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 * Assignment and Quiz Information

Autobiography Assignment - Due date will be announced || December 9, 2010 The Glass Castle: Reading today pages 198 – 221 Friday is memory day – autobiography Each student should have approximately 6 chapters done by now.

December 8, 2010 Took up questions - Part 3 - Pages 129 - 183 Read The Glass Castle - p 186 - 198

 1. What does Jeannette expect her new grandparents to be like? Nice, same way as her other gramma (Smith) warm and loving. Instead they get Erma and Uncle Stanley and he is no better than Gramma  2. Where does the Wall family move at the beginning of Part 3 of the book? They live in Welch, West Virginia  3. How does Erma differ from Grandma Smith? She is mean, doesn’t want to be named Gramma – Erma, she is a drunk, callous,  4. How do Grandpa and Uncle Stanley react to Erma? We don’t know much about Grampa – nice but not in charge – not having a say – she did what she wanted and no one stood up to her.  5. Why do the Welch children end up in special education classes? They have no records of past schooling, and they have a hard time with this. The teacher thought that they had an accent and should be in special classes.  6. How do the Walls children get along socially at their new school? They don’t fit in – fighting – bullying that they go through  7. Who is Dinitia? She is a black girl in school that is the leader of a group of girls who bullies Jeannette constantly. They end up becoming friends as much as a black girl and a white girl could be in this community. It was a very secret friendship.  8. How does Jeannette help Dinitia’s brother? Scared the dog away and took him home  9. How do Jeannette’s grandparents feel about her relationship with Dinitia? The grandparents didn’t like it – they were racists – they said that she would be a nigger lover.  10. Why do Rex and Rose Mary leave the children with their grandparents? They go back to their home to get the school stuff, bikes and art supplies. They came back and everything was gone but a few items. They went back because of sense of responsibility to get their school supplies.  11. What event precipitates the argument in which Erma ends up hitting Lori? The gramma got caught molesting Brian – the pants needed to be mended – so gramma says.  12. Where does Erma tell the children to go stay after the argument with Lori? In the basement.  13. How do Rose Mary and Rex react to the children’s story about the incident between Erma and Brian? They got mad at the children. Brian needed to be a man and take it.  14. What is Erma’s reaction when the children tell their parents about the incident between her and Brian? Erma’s reaction was to banish them and to kick them out of the house.  15. Since the Walls family cannot find a house they can afford to rent, what do they do instead? The moved – they bought a real bad home <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 16. What is the new house like? Bunk beds, It is run down, no indoor plumbing, no electricity, <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 17. What are the children’s sleeping arrangement in their new home? Card board beds, no furniture in the house <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 18. For what purpose do Jeannette and Brian start digging a large hole in the backyard? They dig the whole to put the Glass Castle into it – there dream home <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 19. What ends up happening to the hole that they dig? They start to throw trash in it. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 20. What does Rose Mary tell the kids when they complain about their living conditions? The kids complain about the new house – she says it is an adventure and others are worse off and should be thankful to have a house. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 21. Who is Ginnie Sue? Ginnie Sue – she is a prostitute – Jeannette is friends with her daughter <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 22. Why do the other children look down on the Walls children? They are looked down because they didn’t have food, the way that they lived, and they never bathed often (they would smell) and that they had a dada that was the drunk of the town. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 23. What does Brian do when some neighborhood kids break out a window in the house? Throw the rock – ready to ambush when they came back <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 24. What do the children discover that their mother is doing while they have no food in the house? The kids have no food in the house – mom eats Hershey Bars – because she is a chocolate addict <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 25. Where is Jeannette finding food during the family’s first winter in their new home in Welch? They find food in the abandon house, trash can at school <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 26. How did the Walls family heat their home during the winter? The Walls family heat the house by using a fire – wood fire – burn faster, Coal fires heat hotter, <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 27. How does Lori get burned at the house? She tries to use kerosene on the fire and it explodes and she burns – it is highly explosive. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 28. Why does Rex leave home and disappear for several days following the death of his mother? After his mother dies – they are walking back from the funeral – the mom is talking about Erma – she kisses her – she want the children to say something nice and Laurie says “ding dong the witch is dead” and the dad flipped on the children saying that they showed no respect. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 29. When Jeannette is sent out to get her father, where does she finally find him? Dad has been gone for 4 days – they find him at the bar –lowest of the low bar – before he leaves he has a few more shots of whiskey. He did this to be able to face home – in a drunken stupor – if he was drunk then he would be numb. <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 30. Why does Jeannette become upset at the man that gives her and her father a ride home? She is talking about her aspirations in the future – you have a lot of goals for having a father who is the town drunk. There is one thing that the parents taught the children is to have pride. Jeannette jumps out of the car when the man drives her and her dad home because he said she had such big ideas

December 7, 2010 The Glass Castle - read 167 - 186

December 6, 2010 Journal Writing Continue with questions - will take up tomorrow at the end of the period when we complete pages 183 Complete reading of pages 164 - 167
 * Reading The Glass Castle - pages 149 - 167**

December 3, 2010 Any pictures, memoriabilia could be sent to be included in Allory's autiobiography No homework
 * Worked on Autobiography**

December 2, 2010 No homework
 * The Glass Castle** - read to page 148
 * Questions 1 - 15** completed

December 1, 2010 Returned Journal assignment Read The Glass Castle Pg 129 - 135
 * Exam - The Glass Castle**

November 30, 2010 __**Questions**__ - Part two - pages 62 - 125 due Wednesday, December 1, 2010
 * The Glass Castle** - Reading up to page 125
 * Quiz** - on The Glass Castle up to page 125 - multiple choice, short answer

November 29, 2010 English

Journal entry 1 – handed back Project – In a room somewhere – The mark was out of 20 instead of 50 because they were generally not all that well done. **Journal entry - # 4**. Take five minutes and write about this. This is to be handed in.

Last week we finished off on page 75 of The Glass Castle – we are at a point in the book where things in the story are looking up in the family. Rose Mary had a teaching degree and now she goes to work. The children are now getting the mother out of bed so that she can get to work. ** Today we are on page 76 – 101 of the Glass Castle ** Wednesday we are going to take up the questions of Part two questions finish questions – pages 62 – 125 will be due.

The cd finished on page 90 – finish reading up to page 101 yourself. This is your responsibility to be caught up.

November 26, 2010 English

** Autobiography ** __ Friday’s are autobiography day. __

__ This will not be due for awhile. I need to see that you are working in class. You are typing directly into the computer so this must be done in school. The due date is to be determined as we progress. This is worth 100 marks. __

__ Guidelines __

· Title and proper title page · Table of contents · Double space – 12 point font · Exciting facts – pictures, certificates letters, · Make sure it is appropriate

__ Possible chapters: __

· Who I am   · Before Me    · In the Beginning · First steps · School days – early years – high school years · Things Mom and Dad always say · Make believe · Triumph and Tribulations or Masters and Disasters · These are a few of my favorite things · When I’m Free · Then and Now · Hanging out with Friends · Friends and Foes · A New World · Heading Out into the world · Dreaming of the future · Going to the movies · A vacation I’ll never forget · Life as a grade 11 student · If I could live my life all over again, I would… · My best friend · Other titles by approval

__ Marking: __

__Process mark – 20 marks - who is working, who is goofing off – are you on task, etc. __

__Creativity and Appeal – eye catching, 40 marks __

__Style and Mechanics – 15 marks - editing, grammar – how well is it put together. You can have different people edit your work. __

__Organization – 25 marks__ – how well is your album put together.__

Novel - The Glass Castle - read up to page 75 - due on Monday

November 25, 2010 The Glass Castle - took up questions





New Glass Castle Questions - questions will be worked on Monday