Notes: Print 60 copies of TJB, part 1 “ “ Apostrophes - ummm, need it for Freshman; make that 120 copie Remedial penmanship / writing program Thurs. 2/8 Vocab practic

If you were an animal, what would you be? More compare and contrast. Weds. 2/8 English 8 SLIDES ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE Today: Vocabulary practice If you were an animal, what would you be? More compare and contrast. How is school like - or not like - a jungle? We practice writing.

Jungle Book vocabulary Adoption: to bring into a family a child without parents Anthropomorphize: talk about a thing or animal as if it were human Wolf: (singular); wolves, (plural) Plot: (literary), what happens in a story, in order Values: (morality), how to live right; good behavior v. bad behavior Suspense: (literary); using doubt, tension, anxiety to hook readers’ interest Conflict: (literary); when characters in a story meet challenge or opportunity Choice: (lit.); characters’ responses to conflict Protagonist: (lit.); the hero of the story Antagonist: (lit.); the villain of the story

Compare means “similar. ” Contrast means “different” Compare means “similar.” Contrast means “different”. How are people and animals similar and different? People and Animals Similar people animals

In the JB, the author imagines animals as people In the JB, the author imagines animals as people. The characters in the story act like humans. Have you ever seen people act like animals? Was that good or bad? It’s not too hard to see school as similar in ways to… a jungle?!? If you were an animal in a jungle, would you be a plant eater? A meat eater? Would you live with a herd, or a band, or a big extended family? Or would you be solitary? Would you be perhaps a bird? Reptile? A fish? Where would your safe place be? In a cave? The tops of a tree? In deep water? How is school like a jungle? Where are the safe places? Where are the dangerous places? Is there a Law of the School/Jungle? What is it? Or, what are those laws? What’s the most important law?

2/8 writing assignment NAME ________ PER _______ DATE _______ The Law of the Jungle/The Law of the School (Start with the questions, speak from your own experience. One to two full pages; hand in at the end of the period.)

Get out your copy of the Jungle Book Get out your copy of the Jungle Book. Let’s compare and contrast the beginning of the book with the beginning of the movie. We’ll look for things that are similar and things that are different. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZGFBKpQ3_I The Jungle Book to 5:12 Open, up to the recitation of “The Law”

Compare means “similar. ” Contrast means “different” Compare means “similar.” Contrast means “different”. Compare and contrast the book with the movie. Let’s start with the jungle setting in the very beginning of the story. What do you notice about the jungle in the book? In the movie? First let’s make lists of how they are different. In the middle we’ll make a list how they are similar. The Jungle Book The jungle setting similar for both book and movie The jungle setting in the book The jungle setting in the movie

Compare means “similar. ” Contrast means “different” Compare means “similar.” Contrast means “different”. Compare and contrast the book with the movie. Let’s look at plot, which is what happens in the story in order. For example, in the book we meet Mowgli one way, and in the movie we meet him another way. How is this meeting different in the book than in the movie? The Jungle Book Similar for both book and movie The book The movie

Compare means “similar. ” Contrast means “different” Compare means “similar.” Contrast means “different”. Compare and contrast the language in the book with the language in the movie. For example, in the book the animals and Mowgli talk one way, and in the movie they talk other ways. What are different words in the book from words in the movie? What are similar ones? The Jungle Book Similar for both book and movie The book The movie

Compare means “similar. ” Contrast means “different” Compare means “similar.” Contrast means “different”. In both the book and the movie, the Law of the Jungle is part of the story. Compare and contrast how the Law of the Jungle is treated in the book with the movie. The Jungle Book Similar for both book and movie The book The movie

Name _____ Per _____ Date ____ Title: Book or movie? Q: How are the book and the movie the same story? How are they different? Do you think one is better? (Answer these questions. Write at least 3 - 5 good sentences. Turn in when complete. If you finish early, read ahead in the Jungle Book.)

Mon. 2/6 Turn to The Jungle Book. Activity: as you read circle key words and phrases showing animals acting or talking like people. For example: how likely does it seem that a pack of wolves would have a bear teach their young? Last: Save time to write 3 - 5 sentences: Head it properly and turn in at end of period. What is the Law of the Jungle in the story? Give an example.

Name ______ Per ______ Date ____ New book report: Title and Author today (hand forward now) NEXT: Get out apostrophes! Let’s finish them off!

Name ______ Per ______ Date ____ Spelling 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. (review together, pass forward.) Get out apostrophe’s.

We finish “Apostrophes”; arts and crafts w/ Mr. Lamson NEXT: Turn to The Jungle Book, read P. 6 - 9

Our values. What if…? You pick up a $50 dollar bill off of the ground in the parking lot outside Chester’s Thriftway. What are your choices and what do you do? It’s 10 degrees above zero, 4:00 in the afternoon (getting dark), and you’re driving a pickup south through Picture Gorge, alone, headed home to John Day. At the intersection of Highway 26 and 19 is an elderly hitchhiker headed the same direction. What are your choices and what do you do? Just trying to get your attention, a “friend” tells another “friend” that you kissed somebody really popular - but you didn’t. What are your choices and what do you do? Choose one of these scenarios and write a paragraph about it. (3-5 sentences, due today.)

Stock up with fresh supplies: new notebook, if necessary; new paper portfolio; Pen or pencil everyday Buy flashcards, high-lighters. Expect binder checks. Save all mechanics worksheets; save quizzes and tests.

Who knows any beast fables? The Hare and the Tortoise…? The Ant and the Grasshopper...? The Lion and the Mouse...? So… what human values are these stories really about? Today we start a very famous beast fable about a boy adopted by wolves in India.

1/31/17 Anthropomorphize (say it: an-thro-po-mor-phize) When you talk about a thing or animal as if it were human, you are anthropomorphizing it. In fact, we’d better start a new vocabulary page: Open your notebooks to new page, head it: Jungle Book vocabulary Adoption: to bring into a family a child without parents Anthropomorphize: talk about a thing or animal as if it were human Wolf: (singular); wolves, (plural) Plot: (literary), what happens in a story, in order Values: (morality), how to live right; good behavior v. bad behavior Today we start a very famous beast fable about a boy adopted by wolves in India.

Google asia, display map, zoom into India

Satpura National Park - central India

Indian Grey Wolf