Monday- December 6, 2010

Essential Question: What are Literature Circles?  How do I create purpose for reading?

Menu:

1. Bell Ringer: Hunger Games Anticipation Guide
2. Set up your calendar
3. Begin reading Hunger Games

Homework:

1. Read Chapter 1 of Hunger Games and complete your role
2. Finish your Independent Reading Project

Wednesday- August 25, 2010

Welcome Back to Postlethwait!

Menu:

1. Welcome to Blue 7 Language Arts
2. Budget Crunch Activity
3. Tell us who you are!- Index Cards
4. Who are Mrs. Pate & Mrs. Boulden?

Homework:

1. Bring back your yellow cards
2. Bring in your materials

Wednesday- May 12, 2010

Menu:

1. The Cage: Chapter 40-41

  1.  What does the doctor mean when she tells Riva, “We are special, Riva. We are better. We can still feel.” 2.  Why does Riva describe Doctor Anna as a goddess of the sick? 3.  In this chapter we learn Doctor Anna was married to a young doctor who is not Jewish. He was sent to heal Nazi soldiers wounded in battle. If she was once married to this man and still loves him why does she say, “I still love him, but if I survive I will never go back to him. The barbed wire will always be between us.”

2.  Finish Anne Frank packet:

- Students should have all 20 vocabulary completed on page 1 and 2; including either a picture, synonym, or antonym. 
-On pages 3 and 4, four themes with evidence should be completed. 
-On page 5-8 students need a summary for each of the 10 scenes from the story. 
-Pages 9 and 10 should contain a completed character chart with physical descriptions, descriptive adjectives, and evidence. 
-On page 11 the students needed to use Act I to describe how Anne was at the beginning of the play.  On page 12 the students need to use Act II to tell how Anne turned out to be at the end of the story. 
-Pages 13-14 should complete their Literary terms with evidence from the text. 
-On 15-16 students should list and describe 3 char. vs. char, 1 char. vs. society, and 2 char. vs. self
-17-18 All compare and contrasts must be completed

Tuesday- May 12, 2010

Menu:

1. The CAge 40-41
2.   1.  What does the doctor mean when she tells Riva, “We are special, Riva. We are better. We can still feel.” 2.  Why does Riva describe Doctor Anna as a goddess of the sick? 3.  In this chapter we learn Doctor Anna was married to a young doctor who is not Jewish. He was sent to heal Nazi soldiers wounded in battle. If she was once married to this man and still loves him why does she say, “I still love him, but if I survive I will never go back to him. The barbed wire will always be between us.”
3. Finish the Anne Frank Packet

Tuesday- May 11, 2010

Menu:

1. The Cage: Chapter 39

  1)Why do you think the doctor chose to help Riva when all of the others refused? 2)During the air raid Riva says, “I feel so strange, taking cover from planes whose arrival I welcome.”  What does she mean? 3)Throughout the chapter, the Nazi guard who has accompanied Riva on her trip to the hospital says certain things and is described in specific ways.  What can you tell about this Nazi officer based on her words and descriptions throughout the chapter?  

2.  Work on Anne Frank packet.

Monday- May 10, 2010

Menu:

1. The Cage: Chapter 38

  1.  The Nazi guard helped Riva up when she could no longer walk, but didn’t let her sit down on the train even though there were empty seats. Why was the Nazi guard kind at one point and not the other? 2. Describe the differences Riva sees between lives in and out of concentration camps. 3. Every doctor so far has said they will not treat a Jew, so how does Riva live to tell her story? Make a predication.

2. Finish Anne Frank

3. Finish Anne Frank packet

Friday- May 8, 2010

Menu:

1. The Cage: Chapters 36 and 37
2. Watch brief video about Neo-Nazi movement in America
3. Read to Act II: Scene 5 in Anne Frank

Thursday- May 6, 2010

Menu:

1. The Cage: Chapter 33-34

  1.  Why was Faige laughing, dancing and singing after she whipped her sister Chanele? 2. Why does Chane say, “My poor sister. You are better off now than I.” 3.  What metaphor is seen in Riva’s poem? Explain the comparison.

2.  Hunger in the Concentration Camp video

3. Finish Act II: Scene 3

Wednesday- May 5, 2010

Menu:

The Cage: Chapter 32-33

  1.  How is Riva’s poor vision affecting her physically and emotionally? 2.  What type of work is Riva sent to do once she arrives at her destination? 3.  What does Riva mean when she states, “Yes. I wrote before, in Lodz. I left most of it in Auschwitz. If I can put my thoughts on paper, it might help….”

2.  Two HOlocaust clips: Arrival and Life in Concentration Camps

3. Finish reading Scene 3 with groups

Tuesday- May 3, 2010

Menu:

1. The Cage: Chapter 30-31

  1.The guard tells Helen, “Remember, Helen, it’s you or them.”  What do you think could happen to Helen? 2.What is the point of the Nazi’s giving the Jews numbers, besides it being a way to identify them? 3.Describe Riva’s new living quarters.  Use specific details.

2. Begin reading Scene 3 with groups.