November 2

November 2

Mr. Janz was in today.

HUMANITIES 8

We had a great lesson where students, in groups of two, visited 16 different stations investigating various types of maps as well as aspects of mapping which help decipher the information provided. All but four stations presented information without the legends and titles which would have explained clearly what was being presented.

Students were asked to record three (3) observations (things they thought they knew or guesses) and two (2) questions they had on the information being investigating at the station. There only had three minutes at each station before they were to move on.

Students were asked: What do people use maps for? We also spoke briefly about how different maps can show the same information differently - think of the size of Greenland on a globe versus a flat map.

ENGLISH 10

Today we added four (4) literary terms to the students' list of terms. These were Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Sarcasm, and Repetition. Students were asked to define each and provide an example either from the ATDPTI novel or from their imagination.
Next we reviewed chapters Slouching Toward Thanksgiving and My Sister Sends Me an E-Mail. Students then has in-class time for silent reading the next three (3) chapters: Thanksgiving, Hunger Pains, and Rowdy Gives Me Advice About Love.

Finally, students were given a worksheet deciding which literary term ten different quotes suited best. They also have a personal response due:

Write a response on one of the following numbered topics below. Questions to think about before writing the response:

·               What is your personal response?

·               What do you think the purpose was? 

·               How does it connect to the greater themes of the novel? 

·               Connections to the world, society, self, etc?

1. Alexie’s use of eating disorder in the novel.

2. Alexie’s use of homophobia in the novel.

3. Alexie’s reference to the missing Mexican girls. (p116)