12/14 Warm-Up Writing Prompt Write about a time when someone told you not to do something, but you did it anyway. Your response should be a STRONG PARAGRAPH! You will not receive full credit for responses that are less than 6 strong, 9th grade level sentences.

12/14 independent Reading Response Write down a quote from your book that really stands out to you. After your quote, write the author’s name and page number in parentheses. For example: (Lee, 132) Explain what this quote means to you and make a connection either to some part of your own life or to another text you’ve read before.

12/15 Warm-Up Writing Prompt Who is your hero? Why? Explain your answer in a STRONG, 9th grade level paragraph. Should be at least 5 sentences!

12/15 independent Reading Response What is the author’s purpose for writing the text you are reading? How do you know? Do you think they achieved their purpose? Why or why not? Explain your answer. Your response should be one paragraph—at least 5 sentences.

12/16 Warm-up Writing Prompt Your husband/wife has gone off to war with a group of people. Years go by and your husband/wife has not returned. A group of men/women, who all assume your husband/wife has died, start trying to date you. Some have even proposed marriage. You can’t support you and your child alone, but you haven’t given up hope that your husband/wife is still alive and will return. What do you do? Why? Explain your answer.

12/16 independent Reading Response If the book you were reading was being made into a new movie adaptation, who would play the main character? Why? Explain.

12/17 Warm-Up Prompt quibble • \ˈkwi-bəl\ • verb and noun verb: evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections verb: argue over petty things noun: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections Use the following vocabulary word in a paragraph that describes an argument between two people. It can be true OR fictional (not true).

12/17 independent Reading Response What is the theme of the book you are reading? Name another story/movie/t.v. show that has the same theme. What is similar between these stories?

empire, phantom, menace, penchant, odyssey, pantheon, mythological, paean, trilogy, supersede, sundry, ersatz, psyche, tectonic, lore, consolidator, amalgamation, defoliated, proliferation, formulaic, revitalize, genre, evangelism, idyll, monolithic, machinations