Vocab. 19 urb- city ven, vene, vent- to come verb- word ver, veri- true | Vocab. 20 vers, vert- to turn vid, vis- to see vit, viv- life, to live voc, vok- to call, voice |
Thank you students who came by to check. Here are the roots that I didn't get back to you. :)
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Ender's Game: Chapter 13, Valentine Loving your enemy, facing yourself, and what that costs as a leader. Love Ender's Game? Wondering what to read next? There are two parallel series to choose from. Ender's Shadow is book one in a series that begins at the same time period as Ender's Game. While Game follows Ender's life and point of view, Shadow follows Bean's. Arguably more intelligent than Ender, Bean arrives at Battle School after Ender has already been chosen as the one, but it turns out that Bean is needed, too. One problem, Bean has to learn what comes to Ender naturally-- empathy. Without love or trust, will anyone follow him?
Remember- I came across Card and the Ender's series' because a student recommended it to me about 20 years ago. It was the first book a student gave to me to read. Since then hundreds of student have read Ender's Game and I have read about 13 books a year recommended by students. My board is always open to student recommendations! I take the homework you assign to me seriously, and I am always on the look out for good books to share, or possibly, to add to our official curriculum. Sophomore year's student recommended book? The House of the Scorpion. Look for it forth quarter next year!
I Came. I Saw. I Conquered.Latin. Attributed to Julius Caesar. Today we finish the last 20 min. of How to Train Your Dragon. Please pay attention carefully to our last hero motif stages. Hiccup has lost everything. Now it is time to face everything. Like many heroes he trains and gathers an army, but also like most of our heroes, he has to face the Evil and the final battle --alone. Stages: Hell, Devil, Death, and Resurrection. Pay special attention to: hero stages, symbols linking Hiccup to Toothless, links to previous foreshadowing, falling or other worlds apart from the human realm. We will discuss charts when I return. Read Veni Vidi Vici--Ender's Game Chapter 11.
Think about how Card is drawing plots together: the mind game, the battle room, the "real world" of the boys at school, and the bugger war. What similarities to you notice? What questions is Card asking the reader to think about? How does this track with the hero motif and Dragons. Finish chapter and work on packet with class time and for homework. Edit: Packet check 1-12 and Quiz 9-12 on Thursday- 2/21.
Latin Roots Vocabulary 16-20: From now on we only take the even tests: the double tests. That way we have more class time together. It does mean, though, that you need to be more mature and attentive to your calendar. Remember that one is posted here under Freshman/Vocabulary.
Next week our 17-18 test and worksheets are due 1/30. Literary Terms Vocabulary: These are different, remember. These tests go in your Literature grade because without knowing foreshadowing, allegory, symbolism, etc., we cannot discuss literature deeply. Your review test is February 1- next week. Please review your notecards and be ready. This time we take our test individually. Ender's Game: What does leadership cost?
Homework: TKAM Packet (75 total), vocab 15 and roots list 1-15.
Welcome back from break! Please use your pink packets for any notes. Watch the movie carefully so that we can look at how Lee foreshadows and builds her story. This should also help you review after the break.
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