1. Download "Pop Goes the Alleycat" by Wallace Stegner (click on link, or find on Focus)
Save and organize in notability.
2. Place any make-up work in the basket under the television.
3. In your Grammar notes, write a corrected version of the following run-on sentences. We will go over the corrections tomorrow. Follow the hints at the end.
- Mr. Kirkendall was out sick, I went home and cried myself to sleep. [Change the structure and add a word.]
- I woke up hungry, the refrigerator was full of left-over lasagna from my feast project. [Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction - for, and, nor, or, but, yet, so.]
- I comforted myself with a large bowl of lasagna, was it my fault that Mr. Kirkendall was sick? [Make two sentences.]
This is our first silent reading--do your best! This is practice for exams in which you must read and analyze a story or poem silently, on your own. Whatever you do not finish reading is homework.
This is a story about juvenile delinquency--youth who break rules or defy laws. Johnny is a young man in Los Angeles who is trying to get his life back on track. Carol is a social worker who is trying to help Johnny, and Prescott is a journalistic photographer who is working on a story about juvenile delinquency in Los Angeles. I used to work with students in Los Angeles who were similar to Johnny, so this story is special to me.
Silent read for 30 minutes; take notes on the following characters:
1. Johnny--How is he described? Does Stegner want us to trust him?
2. Prescott--What is motivating Prescott? Why does he seem skeptical and guarded?
3. Carol--What is motivating Carol? How does Stegner want the reader to feel about her?
*Please take these notes as annotations in the margins (including highlighting AND written notes), or in a separate document, physical or digital.
If you finish, reflect on the story and the following verse, and answer the question below as a Journal Entry in your notebook:
Matthew 18:21-22
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.
Journal #1 (numbering starts over for Q2): When someone makes a mistake over and over again, they may hear something like "I've given you so many chances." How many chances should someone be given before they can no longer be trusted? What should happen after that? When, or under what circumstances, can trust be regained? Refer to the story, Scripture, or your own experiences to illustrated with examples.
Post--(last 5 minutes)
In pairs, share notes and responses to the characters (Johnny, Prescott, Carol)
Time permitting, volunteers share what was discussed in pairs.
HW--
Finish reading "Pop Goes the Alleycat"
UPDATE: We will be reading a free version of Les Mis through the app Subtext. If you already purchased a version, you may return it. Be sure to download Subtext, open it, and log in to our class with the code you can find in "Turnitin & Subtext Log-ins" under "Important Links."
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