January 2009 WEEK TWO Agenda

SHORT STORIES- JANUARY 2009

WEEK TWO- "The Strange Guests,"an old American Indian legend, "The Gods’ Gift to Chang Fu-Yen," an eighth century Chinese tale, and "The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall" by John Kendrick Bangs
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MONDAY, January 12th
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Aim: Who were "The Strange Guests"?

Do Now: How do you know when a guest in your home has stayed too long?

CLASSWORK
READ: "The Strange Guests"
ANSWER: Page 31 to page 33, all Recall, Infer, and Vocabulary Review questions

HOMEWORK
Short Story Homework #6
Answer page 33 and 34, Critical Thinking, 1 through 5, in complete sentences
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TUESDAY, January 13th
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Aim: What was "The Gods’ Gift to Chang Fu-Yen"?

Do Now: If it were possible to do one thing to change the world, what would you do?

CLASSWORK
READ: "The Gods’ Gift to Chang Fu-Yen"
ANSWER: Page 55 to page 57- all Recall, Infer, and Vocabulary Review questions.

HOMEWORK
Short Story Homework #7
Answer page 57 to page 58, all Critical Thinking questions
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WEDNESDAY, January 14th
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Aim: What was the fate of "The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall"?

Do Now: Why do ghosts haunt houses?

CLASSWORK:
READ: "The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall"
ANSWER: Page 81 to page 83- all Recall, Infer, and Vocabulary Review questions.

HOMEWORK TURN PAGE OVER
Short Story Homework # 8
Answer page 83 to page 84, all Critical Thinking questions
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THURSDAY, January 15th
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Aim: What were the differences and similarities between the three stories this week?

Do Now: List five words that describe your favorite story this week

CLASSWORK
Take out ths week’s stories.
For EACH story, make a list: THIS WILL BE COLLECTED
-your favorite character from the story
-your favorite part of the story
-your least favorite character from the story
-your least favorite part of the story
-one change you would make to the story to make it better
-make up a new title for the story.
-if you moved your favorite character from this story to the next story, how would that story be different?

HOMEWORK
Short Story Homework #9
Pick a character from any story we read this week or last week. Write a new, one-page story about that same character that takes place one week later.
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FRIDAY, January 16th
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Aim: What is "The Provencal Tale"?

Do Now: QUIZ about this week’s first three stories.

CLASSWORK
READ: "The Provencal Tale"
ANSWER: Page 35 to page 41- all Recall, Infer, and Vocabulary Review questions.

HOMEWORK
Short Story Homework # 10
READ: "August Heat"
ANSWER: All questions page 93 to page 96, all Recall, Infer, Vocabulary Review, AND Critical Thinking,