Thursday June 25th, 2015

Thursday June 25th, 2015

Review

• Dialectical journal
• Plot Pyramid
• Discuss reading from Tuesday

Vocabulary

1. warehouse
2. recovering
3. lavender
4. glamour
5. unforgettable
6. furious
7. embarrassed
8. European
9. undercurrent
10. galleries

Reading
Continue reading "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett while our class waits for "Dog Days" to arrive; complete chapters 2 and read chapters 3 through 4. 

Writing

Write a 12 sentence essay with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your essay.

• Use 5 of the daily vocabulary words in your essay; please underline your vocabulary words.
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following answers (in complete sentences) in your essay:
• Describe Petra's favorite place.
• Why were Petra and Calder following Miss Hussey and what did Miss Hussey have?
• Describe Petra's home and family; what did she like and not like? 
• Describe Calder's home and family; are there any similarities between Calder and Petra's home? 
• What did Miss Hussey say art showed people?
• What did Calder see in the gallery and what happened to him while he was in the gallery?