assignment:
*Find two similies and one metaphor and give meaning
1) Simile -- Page 92
2) Simile -- Page 95
3) Metaphor -- Page 95
**Add details to illustrated imagery
**Choose another page, paragraph and illustrate
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Swallowing Stones Chapter Summaries 3 to 7
Directions: "Log-in" your work in your Journal; use the following format below as an entry.
1) Log-in -- Upside Down, Turned Around (Keep this part of your Journal for reading anotations.
2) Date Entry
3) Name the Chapter/References
4) Name the Assignment
Chapter Summaries 3 to 7
Michael goes to the library to read articles on Charlie Ward's death. After work the next day, Michael ambles around town until he finds himself at the Ward home. There, he sits on the church steps across the street (remember, this is Jenna Ward's house). He then ends up at Amy Ruggerio's house, where he and Amy play Scrabble and talk. He discovers Amy lives with her grandfather and wonders if she deserves the "bad" reputation she has at school.
Jenna becomes reclusive (in seclusion) after her father's funeral and regulary has nightmares involving a nearby sycamore known as the Ghost Tree.
She copes with her pain and anxiety by doing math problems and becomes closer to her mother. Jenna's best friend Andrea conviences her to go to the community pool, where the lifeguard appears to be watching her (of course, it is Michael). Jenna begins to suspect that the lifeguard and the boy who watches her house each day are the same person.
Questions: (Short answer ok)
1) Why do you think Michael sits in front of Jenna Ward's house?
2) Why do you think Michael goes to Amy's house, instead of Darcy's?
3) Why do you think Michael is questioning Amy's bad reputation?
Vocabulary: (Definition, PS, Sentence)
1) Blotchy
2) Instinct
3) Revulsion
4) Aligned
5) Condolences
6) Stagnant
7) Muted
Visual Representation of Imagery
1) Name Chapter, Page Number, Paragraph and/or Line(s)
Read next post for following chapter summaries
1) Log-in -- Upside Down, Turned Around (Keep this part of your Journal for reading anotations.
2) Date Entry
3) Name the Chapter/References
4) Name the Assignment
Chapter Summaries 3 to 7
Michael goes to the library to read articles on Charlie Ward's death. After work the next day, Michael ambles around town until he finds himself at the Ward home. There, he sits on the church steps across the street (remember, this is Jenna Ward's house). He then ends up at Amy Ruggerio's house, where he and Amy play Scrabble and talk. He discovers Amy lives with her grandfather and wonders if she deserves the "bad" reputation she has at school.
Jenna becomes reclusive (in seclusion) after her father's funeral and regulary has nightmares involving a nearby sycamore known as the Ghost Tree.
She copes with her pain and anxiety by doing math problems and becomes closer to her mother. Jenna's best friend Andrea conviences her to go to the community pool, where the lifeguard appears to be watching her (of course, it is Michael). Jenna begins to suspect that the lifeguard and the boy who watches her house each day are the same person.
Questions: (Short answer ok)
1) Why do you think Michael sits in front of Jenna Ward's house?
2) Why do you think Michael goes to Amy's house, instead of Darcy's?
3) Why do you think Michael is questioning Amy's bad reputation?
Vocabulary: (Definition, PS, Sentence)
1) Blotchy
2) Instinct
3) Revulsion
4) Aligned
5) Condolences
6) Stagnant
7) Muted
Visual Representation of Imagery
1) Name Chapter, Page Number, Paragraph and/or Line(s)
Read next post for following chapter summaries
Monday, October 31, 2011
Swallowing Stones, by Joyce McDonald Reviewed Structure
Genre: Young-Adult Fiction
Citation:
Novel Units Teacher and Student Packets. Novel Units.
Setting: Present-day Briarwood, New Jersey
Themes: Actions have consequences; ethical responsibility; dealing with grief; empathy
Point of View: third-person, omniscient
Conflict: Person vs. Self
Style: Narrative
Tone: Serious
Characters:
Michael MacKenzie: 17 year-old who accidentally kills charlie WArd; battles his conscience
Jenna Ward:: 15 year old daughter of Charlie WArd; struggles to cope with her father's death
Joe Sadowski: Michael's best frieand; lies to protect Michael
Amy Ruggeario: has a bad reputation; comforts Michael and Jenna
Meredith WArd: Jenna's mother; beacomes closer to Jenna throaugh mutual grief
Charlie Ward: Jenna's father; killed by a stray bullet on the Fourth of July
Jost MacKenzie: Michael's sometimes pesky, 13-yeaer old brother
Karen and Tom MacKenzie: Michael's parents
Andrea Sloan: Jenna's best friend
Jason Frieadman: Jenna's boyfriend
Darcy Kelly: Michael's girlfriend
Chief Dave Zelenski, Officer Doug Boyle, Sergeant Ralph Healey: police officers
Annie Rico: the town gossip
Summary: Michael MacKenzie receives a rifle from his grandfather on his birthday. He fires a shot into the air in the nearby woods and the next day learns that a local man, Charlie Ward, was killed by a stray bullet. Michael panics, realizing that he is responsible for the man's death. He soon finds himself in a harrowing battle with this conscience as he and his best friend Joe work to conceal the truth at all costs.
Meanwhile, Jenna Ward attempts to cope with the losss of her father. She struggles to accept his death as she confronts her anger at the killer, fear of vulnerability, resistance to change, and survivor's guildt. Through it all, she is haunted by recurring dreams of a place from her and Michael's childhood, the Ghost Tree.
With the help of a mutual friend, Amy Ruggerio, Michael and Jenna work through thier pain. The novel follow each character as they travel thier individual paths to personal growth. When these paths converge, Michael and Jenna find themselves in the same place--a placeeof healing.
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Citation:
Novel Units Teacher and Student Packets. Novel Units.
Setting: Present-day Briarwood, New Jersey
Themes: Actions have consequences; ethical responsibility; dealing with grief; empathy
Point of View: third-person, omniscient
Conflict: Person vs. Self
Style: Narrative
Tone: Serious
Characters:
Michael MacKenzie: 17 year-old who accidentally kills charlie WArd; battles his conscience
Jenna Ward:: 15 year old daughter of Charlie WArd; struggles to cope with her father's death
Joe Sadowski: Michael's best frieand; lies to protect Michael
Amy Ruggeario: has a bad reputation; comforts Michael and Jenna
Meredith WArd: Jenna's mother; beacomes closer to Jenna throaugh mutual grief
Charlie Ward: Jenna's father; killed by a stray bullet on the Fourth of July
Jost MacKenzie: Michael's sometimes pesky, 13-yeaer old brother
Karen and Tom MacKenzie: Michael's parents
Andrea Sloan: Jenna's best friend
Jason Frieadman: Jenna's boyfriend
Darcy Kelly: Michael's girlfriend
Chief Dave Zelenski, Officer Doug Boyle, Sergeant Ralph Healey: police officers
Annie Rico: the town gossip
Summary: Michael MacKenzie receives a rifle from his grandfather on his birthday. He fires a shot into the air in the nearby woods and the next day learns that a local man, Charlie Ward, was killed by a stray bullet. Michael panics, realizing that he is responsible for the man's death. He soon finds himself in a harrowing battle with this conscience as he and his best friend Joe work to conceal the truth at all costs.
Meanwhile, Jenna Ward attempts to cope with the losss of her father. She struggles to accept his death as she confronts her anger at the killer, fear of vulnerability, resistance to change, and survivor's guildt. Through it all, she is haunted by recurring dreams of a place from her and Michael's childhood, the Ghost Tree.
With the help of a mutual friend, Amy Ruggerio, Michael and Jenna work through thier pain. The novel follow each character as they travel thier individual paths to personal growth. When these paths converge, Michael and Jenna find themselves in the same place--a placeeof healing.
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Welcome Back -- Fall 2011 ESL/6 Students
Students,
Your suggestions are wide and clear -- It's time for ESL/6 to "Go Green!" Hence, assignments and posts will be updated henceforth. If absent, you will be able to "make-up" points. If you have "high-tech" gadgets, you will now be able to asses online -- from a computer to iphone --anytime and anywhere. Libertyassignments is "back-in-business."
Week of October 31st, 2011
Monday: Theme: Celebrate American Tradition of Halloween
Students brainstormed literary terms and conditions of a shown picture in enhancing themed vocabulary.
Students listened to spooky short stories. Students then designed, wrote as authors, drew as illustrators, thier own terrifying story. (Samples are on SmartBoard Program) ((Ask to see a sample to make-up work))
Autobiographies -- Draft One Due Today
Tuesday: Theme: Art tell Stories -- Rubin Arts Residency
Wednesday: NorthStar, Listening and Speaking Unit Test One Today (Notes available for credit--be sure to hand-in with finished exam.)
Autobiography Reviews (samples may be emailed -- please request)
Spooky Stories Reviewed
Getting Back to Swallowing Stones, by Joyce McDonald -- See Next Post
Your suggestions are wide and clear -- It's time for ESL/6 to "Go Green!" Hence, assignments and posts will be updated henceforth. If absent, you will be able to "make-up" points. If you have "high-tech" gadgets, you will now be able to asses online -- from a computer to iphone --anytime and anywhere. Libertyassignments is "back-in-business."
Week of October 31st, 2011
Monday: Theme: Celebrate American Tradition of Halloween
Students brainstormed literary terms and conditions of a shown picture in enhancing themed vocabulary.
Students listened to spooky short stories. Students then designed, wrote as authors, drew as illustrators, thier own terrifying story. (Samples are on SmartBoard Program) ((Ask to see a sample to make-up work))
Autobiographies -- Draft One Due Today
Tuesday: Theme: Art tell Stories -- Rubin Arts Residency
Wednesday: NorthStar, Listening and Speaking Unit Test One Today (Notes available for credit--be sure to hand-in with finished exam.)
Autobiography Reviews (samples may be emailed -- please request)
Spooky Stories Reviewed
Getting Back to Swallowing Stones, by Joyce McDonald -- See Next Post
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