Finishing the Book and Studying

You need to finish the book by the end of class today.

I'll also be passing out the study guide and showing you how to make your own Flashcard set on Quizlet.com

Finally, I'll show you our discussion forums on Edmodo.  It is where you can get help/discuss the book and the study guide questions.

Homework:

Edmodo: reply to Mr. Stowell's post on Edmodo with question you have about the book.  It can be with regards to anything: motif, symbolism, theme, or even plot...feel free to respond to any of your classmates as well.  Due TONIGHT (before midnight).

Study flashcards.  Vocab quiz (through Quizlet) will be taken in class on Wednesday.  Book test is on Friday.

Huge Flashcard Set of The Pearl vocabulary

Day 35: The Pearl Vocab

Okay folks!  Along with reading, you are taking dibs on the available vocab from the book.  We will use this to create a master list.  Check back here for the entire list.

Once you have that list, you will be creating your own flashcards on Quizelet.com.  I'll show you how to do that later this week.

Homework: 

Due tonight: post the definition and sentence for your assigned word on the blog in class, or from home, due tonight.

Your vocab list needs to be approved by Mr. Stowell by Friday.

Quizlet flashcards due Monday.

Vocab quiz on Wednesday.

Day 32: Vocab Picture

Here is an example of what I'm asking you you to created today, either in class, or at home.  It may be digital, like the picture above, or it can be hand-drawn.

I used the app, Skitch (free), to create the example above, but there are other apps out there that do the same thing.

Your picture needs to have the following:

• word
• definition with part of speech (noun, verb, adjective)
• the example sentence from the book
• a full-color example picture
• the page number you found it on.

You can hand it in physically, or if it's digital, pass it in through Edmodo.

Homework:  vocab picture due Monday.

Day 26: More reading of The Pearl

Today we are continuing to read The Pearl.  You should be in the mid-20's page-wise by today.

We discussed characterization and motif, and found the best examples of each using Socrative.

Motif: a repeating image or idea that occurs throughout a story.  In today's class, we noted how the village's songs keep repeating throughout.  When Kino is thinking about his family, The Song of Family plays in his head, when something threatening or bad happens, The Song of Evil plays in his head.


Homework:  none.

Day 25: Characterization

Today, your job is to look for a passage that characterizes either Juana or Kino.

Characterization:  the description of a character's physical appearance or personality.

Any characterization passage, you will highlight in BLUE.

Read as much as you can in class, highlighting appropriately, and especially looking for a characterization passage.  The passage can either be dialog or narration, but you will most likely find it in narration.

Homework:  Exit card 8 on Edmodo, due tonight.  Guess what it asks for?  Yup, a characterization quote.

Day 24: Introducing iBooks and The Pearl

Hi Folks,

So we're introducing the basic functionalities of iBooks and how to use them to get the most out of the book we're reading, The Pearl by John Steinbeck.

Highlight colors you will use:

Green:  Anything that describes the setting.  Look for good sensory details and specific description.

Blue: Characterization.  Anything that describes a character physically or emotionally or personality.

Underline:  Vocab words.  You'll have a daily vocab list.  There are 11 spaces.  Find as many words as you can.

Purple:  For now, highlight anything else you think is important with this color.  We'll be going over more specifically later what that entails (theme, motif, and symbolism).


Summary Worksheet:  You were handed a blue summary worksheet.  Every time you finish a page, jot down a quick summary of what happened on the page.  This will come in handy when you have a test on the book (at the end) and when I have you write larger summaries.  BRING THIS TO CLASS EVERY DAY.

Daily Vocab Sheet:  Every day you you need to grab a new vocab sheet.  Fill out as much as you see fit.  I found 101 vocab words out of the entire book...you might finds less.  You will be responsible for collecting as much vocabulary as possible.  At the finish of the book, you will have a vocabulary quiz.  There are three levels:

Standard:  You need to choose your best 15 words to be quizzed on.
CP:   You need to choose your best 25 words to be quizzed on.
Honors:    You need to choose your best 35 words to be quizzed on.


Homework:  none