Fiction Day 7: A Separate Peace Review and discuss chpts. 1 & 2 Journal #1: What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to a friend? The worst thing you could think of doing? Had done to you? Discuss responses/we will be reading about friendships, etc SP Setting and Character, fill in for what we’ve read so far Major Themes from SP—look for quotes that fit these themes: you will need six quotes, including pages numbers, for each theme. Vocabulary list in back of SG—Quiz on Tuesday Begin reading tonight’s homework aloud HW: chpt. 3 M. W. Gone

Gene Phineas Leper Brinker Character Personality Traits Events that change the character Changes the character undergoes Gene Phineas Leper Brinker

Gene and Phineas’s room Location Details Significant Event The Devon River Phineas’s home Gene and Phineas’s room The Naguamsett River The gym The First Academy building

Major Themes in A Separate Peace Understanding conflict within oneself is a necessary part of growing up. Friendship grows through conflict, resolving differences, forgiveness, and accepting each other’s strengths and weaknesses. A person’s own insecurities may cause him to misinterpret a friend’s actions or words. Personal joys and pains are felt more strongly than great public events like war.