Happy Halloween!
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For Period 2-3:
Good Morning Seventh Graders,
Unfortunately I can't be in school with you guys today :( but I hope you all enjoy the day.
Please follow this To Do List for class today and I will check everything tomorrow in class. Everyone should get a Chrome Book, go to kingenglish7and8.blogspot.com and go through this To Do List individually:
1. Tomorrow I will ask you to take out you SSR Log to be checked (It should be 30 minutes of reading). *If you did not do a 30 minute reading log last night, then do it now.
2. Finish watching short film version of The Monkey's Paw. (Just watch the last 4 minutes.)
3. Read The Monkey's Paw to prepare for the escape room activity.
*You need to answer the Comprehension Questions (in the packet you received yesterday)
as you come upon the answers.
4. After reading: Complete The Big Picture page of the packet we started yesterday.
HW: Enjoy your afternoon! No homework.
E-mail me with any questions and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Love,
Mrs. King
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For Period 5-6:
Good Morning/Afternoon Eighth Graders,
Unfortunately I can't be in school with you guys today :( but I hope you all enjoy the day.
Please follow this To Do List for class today and I will check everything tomorrow in class. Everyone should get a Chrome Book, go to kingenglish7and8.blogspot.com and go through this To Do List individually:
For Period 5-6:
Good Morning/Afternoon Eighth Graders,
1. Read for 30 minutes and write a complete and good quality reading log.
2. Yesterday we read "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl.
You need to use that story to do the following:
You need to use that story to do the following:
Part 1: Making your own story
With a partner, use the following sentences to make up a story. (You may use the sentences in any order you like.) Add your own ideas. You will have to share your story with the rest of the class.
- He pressed the bell.
- There were no other hats or coats in the hall.
- “Would you be kind enough to pop into the sitting-room on the ground floor and sign the book?”
- “Wasn’t that the name of the Eton schoolboy who was on a walking tour, when all of a sudden…”
- She put out one of her white hands and patted him comfortingly on the knee.
- “This last entry is over two years old.”
- “Only you.”
Part 2: Reread Roald Dahl’s story, p.85 in textbook, then answer the following questions.
- Why does Billy Weaver walk “briskly” down the street (line 21)?
a) He wants to impress his boss.
b) He wants to act like a successful businessman.
c) He wants to keep warm. - Which aspects of the house make Billy feel it would be a good place to stay?
- Why did Billy not go to the pub?
- What was unusual about the way the landlady responded to the doorbell?
- Which aspects of the landlady’s appearance and voice make her seem trustworthy (lines 87-118)?
- What evidence is there that the landlady had been expecting a guest?
- What are the first signs that the landlady is very odd?
- Billy doesn’t finish his sentence about Christopher Mulholland. What was he about to say?
- Why is it frightening when the landlady says Mr Temple had perfect skin “just like a baby’s”?
- What do you think the landlady means when she says “I stuff all my little pets myself when they pass away?”
- How do you think Billy will die? Explain why you think so.
E-mail me with any questions and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Love,
Mrs. King
Love,
Mrs. King
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