October 26, 2016 -- Wednesday

On board:
1. adjectives
2. about the Cubs --  handout from NY Times  "The Cubs Reach the Promised Land.  Now What?"  by Rich Cohen
3. what you wrote about the short story by Ethan Hunter
4.  homework -- pages 58-69 in B. the G., read and do the exercises

READ 097-6    Warm-up   2016.10.16     Wednesday      Write 5 adjectives (not swear words!) about your feelings regarding the Cubs-Indians World Series game last night.  I feel ---

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Then pick out 5 adjectives from the NY Times reading about Cubs’ fans feelings, now that the Cubs are more successful.

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Student adjectives: amused, devastated, hopeful, stressful, careless

NY Times article adjectives:  un-wrecked, befuddled, encapsulated, hopeful, Ecclesiastical, waiting (adj?  verb?  depends on usage in individual sentence

YouTube video of Steve Goodman singing "A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request"

Discussion of Chapter 6 of Powers

Homework:

1. pages 58 through 69 in B. the G., read and do the exercises

2. start thinking about a vocabulary test on Chapter 4 of B. the G.