1. Composition book: Write
under Notes and QuickWrite
Label: Pay It Forward?
Because you have been
helped by others, does that
mean that you have a
responsibility to help others?
Write at least 1/2 page.
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Vocabulary -- page 25
(receding) recede: verb
1. go or move back or further away from a previous position.
2. to become more distant.
"the flood waters had receded"
| synonyms:retreat, go back, go down, move back, move away, withdraw, ebb,subside, abate ( "the floodwaters receded" 1470- 80; < Latin recēdere to go, fall back, equivalent to re- re- (back) + cēdere to withdraw, go; see cede (yield, go) |
din: noun
1.
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a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
Announcements and Reminders:
If you have not handed in your book assessment (the cube), turn it in as soon as possible. (Quality copy -- NOT cut out -- rough draft, and rubric)
This Friday is the last day to hand in late or revised work and extra credit.
2a. If needed for your class, finish writing up evidence from last time.
2b. Reading from A Long Walk to Water
More Talking and Writing
with Clock Appointments
How would you answer this?
1. How does the setting influence the story?
Example: Never Say Die
Example: Never Say Die
2. page 55:
Label: Self-Sacrifice
“...there is power in self-sacrifice.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent
3. page 66:
Should adults feel obligated to take care of children your age?
(Unwind)
"In America after the Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement: The Bill of Life states that human life may not be touched from the moment of conception until a child reaches the age of thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, a parent may choose to retroactively get rid of a child through a process called "unwinding."" Amazon.com
B5 from page 39 to page 57
B6 from page 40 at page break to top of page 48
B7 from page 40 at page break to page 48, paragraph 2.
Images for A Long Walk to Water
More Quotes:
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”
“If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.”
“Once we are able to combine a feeling of empathy for others with a profound understanding of the suffering they experience, we become able to generate genuine compassion for them. We must work at this continually.”
― Dalai Lama XIV
