Calendar Change!

11/23:  Review Chapter 8 at home!!  I'm sure I'll see you tomorrow :-)

11/24:  Quiz:  10 Steps Ch. 8; group meeting time

11/29:  Final Proficiency Test

11/30, 12/1:  PT Panel Discussions

12/2:  Grades / party (?? - you guys decide)

Calendar for the rest of the quarter!!

11/17 - 11/18:  10 Steps, Ch. 8

11/19:  Quiz PT; Inference practice

11/22:  Final PT discussion

11/23:  10 Steps, Ch. 9

11/24:  Quiz:  10 Steps Ch. 8 & 9

11/29:  Final Proficiency Test

11/30, 12/1:  PT Panel Discussions

12/2:  Grades

Homework for Monday, November 15

Read pages 243 - 272. 
http://www.omnictionary.com/index.php/Agloe,_New_York 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agloe,_New_York

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Orlando&1s=FL&1y=US&1l=28.538099&1g=-81.379402&1v=CITY&2c=Roscoe&2s=NY&2y=US&2l=41.933102&2g=-74.913902&2v=CITY 

• Look at the map above to see the route Quentin, Ben, Radar and Lacey took on their way to Agloe, New York. 
• Draw a map of the journey with state names. 
• Write a brief summary/description of 3 major events on their road trip and note the approximate location on your map. 

Homework for Monday, November 8

Read pages 200 - 240.`

Choose three of the following quotes from the reading to explain:

• Who said it
• What was happening when they said it
• What it means

1. A Margo for each of us - and each more a mirror than a window.  (202)
2. She seemed pretty depressed actually.  (205)
3. I'm asking you to come to a party with your two best friends who you have known for half  your life.  (211)
4. All day long, it was hard not to walk around thinking about the lastness of it all.  (227)
5. It is so hard to leave - until you leave.  (229)
6. Well, we just knew how much you loved driving mine.  (232)
7. fyi, whoever Edits this - the Population of agloe Will actually be One until may 29th at Noon.  (236)

Assignment for November 1

Read pages 166 - 199.

• DRAW a picture of one interesting event in these pages.  On the same page, write a short explanation telling the following:
• what is happening
• why this is important
• what you think about this

Body Language

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GIMEFfX2g&feature=related

Homework for Monday, October 25

Read pages 126 - 165.

Choose FOUR main events in these pages and write them in time order.  Write a short paragraph about each one saying:

• what happened
• why it's important
• what we learn or expect because of this event
• your reaction

More Main Idea Practice

http://www.daltonstate.edu/faculty/mnielsen/practice_exercises_for_reading_classes.htm 

Homework for October 18

Read pages 85 - 125.

1)  Summarize one of the five chapters.  Include basic information (who, what, when, where, why, how) and explain what happened.  (10 points)

2)  Write a personal response to the chapter you summarized.  How do you feel about the characters and their actions?  (10 points)

3)  Why is Quentin reading Leaves of Grass, a long poem by Walt Whitman?  (5 points)

4)  Lacey Pemberton is going to the prom with Ben.  Describe Lacey.  What does she look like?  What kind of person is she?  (5 points)

Homework for October 11

Answer the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES.  You will not be graded on grammar, but your ideas must be clear to me.

PART 1:   Choose two of the following quotes to explain.  Explain who said it and what it means. 

But it didn't feel like fun; it felt like a heart attack.  (page 44)
Remind me never to cross margo Roth Spiegelman.  (page 47)
You see how fake it all is.  It's not even hard enough to be made out of plastic.  (page 57)
Doing stuff never feels as good as you hope it will feel.  (page 77)

PART 2:  Choose one of Margo's acts of revenge to explain.  Explain what she did, who she did it too, and why she did it.  Then tell briely what your reaction to this is.  (For example you can answer:  What do you think of the idea? How would you feel? What's your opinion of Margo?  What would you have done if you were Quentin?)

10 Steps Website

You can do some practice exercises and mastery tests online if you prefer those to paper - and get instant feedback.  Create a student account here:  http://www.townsendpress.net/  and then check out 10 Steps to Building College Reading Skills.  Good luck!

Novel Assignment for October 4

Paper Towns  Pages 1 - 35

Choose one character from the list below.  Draw or find a picture of what you think this character looks like.
     Quentin (Q); Ben; Radar; Margo; Chuck Parson

Welcome to CB4!

Schedule for the novel reading

Paper Towns   John Green 

October 4:  1 – 35

October 11:  36 – 82

October 18:  85 – 125

October 25:  126 – 165

November 1:  166 – 199

November 8:  200 – 240

November 15:  243 – 274

November 22:  275 – 305