Assignments 4/3

Read "Part II" of The First Part Last

Blog Prompt: Topic of your choice, at least one well-developed paragraph.

By now you should know the sort of writing that I expect from you in your blog posts. I want to give you some freedom this unit, and allow you to blog about things that you are noticing or observing. Talk about characters, your reactions/opinions, whatever you find interesting!

Begin Film. 

Assignments 3/15

Before we put David's story behind us, let's take one last look at his life as an adult.

Interview with Larry King:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnSntzvGteI

Newspaper Article:

http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0101/ti010107.htm


Blog Prompt:
Reflect on the video and the article. What did you think of it? What have you learned from David's story?

Assignments 3/5

Read: Finish the book today! Chapters 9, 10, and epilogue.

Blog Post:

Pull up/take out the predictions we made, and the questions we wanted answered at the beginning of the book. Respond to three predictions or questions. Were you right/wrong? Did your question get answered? Were you satisfied?

We will discuss the ending of the book as a class, and share our blog posts with one another.

Use this discussion as a review for the test on Thursday, March 7.   

Assignments 3/1

HAPPY MARCH!

Read Ch 8 and part of Ch 9 (pages 219-269).

Blog:

Midway through CH 9, we see that David has been bounced around from many different foster homes. Describe/list the foster homes that David has lived in. Which foster home do you think is the best for David. Why? Which foster home do you think is the worst for David? Explain why by using examples. 

Continue Antwone Fisher. 

Assignments for 2/27

Finish reading Ch 6 and complete chapter 7.

Blog Prompt: 

Where is David and why is there? Talk about David's father's visit. (summarize) What do you think of David's father's behavior? (his decision to sign/not sign the papers)

Discuss Antwone/David comparison/contrast handout.

Continue watching Antwone Fisher.

Assignments 2/25

Read Ch. 5 and 6

Blog Prompt: Summarize what happened in Chapters 4 and 5. Write about the four most important parts of the story. 

Start movie, Antwone Fisher

Begin comparing/contrasting David with Antwone. (handout)

Assignments 2/21

Where are we now? What happened in the trial?

Read Ch 4: pages 79-108

Blog Prompt: 

As the story continues, we will see David bounce around from foster home to foster home. In chapter 4, we see him with the Catanze family. Tell me everything you notice about David's time with the Catanze family so far. How is it different from his time with his mother? What are some of the major differences? Do you agree that the title of this chapter should be "New Beginnings"?

Assignment 2/15

Turn in your essay if you have not done so already!!

Read CH 2 and 3 of The Lost Boy. (p. 35-76)

Answer blog prompt on blog: 

In Ch. 1, David says, "In all, nothing's changed, and I know nothing. I wish I were someone, any one but who I am. I wish I had a life, a family, a home" (32). 

Read CH 2 and 3. Has nothing changed for David? How is his life different from Ch. 1? How have his feelings changed? USE EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT.

Assignments 2/5

Assignments 2/5

• Read Chapter 7 and Epilogue. Finish book! 
• Go Over Study-Guide (should be basically completed) Any Questions?
• Blog: At the end of A Child Called It, we do not find out what happens with Dave's mother or father. In your opinion, what do you think should happen to them?? Were you satisfied with what was revealed in the ending? Did you want to know more?
• Watch Rudy. We will continue where we left off.

TEST ON A Child Called It on Thursday, February 8.

Assignments for 2/1

Happy February!

Today is a shortened period.

Assignments

Read Ch 6. Continue to complete study-guide. 

Blog Prompt: Focus on Dave's father in this post. Describe how he would treat David. Do you think he was a good father? Why or why not?



Start the movie, Rudy. Be thinking about how Rudy and David are similar in terms of what situation they are going through, as well as how they react to their environment.

Assignments 1/30

Assignments 1/30

• Complete and discuss studyguide for Chapters 1-3. You will need to keep this study guide and bring it with you to every class period.
• Read chapters 4-5
• Blog Prompt: Tell me what is happening in these chapters. What has been the most disturbing or hardest part for you to read about? Please use examples from the book. Do you think you could be as strong as David?

Assignments for 1/28

Assignments for 1/28

Complete and discuss the Anticipation Guide for  A Child Called It. 
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bw8XDzvBSkLscUtXdHlBWU1GaW8/edit


Read pages 3-43 of A Child Called It. (Chapters 1-3).

Complete blog post: There's no question that David is abused in A Child Called It. What types of abuse are there? Is David a victim of more than one type of abuse? Give examples from the novel.