Friday, March 23, 2012

Ammendments

Which ammendment do you think is most important? Why?

Are there any you think we should change today?

Monday, March 5, 2012

The Giver by Lois Lowry: Chapter 22-23

Vocabulary: Define each word and use it in a sentence.

1) exquisite
2) tantalizing
3) imperceptibly
4) agonizingly
5) trudged
6) lethargy

Questions: Please answer the following using text support and comment on at least one classmate's post.

1) What new dangers does Jonas encounter in Chapter 22?

2) What weather conditions impede Jonas' progress toward Elsewhere?

3) How do Jonas and Gabe finally get to safety?

4) What probably would have happened to Gabe if he had stayed in the community?

**NOTE: Study Chapters 20-21 QUIZ Wednesday!!!

Friday, March 2, 2012

The Giver by Lois Lowry: Chapter 20-21

Vocabulary: Please define and write a sentence for each word in your Giver Notebook.

1) empowered
2) rueful
3) meticulously
4) stealthily
5) frazzled
6) emphatically

Questions: Answer the following questions with text support and comment on at least one of your classmates' post.

1) Whay does Jonas refuse to go home? How does the Giver comfort Jonas? Describe the plan Jonas and the Giver hatch? Do you think the plan will work? Why or why not? Explain.

2)How does the first part of the "escape plan" proceed?

3) How has the mood changed by the end of Chapter 21?

4) Is Jonas justified in his escape?

**NOTE: There will be a QUIZ on Monday for Chapters 18-19.***