Week 8, 9 and 10

WEEK 8, 9 AND 10Mrs. BarnettEnglish 1

Bell work

ALLALL 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 typetype the bell work. One document with 10 bell works One document with 10 bell works labeled and listed prior to the 10labeled and listed prior to the 10thth one. one.

SubmitSubmit the bell work to www.turnitin.com every 1010 bell works.

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

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

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

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

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?

• SubmitSubmit the bell work to www.turnitin.com every 1010 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

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 SubmitType and Submit the bell work to

www.turnitin.com every 1010 bell works.

Literary Terms

Type of Characters in Literature

Plot Structure

“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

“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”

Review of SOT and BP

Characterization Cause and Effect Simile Metaphor Foreshadowing Plot Vocabulary Terms that went with the two

short stories