October 5, 2016 -- Wednesday


On the board when students came in --
1. read the handout and write down 4 items that surprised you
2. find the 3 longest words in Chapter 3 of B. the G., with the
fewest repeat letters
3.  Powers
4.  p. 272-290 in B. the G.   


Surprising items in the article about Australia, because the teacher is encouraging fast reading, because the teacher thinks toilet paper is inherently hilarious, and because the teacher loves Australia:
--toilet paper as landing lights
--toilet paper lit up in cans or pineapple rinds
--Cobden flies 100,000 miles a year
--a toilet paper roll with burn for 30 minutes

Long and interesting words from B. the G.
emphasizing
judgmental
etc.

Played "hangman" with the word, 'unintentional'  -- Tyson presided, and Jose won!

Discussion of Powers

a. Hoby, an enslaved 13 year old, "sent to Hester" 
    because of brutal bullying incident
b. Torm, 13 year old son of the Master 
    (euphemistically called "the Father") sent for sword training
    because of brutal bullying incident -- punishment?  reward? --         Everra says it's punishment, but Gav thinks it's a reward --  
    certainly Everra wants to get him out of the classroom
c. Miv, enslaved 6-year old, dies because Hoby and Torm bully him
d. Evvera, enslaved teacher in the House who has both 
    enslaved and free children in his class
e. trip to the farm (without Hoby and Torm, 
    which makes Gavir happy)

Bridging the Gap  (TA=text assignment) Read Ch. 6, pp 272-290    Due Friday

                                                Using the selection on page 285, complete:

                                                            Annotating      (30 points)**

                                                            Note-taking     (30 points)**

                                                            

                                                Each one separately for the same selection     

                                                If necessary, make copies of the selection on page 285 

                                                                  so that you can hand in the annotations 

                                                                  without tearing pages out of the book

Class discussion of note-taking, especially the Cornell notes system.

Video about ethical, generous business practice（a theme of Chapter 3 of B. the G., see the readings about Toms Shoes and Mme. C.J. Walker), Bombas Socks

https://www.facebook.com/bombassocks/videos/1141472972601062/?pnref=story 　　
Homework:
1. do the Annotating and Notetaking assignments for Friday, using the same reading passage, pages 285-287  in B. the G.
2. vocabulary test on Chapter 3 of B. the G. next Wednesday