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Eric's Becky essay Eric's dog essay Eric's Eleven essay Prewrite 1. What are you good at? 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? I am good at many things but I am the best at video games. I would feel like I am the best and no one could beat me. If people would not let me play video games I would feel horrible and I could enjoy it ever.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 CLASSWORK Chapter 1 1. What problems or conflicts are presented in chapter one? Tao needing to find a rabbit is an obvious one; identify at least two more (not having anything to do with the rabbit!).

2. Predict the resolution of each conflict.

Example: sample conflict : Tayo needs to find a rabbit. sample predicted resolution: He will find the one he lost.

conflict 1:Tayo has a bad foot and can't hunt as well as other's. predicted resolution 1:He will find some thing to help him walk.

conflict 2:He has to survive in wood's by him self. predicted resolution 2:he find's some one or some one to help him.

Tuesday, October 8, 2008 HOMEWORK: read chapter 2 CLASSWORK: answer the question below Chapter 2 What two important events happen in this chapter? One evProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 t that happens in the story is Tayo pull's the bone out of the wolf dog's mouth and the wolf dog run's away, another event is when Tayo walk's through the bushes to get to the noise of the demon.

CLASSWORK Friday, October 10, 2008 Answer the questions below Chapter 3 1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together? Tao and Ram learn to hunt together. 2. What decision does Tao tell Volt? I will hunt alone. 3. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel. What are you crazy hunting alone .You could get real injured or killed .I can't let you go by your self .You need to go with some one or else.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 13, 2008 Read Chapter 4 in class. Answer the following questions Chapter 4 In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. Start with an interest grabber. Then write your topic sentence. Give three details or examples to support your thesis. Use a quotation from the chapter. Tao mother is a very good person. He was crippled they wanted to kill him but she refused to give him up. She gave up to be in a clan for him. Also she had to take care of him feed him b y her self. But still kept him until she died, but before she left him whit cala.

CLASSWORK Friday, October 17, 2008 Finish reading Chapter 5 in class Answer the following questions Chapter 5 1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? Tao try's to draw a horse and Ram. 2. Which is easier for him and why? Ram is easier for him because he has him in front of him.

CLASSWORK Monday, October 20, 200 Answer the following questions Chapter 6 1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they?One of the Taboos he brake's is that he hunts whit a wolf dog and the other one is that he hunt's in forbidden ground. 2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet?He dose not know about his drawing in the cave. 3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging?

HOMEWORK Monday, October 20, 2008 - Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Read Chapter 7 CLASSWORK Thursday, October 23, 2008 Write your reaction to the last paragraph in the chapter. Do you agree or disagree with Graybeard? Is what he says true for those times, but not now? Or is the reverse true: is it true now, but wasn't true then?I disagree with Graybeard because why get mad at Tao now if he already broke taboo's.

LASSWORK Thursday, October 23, 2008 Chapter 8 An important theme in this novel is that people should follow their dreams and do what they believe is right, even if they don't follow their society's expected ways. The author examines this theme in a stone age setting. Imagine a similar situation today, where a person's desires go against society's expectations What situation did you imagine?I imagine that someone has a girl friend and his religion dose not let him have one.

In the situation you imagined, should the person follow his or her dreams or should they follow society's rules? Give your opinion. He should follow his dream because if not he could not have a family. HOMEWORK Friday, October 24, 2008 Read Chapter 9

CLASSWORK Monday, October 27, 2008 Chapter 9 Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind?Yes he dose because he teaches Tao ho to draw. What does this tell you about his character?This tells me that GrayBeard he is a man that can't make up his mind.

HOMEWORK Monday, October 27, 2008 Read Chapter 10

CLASSWORK Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"?They are big animal's that look like mountains big and brown. 2. What almost happened to Tao?Tao almost died because of the animal that attacked him.

HOMEWORK Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Read Chapter 11

CLASSWORK Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Chapter 11 Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why?

HOMEWORK Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Read Chapter 12

CLASSWORK Thursday, October 30, 2008 Chapter 12 1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? 2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter?

HOMEWORK Thursday, October 30, 2008 Read Chapter 13

HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND HAPPY FIELD TRIP

CLASSWORK Monday, November 3, 2008 Chapter 13 1. Even if Ram had succeeded in hunting the deer, do you think it was a good idea of Tao's to "show off" his dog's ability to hunt? Explain. 2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene.

HOMEWORK Monday, November 3, 2008 Read Chapter 14

CLASSWORK Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Chapter 14 1. Why does Tao cross the river? 2. What decision does Graybeard reach?

HOMEWORK Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Read Chapter 15

CLASSWORK Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Chapter 15 What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter?

HOMEWORK Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Read Chapter 16

CLASSWORK Thursday, November 6, 2008 Chapter 16 Look at the website of the Laxcaux Caves: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ Find a picture that resembles the one Tao is painting. Copy it as your answer to this question. /Users/user/Desktop/2g201.jpg

Read Chapter 17 together in class (not for homework)

Chapter 17 Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction.

HOMEWORK Thurssday, November 6, 2008 Read Chapter 18

CLASSWORK Friday, November 7, 2008 Chapter 18 Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People?

Extra Credit Write a narrative describing what happens next. Make sure your plot has a conflict, a climax, and a resolution. You

Eric G 2-26-09 Period #2/3

Eleven By: Sandra Cisneros The story we read in class is called eleven and the author is Sandra Cisneros. In the story the main character is an eleven-year-old girl named Rachel on her birthday at school. She was sitting in class when the teacher brings out an ugly stretched red sweater that was in the coat rack for a month then some one says it’s hers but it’s not. Then she put’s it on her desk and she can’t say it isn’t hers so the teacher tells her to put it on and she dose then starts to cry and the bell ring’s. And she says her birth is ruined.

When Phyllis Lopez say’s the sweater is Rachel’s she is frozen she doesn’t talk. So it’s like she doesn’t stand up for her self and just can’t talk. Then the teacher put’s it on her desk but she say’s it’s like a big red mountain then she moves it to the rite. Then the teacher say’s to put it on and she dose%