Tuesday, April 1st –NO CLASS TODAY!

• APRIL FOOLS!!!!!! • Hatchet (meets 1st—get your book, paper, and pencil, and come to the back table.) &

Alabama Moon (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters)• Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written

assignment: Pick up an index card. Choose 1 character to complete a 3-2-1 character analysis:– 3 important events that have happened to this character– 2 questions you would ask this character if you could talk

to him/her– 1 way in which you are like this characterTURN THIS IN TO THE BOX BEFORE YOU LEAVE CLASS.

Wednesday, April 2nd

• Walk Two Moons(meets 1st—get your book, paper, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Where the Red Fern Grows (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters)

• Hatchet & Alabama Moon written assignment: Pick up an index card. Choose 1 character to complete a 3-2-1 character analysis:– 3 important events that have happened to this character– 2 questions you would ask this character if you could talk to

him/her– 1 way in which you are like this character

• TURN THIS IN TO THE BOX BEFORE YOU LEAVE CLASS.

Thursday, April 3rd

• Alabama Moon (meets 1st—get your book, paper, and pencil, and come to the back

table.) & Hatchet (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters)• Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written

assignment: Pick up your composition books . • Journal entry for Where the Red Fern Grows (5-8 sentences):– Describe something you wanted so badly but had to

be patient for. Did you get it? Was it worth waiting for?

• Journal entry for Walk Two Moons (5-8 sentences):– Write about a “taste” or “sound“ sparked memory. Was it

a food? A song? Be descriptive.

Friday, April 4th • Turn in reading logs! • Where the Red Fern Grows (meets 1st—get your book, composition

book, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Walk Two Moons (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters)

• Written assignments for Hatchet & Alabama Moon:• Journal entry for Hatchet (5-8 sentences):– Sometimes Brian’s thoughts go back to an earlier time, when he

was with his mother. What effect do these “breaks” have on the story?

• Journal entry for Alabama Moon (5-8 sentences):– Pap says, “Because we never asked for anything and nobody ever

gave us anything, we don’t owe anything to anybody.” Do you agree with this philosophy? Explain your answer.

Monday, April 7th• Alabama Moon (meets 1st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to the back

table.) & Hatchet (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters)• Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written

assignment: Pick up your composition books. • Journal entry for Where the Red Fern Grows (5-8 sentences):– How would you describe the act of putting an animal’s life

before a human’s? Heroic? Irresponsible? Foolish? • Journal entry for Walk Two Moons (5-8 sentences):

– Several mysteries remain unanswered at this point. What is the most reasonable explanation for each: Who is Mrs. Cadaver, really? Who is the lunatic? Why is someone leaving messages? What happened to Sal’s mother?

Tuesday, April 8th• Hatchet & Alabama Moon will meet for 15 minutes at the beginning of

class BEFORE you complete your written assignment. Get your composition books, novel, and something to write with.

• Where the Red Fern Grows (meets 1st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Walk Two Moons (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters)

• Written assignments for Hatchet & Alabama Moon:• Journal entry for Hatchet (5-8 sentences):– What do you think Brian means when he tells himself that self-pity

doesn’t work? Do you agree?• Journal entry for Alabama Moon (5-8 sentences):– The boys want to make Moon president of Pinson. Does this surprise

you? What does this tell you about Moon? How does Moon feel about this?

Wednesday, April 9th• Alabama Moon (meets 1st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to

the back table.) & Hatchet (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters)• Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written assignment: Pick up an

index card: • Where the Red Fern Grows: Pick up a “The Lowest Animal” from the back table and

your composition book. You will follow the directions FIRST. Then, when you finish reading and annotating, write a 5-8 sentence reflection on what you read in your composition book.

• Walk Two Moons:

– Make a t-chart with your story’s protagonist on the left and antagonist on the right (select only one if there are more).

– List 10 descriptive phrases about each (looks, acts, says, what others say)

– Which character did you like/relate to more and why? Answer in 2-3 sentences.

Thursday, April 10th

• Where the Red Fern Grows (meets 1st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Walk Two Moons (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters)

• Written assignments for Hatchet & Alabama Moon:– Pick up a “The Lowest Animal” from the back table and

your composition book. You will follow the directions FIRST. Then, when you finish reading and annotating, write a 5-8 sentence reflection on what you read in your composition book.

Friday, April 11th • Alabama Moon (meets 1st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to the back table.)

& Hatchet (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters)• Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written assignment:

Pick up an index card—hold on to this for Monday’s meeting: • Select 4 characters from the story.• Draw lines dividing the card into 1/4s . Write one character in each

section.• Write the answers to the following questions for each character:

– 1. What is the character’s role?– 2. What 3 words best describe this character?– 3. Does this character grow or change so far in your

novel? Briefly explain in 2-3 sentences.

Monday, April 14th • Where the Red Fern Grows (meets 1st—get your book, index card from

Friday, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Walk Two Moons (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters) When you are meeting, discuss for 15 minutes: Talk about what you each wrote on your index cards Friday. Take turns, and everyone share! Turn in your index cards to Mrs. Potts when you finish.

• Written assignments for Hatchet & Alabama Moon: Pick up an index card—hold on to this for Tuesday’s meeting:

• Select 4 characters from the story.• Draw lines dividing the card into 1/4s . Write one character in each section.• Write the answers to the following questions for each character:

– 1. What is the character’s role?– 2. What 3 words best describe this character?– 3. Does this character grow or change so far in your novel? Briefly explain in 2-3

sentences.

Tuesday, April 15th • Alabama Moon (meets 1st—get your book, index card from

yesterday, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Hatchet (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters) When you are meeting, discuss for 15 minutes: Talk about what you each wrote on your index cards yesterday. Take turns, and everyone share! Turn in your index cards to Mrs. Potts when you are done.

• Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written assignment:• Walk Two Moons: In your composition book (5-8 sentences)—Phoebe is

not portrayed as a likeable character in this section, yet Sal remains a loyal friend to her. What fact(s) about Phoebe’s situation influences Sal’s loyalty to her?

• Where the Red Fern Grows: In your composition book (5-8 sentences)—How did you feel about Grandpa accepting the Pritchard’s bet? Explain.

Wednesday, April 16th • Where the Red Fern Grows (meets 1st—get your book, composition book,

and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Walk Two Moons (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters) When you are meeting, discuss for 15 minutes: Talk about what you each wrote in your composition book yesterday. Take turns, and everyone share!

• Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written assignment:– Pick up an index card.– “Snake Story” Retell your story’s plot on a snake diagram, placing the

causes on the left and the effects on the right. – Make sure your events are in order!

Thursday, April 17th

• Where the Red Fern Grows(meets 1st—get your book, index card from yesterday, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Walk Two Moons (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters)

• Alabama Moon & Hatchet written assignment:– Pick up an index card.– “Snake Story” Retell your story’s plot on a snake diagram,

placing the causes on the left and the effects on the right. – Make sure your events are in order!