Tuesday

A couple of you still need to hand in the 3/4 about a way that you don't fit in.
    The assignment is at the end of this blog entry
A few of you still need to share  your Google doc paper on Redefining Family
    See me if you need help with that

TODAY:
Use Chromebooks to write short summaries of all 25 chapters of the novel. These summaries only have to be two sentences long each and you will read the summaries in the Study Guide to do this.
Ricochet River Study Guide, by Robin Cody himself
When finished, share your Google Doc with me.

Journal: In this novel, none of the three main characters, Wade, Jesse, and Lorna feel like they completely fit in. Largely this is because they know that there are certain expectations society has of them that they don't want to (or can't) fulfill. Give an example of a way that you feel you don't quite fit in with an expectation of family, school, friends, or society. We all struggle with this in some way, even if you might think that you don't!

3/4 page

Ricochet River Study Guide, by Robin Cody himself

Thursday, June 1!!!

Finish essays. Read Ricochet River to page 229 for Monday.
Reading Schedule. Read to the following page prior to the date listed
June 1 page 185
June 5 page 229
June 6 page 240
June 8 page finished
3. Discuss Ricochet River

• On page 59 Jesse is very scared to be inside the dam. What point do you think that the author is making by showing him to be more scared of the dam than Wade is?
• On page 64, Wade shoots a goose. Why does he feel guilty about doing this if he did it on purpose? Be specific.
• Write a Wild to Tame scale for all characters in the book.Page 65.
• Lorna says that the town of Calamus puts people in boxes (127). Do we do this, too? What box are you in? What are the positives and negatives of this box?

Ricochet River Study Guide, by Robin Cody himself

Ricochet River Discussion Questions, by Robin Cody

FAMILY REDEFINED
In the book The Bean Trees and the movie Home is Where the Heart Is, the concept of family is redefined. Your assignment is to explain what makes up a family according to these works. 

1. Families communicate and discuss life.
2. Families do things together--camping, making crafts, etc.
3. Protect you. Provide for your basic needs of shelter, food, . . .T takes Turtle; M takes T; S. Husband takes in N
4. They're there for you--they listen and support you, especially when you're sad
5. They make sacrifices (Estevan and E, T took risks to make adoption happen).S. Husband dies taking soup to AA member. Opens up her home to N.  N opens her home to L and 9,000 kids
6. Support you in your dreams and aspirations.
7. Love and accept unconditionally (but nobody's perfect)
8. Push you to excel. L says, "You never thought you were good enough for him" but you are. LouAnn helps T when she feels she can't be an adequate parent. Mattie does same thing.
9.  Eat dinner with your family. S. Husband, Mr. S, Nov have dinner together and hold hands; Estevan tells story of "How they eat in Heaven."
10.  Trust you and have faith in you
11.  Help you when you need it. E and E pretend to be parents
12.  Teach you things
13.  Stick up for each other