28 October: Vocab Test, "White Snake"

1. Vocabulary Test - 35 minutes
2. Journal
3. "White Snake" - story in text. Vocabulary, Author Study, Read, Questions

Journal: "A Test"
Write about a test in which you performed especially well. What was responsible for your success? Did your view of yourself change as a result of your performance?

"White Snake"
Vocabulary:
–Curt – rudely brief
–Predicament – problematic situation
–Amends – makes up for a wrong done, makes right
–Scorned – ridiculed; rejected
–Diligence – hard work; constant effort

Author Study (Part A)
The Brothers Grimm (page 52)
Read about the Brothers Grimm, and write 2 questions that being with each of the following question words.
Who?
What?
Why?
When?
Where?
How?

Answer the following:
1) What is romanticism? What did romantics believe?
2) What political effects are nationalism and ethnic pride having in today’s world? Explain.
3) Do you think a work ethic plays a significant role in today’s American society? Explain.
4) Do you think fairy tales should be "cleaned up" before they are told to children, or told in their original versions with all the grisly details included? Explain.

Terms, Reading, Questions (Part B)

• Define motif, moral lesson, and suspense (see pages 46 and 51)
• Read "White Snake" (page 47)
• Answer the following on page 51
• First Thoughts.
  Identifying Facts 1-3
  Interpreting Meanings 1-3
  Applying Meanings

Students turned in all the work that was completed in class. This should include all of Part A. Homework: Any of Part B that wasn't finished in class.