WEDNESDAY

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral--Paulo Freire

What role did the U.S. play in the Gualemalan Civil War?

Trial on Guatemalan Civil War

Tuesday's vocab quiz: 

Vocabulary for Wednesday: Bean Trees "materialized" to "rigamarole"

District reading test.  Read The Bean Trees when you finish. Leave your test on your desk and I will collect all of them at the same time. 

10 automatic IF you try. I can tell if you try : }

THEN we will discuss the chapter How They Eat in Heaven. It's great. You will also fill in details on your characterization charts for Estevan and Maddie. I will give points for all of your charts (except movie charts) at the end of class. 

Tuesday

Vocabulary for Friday: Bean Trees "materialized" to "rigamarole"
Vocab quiz Monday because we don't have school on Friday. Well,  YOU don't. I do :^/

District reading test.  Read The Bean Trees when you finish. Leave your test on your desk and I will collect all of them at the same time. 

10 automatic IF you try. I can tell if you try : }

Monday

Vocabulary for Friday: Bean Trees "materialized" to "rigamarole"

District reading test.  Today and tomorrow. Bring your book tomorrow so that you can read once you finish.

10 automatic IF you try. I can tell if you try : }

Thursday

Today:
1. Share your short story using vocabulary words for Friday's quiz.
indelible, reticent, ulterior, dilapidated, sanctuary,  resilient, notarized, concealed, instill, endeavor2. Read The Bean Trees, chapter 8.
As you read, continue filling in your characterization charts for
Taylor and LouAnn. 

Vocabulary for Friday: Bean Trees 

2. Read chapter 8 to page 161 as homework. Tomorrow we will work on characterization charts for Maddie and Estevan. Feel free to start now

Characterization--The Bean Trees

Taylor Greer

What She is Like                       Specific Example Showing What She Is Like

1. Funny                                    1. "twerp who believed . . . manager . . . Emperor of the            Universe"(90)

        sarcastic                             2. "No I go to Kentucky every year for my license plates."(50)

                                                 3. "bedpans . . . like it was the holiest substance on . . . earth"(5)

          mocking                           4. " wet cat hair" (93) "I have no problem with small people"(93)

           smart alec                        5."I would have guessed seven or eight [toxins in a hot dog]"(94)

                                                  6. "is that your pet or your girlfriend" (30)

2. Confident/outspoken                 1. " I asked him.....giving the job to me "( 8)

                                                   2.

3. Curious                                    1. "Dying to know the name of the tire shop' (52)

4. Kind, selfless  Good person       1. 

5. Smart
    Wise                                        1.
6. Humble                                    1."please don't go out of your way we've put you out enough already."

LouAnn
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples  for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)

LouAnn
You may choose your categories
1. Insecure    "She thought she looked disgusting" (46)   
                      Lou Ann felt pleased that she was able tell s.t. they didn't know (80)                           

        passive (50)

        cautious 

        scared   
        gullible
        naive      "she  had been saving pennies to buy washing machine" (45)
                       (46)      
                        Lou Ann felt pleased that she was able tell s.t. they didn't know (80)

2. Caring
          nice        
3. Sensitive
4. Believes in Family, religious "she loved the way he asked for things" (36)
5. Has a big heart       "You don't have to do all this for me" (114) 
       gets attached to things
6. Doesn't want to be a failure  [doesn't want to move back with her mom] (80)
7. Independent                           [doesn't want to move back with her mom] (80)
8. Depressed    She cried until . .  . (46)
9. Funny

Mattie
Come up with 2categories that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 4 examples  for all of them combined (3+1))

1.                                         1. "A bug's just got one life to live, after all. Like us"(53)       (Golden rule: do to others as you would have them do to you)

2. 

                                                     

3.

4.Estevan

Come up with 2categories that show what kind of person he is
And a total of 4 examples  for all of them combined (3+1))

Esperanza

Come up with 2categories that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 4 examples  for all of them combined (3+1))

Where the Heart Is
Characterization Chart

What She is Like                       Specific Example Showing What She Is Like
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples  for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)
Novalee Nation
1.                                                       1.
                                                          2.
2.
3.

Wednesday

Today:
1. Write a short story using vocabulary words for Friday's quiz.
2. Read The Bean Trees, chapter 8.
As you read, continue filling in your characterization charts for
Taylor and LouAnn. 


1. In groups of two or three, write a short story using six of the
words listed below. Be sure to use contextual clues. You may use
dictionaries if you would like.
Make your story fun!

indelible, reticent, ulterior, dilapidated, sanctuary, 

resilient, notarized,  concealed, instill, endeavor

Go to the following link for definitions

Vocabulary for Friday: Bean Trees 

2. Read chapter 8 to page 161 as homework. Tomorrow we will work on characterization charts for Maddie and Estevan. Feel free to start now

Characterization--The Bean Trees

Taylor Greer

What She is Like                       Specific Example Showing What She Is Like

1. Funny                                    1. "twerp who believed . . . manager . . . Emperor of the            Universe"(90)

        sarcastic                             2. "No I go to Kentucky every year for my license plates."(50)

                                                 3. "bedpans . . . like it was the holiest substance on . . . earth"(5)

          mocking                           4. " wet cat hair" (93) "I have no problem with small people"(93)

           smart alec                        5."I would have guessed seven or eight [toxins in a hot dog]"(94)

                                                  6. "is that your pet or your girlfriend" (30)

2. Confident/outspoken                 1. " I asked him.....giving the job to me "( 8)

                                                   2.

3. Curious                                    1. "Dying to know the name of the tire shop' (52)

4. Kind, selfless  Good person       1. 

5. Smart
    Wise                                        1.
6. Humble                                    1."please don't go out of your way we've put you out enough already."

LouAnn
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples  for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)

LouAnn
You may choose your categories
1. Insecure    "She thought she looked disgusting" (46)   
                      Lou Ann felt pleased that she was able tell s.t. they didn't know (80)                           

        passive (50)

        cautious 

        scared   
        gullible
        naive      "she  had been saving pennies to buy washing machine" (45)
                       (46)      
                        Lou Ann felt pleased that she was able tell s.t. they didn't know (80)

2. Caring
          nice        
3. Sensitive
4. Believes in Family, religious "she loved the way he asked for things" (36)
5. Has a big heart       "You don't have to do all this for me" (114) 
       gets attached to things
6. Doesn't want to be a failure  [doesn't want to move back with her mom] (80)
7. Independent                           [doesn't want to move back with her mom] (80)
8. Depressed    She cried until . .  . (46)
9. Funny

Mattie
Come up with 2categories that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 4 examples  for all of them combined (3+1))

Estevan

Come up with 2categories that show what kind of person he is
And a total of 4 examples  for all of them combined (3+1))

Esperanza

Come up with 2categories that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 4 examples  for all of them combined (3+1))

Where the Heart Is
Characterization Chart

What She is Like                       Specific Example Showing What She Is Like
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples  for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)
Novalee Nation
1.                                                       1.
                                                          2.
2.
3.

Bean Trees audiobook of sorts on YouTube: Bean Trees

Vocabulary for Friday: Bean Trees "resilient" - "endeavor"

Bean Trees audiobook of sorts on YouTube: Bean Trees

resilient, notarized, flotsam, legitimate, jetsam, befuddleen, concealedd, instill, quetzal, Mayas, endeavor

enraptured, indelible, lethal, reticent, 

hidd

Characterization How the picture of the character painted.

How novelists develop characters.

1. Narrator tells us

2. What the character says

3. What the character does--actions

4.  What other people say

5.  How others react to the character

Taylor Greer

What She is Like                       Specific Example Showing What She Is Like

1. Funny                                      1. "not one tree in the entire state of OK"(18)
                                                    2. 
                                                    3. "prissing around bedpans . . . like holiest substance on earth"(5)

Taylor Greer

What She is Like                       Specific Example Showing What She Is Like
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples  for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)

1. Funny                                    1. "twerp who believed . . . manager . . . Emperor of the            Universe"(90)

        sarcastic                             2. "No I go to Kentucky every year for my license plates."(50)

                                                 3. "bedpans . . . like it was the holiest substance on . . . earth"(5)

          mocking                           4. " wet cat hair" (93) "I have no problem with small people"(93)

           smart alec                        5."I would have guessed seven or eight [toxins in a hot dog]"(94)

                                                  6. "is that your pet or your girlfriend" (30)

2. Confident/outspoken                 1. " I asked him.....giving the job to me "( 8)

                                                   2.

3. Curious                                    1. "Dying to know the name of the tire shop' (52)

4. Kind, selfless  Good person       1. 

5. Smart
    Wise                                        1.
6. Humble                                    1."please don't go out of your way we've put you out enough already."

LouAnn
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples  for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)

1. Insecure                                   

        passive

        cautious

        scared
        gullible

2. Caring
3. Sensitive
4. Believes in Family, religious
5. Has a big heart
       gets attached to things
6. Doesn't want to be a failure
7. Independent 

HOMEWORK: READ CHAPTER 7

Mattie
Come up with 2categories that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 4 examples  for all of them combined (3+1))




Where the Heart Is
Characterization Chart

What She is Like                       Specific Example Showing What She Is Like
Come up with 5 categories (you may pick my 5) that show what kind of person she is
And a total of 10 examples  for all of them combined (3, 2, 2, 1,2)
Novalee Nation
1.                                                       1.
                                                          2.
2.
3.

Wednesday

Vocabulary for Friday: Bean Trees "resilient" - "endeavor"

Bean Trees audiobook of sorts on YouTube: Bean Trees

resilient, notarized, flotsam, legitimate, jetsam, befuddled, instill, quetzal, Mayas, endeavor

Write a paragraph using five of the above words in contexts