Week 8, 9 and 10

1. Week 8, 9 and 10 Mrs. Barnett English 1

2. Bell work • ALL bell work from (Bell work # 11) this point forward will be hand written in class in the students journal. • The student will create a document in a word processing software, such as Microsoft Word, and type the bell work. One document with 10 bell works labeled and listed prior to the 10th one. • Submit the bell work to www.turnitin.com every 10 bell works.

3. Bell work #16 • Bell work: From the guest speaker, Chad Varga, what did you take away from his message? Explain. • Reminder: • Label the Bell work #16 • Write the Question • Minimum of one (1) complete paragraph (5 sentences), but you may need additional paragraph to explain. • 10-minute writing

4. Bell work #17 • If traveling through time were possible, would you want to travel back to the past or ahead into the future and why? • Reminder: • Label the Bell work #17 • Write the Question • Minimum of one (1) complete paragraph (5 sentences), but you may need additional paragraph to explain. • 10-minute writing

5. Bell work #18 • Write about the scariest story you ever heard. • Reminder: • Label the Bell work #18 • Write the Question • Minimum of one (1) complete paragraph (5 sentences), but you may need additional paragraph to explain. • 10-minute writing

6. Bell work #19 • Did you ever make friends with a (wild) animal? What was it and how did you befriend the animal? • Reminder: • Label the Bell work #19 • Write the Question • Minimum of one (1) complete paragraph (5 sentences), but you may need additional paragraph to explain. • 10-minute writing

7. Bell work #20 • Did you ever catch fireflies/dragonflies/butterflies, crickets, frogs or snakes? If so, what did you catch and what did you do with it? • Submit the bell work to www.turnitin.com every 10 bell works. • Reminder: • Label the Bell work #20 • Write the Question • Minimum of one (1) complete paragraph (5 sentences), but you may need additional paragraph to explain. • 10-minute writing

8. Bell work #21 • Write about a disastrous trip or vacation. • Reminder: • Label the Bell work #21 • Write the Question • Minimum of one (1) complete paragraph (5 sentences), but you may need additional paragraph to explain. • 10-minute writing • Type and Submit the bell work to www.turnitin.com every 10 bell works.

9. Literary Terms • Type of Characters in Literature • Plot Structure

10. “Sound of Thunder” • Ray Bradbury and Sound of Thunder powerpoint • Reader’s Notebook – answer questions on notebook paper and KEEP this handout in your notebook • Read Sound of Thunder pp. 79-88 • Vocabulary • Plot Study Guide • Study Guide

11. “Being Prey” • Read “Being Prey” by Val Plumwood pp. 90-95 • Plot Comparison Handout between “A Sound of Thunder” and “Being Prey” • Compare and Contrast Essay for “Being Prey”

12. Review of SOT and BP • Characterization • Cause and Effect • Simile • Metaphor • Foreshadowing • Plot • Vocabulary Terms that went with the two short stories