Directions for double entry reading log: (For the entire novel)
- Divide each page down the center
- On the left side: record significant passages and the chapter and page numbers.
- On the right side: Across from the passage write at least one question. For each 10 pages, at least one of each of the question types should be used.
Question types:
1. An open ended question that would help you understand the passage better. (Why doesn’t Cassius like Caesar?)
2. Give your personal response to the passage. (I think Cassius is a slimy fellow.)
3. Give your personal evaluation of the passage. (This passage shows Cassius is trying to find out Brutus’ stance on Caesar.)
4. Think through a possible interpretation of the passage. (The development of Cassius argument rests on his choice of words to describe Brutus, “ honorable, hidden worthiness, noble.”)
Postcard assignment in Media Center Lab (after Reading Chapter 7)
Student Activity # 4 creating a postcard (do after reading Chapter 7)
Go to the following website: http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/all/allsg4.html for specific directions for how to do this activity. Your postcard should be no larger than 5 x 7 and no smaller than 3 x 5 inches. The postcard is due Monday, March 15th.
Homework: Create vocabulary flashcards for words on All Quiet Vocabulary List (see www.schoolrack.com/mccpatterson/)
All Quiet documented web assignment (during chapters 1-5)
Create a bibliography from your history book and the websites using Easy Bib
Take notes from the websites on the following :
1.Casualties of the war from Germany, France, England, and U.S.
http://www.worldwar1.com/tlcrates.htm
2. Characteristics of Trench Warfare: Take at least 10 notes on the practices used in trench warfare:
http://www.worldwar1.com/tlbtw.htm
3. Soldier’s view of what the trenches were really like: Take at least 5 notes on the firsthand experience of trench warfare.
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_fussell_03_trenches.html
