(we’ll compare fictional wolves with non-fictional wolves) Mon. 1 /30 English 8 SLIDES ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE GREAT JOB ON THE SEMESTER FINAL! Spring Semester Fresh Start! Today: We start 4 wks of The Jungle Book; followed by 4 weeks of non-fiction wolves (we’ll compare fictional wolves with non-fictional wolves)

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.

1/3/17 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