Today's Focus: Haroun Chapter 5 Reading Quiz, Introduction to Creative Culminating Project, Analysis of Allusions (Kubla Khan and the Beatles)

Journal #6: Refer to pages 86 and 87. Describe the Old Zone and the problem the Guppies are facing on Kahani. What do you think this is an allegory for? What does this short metaphor mean for you?

Homework:
- Chapter 6 DUE MONDAY
​- Creative Project due on the 14th 

Today's Focus: Chapter 4 Discussion & Name Analysis, Hoopoe Bird Discussion

Journal #5: Identify the figurative language used in each quote: “Believe in your own eyes, and you’ll get into a lot of … hot water.” “Now we must go to Gup City and … there will be harsh words and hot water for you.”
•Find two other instances of figurative language – they cannot be duplicates of these examples or your examples.

Homework:
- Chapter 5 DUE TOMORROW
- Rhyming Warning Sign DUE TOMORROW

Today's Focus: Haroun Reading Quiz Chapter 3, Creative Writing Sharing Time, Haroun's Hero Journey Chart

Journal #4: Reflect  upon and respond to the following quote- “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” ~Gandhi

Homework:
​- Chapter 4 DUE TOMORROW
​- Rhyming Warning Sign due Friday

Today's Focus: Haroun Reading Quiz Chapter 2, Chapter 2 Discussion, Rhyming Warning Signs Activity

Homework:
​- Chapter 3 DUE TOMORROW
- Creative Writing DUE TOMORROW
​- Rhyming Warning Sign due Friday

Today's Focus: Vocabulary Quiz 7B, Haroun Reading Quiz Chapter 1, Chapter 1 Small Group Discussion (Point of View, Characters, Metaphors), Chapter 2 Silent Sustained Reading

Homework:
- (No school on Monday)
​- Chapter 2 due Tuesday
- Creative Writing Narrative due Wednesday on turnitin.com and hard copy

Today's Focus: Haroun and the Sea of Stories Book Check-out, Introduction to Salman Rushdie and Haroun, Began reading Chapter 1.

Journal #3: Reflect on the following quote: “A terrible thing happens to a father – the child blames himself and wishes to rescue the father.” What does this quote mean for you? How does this manifest itself in your life or others’ lives?

Homework:
- Chapter 1 DUE TOMORROW
​- Vocabulary Quiz 7B TOMORROW
​- Fictional Narrative Writing due Monday

Today's Focus: (There was a substitute today.) Fictional Narrative Creative Writing Time.

Homework:
- Vocabulary Quiz 7B on Friday
​- Fictional Narrative Writing due Monday

Today's Focus: Hero's Journey Introduction and Notes

Homework:
- Vocabulary Quiz 7B on Friday

Today's Focus: Vocabulary Quiz 6B, Vocabulary List 7B, Talk-Through of Various End of the Year Schedules and Testing, Sentence Diagramming

Homework:
- Vocabulary Quiz 7B on Friday

Today's Focus: Continued Life is Beautiful

Homework:
- Vocabulary Quiz 6B on Monday