7 th grade WEEK OF FEBRUARY 23

Monday, Feb 23  Homework: Finish chapter questions. Due Wednesday.  Journal: Write a journal entry pretending that you are Johnny Cade hiding in the abandoned church. Be sure to include how you are feeling and the thoughts that you are having.  Today’s agenda:  Finish chapter 6  Answer questions in packet

Tuesday, February 24  Homework: Chapter questions due tomorrow  Journal: Write down what words come to mind when you hear the word GOLDEN. What ideas does it give you?  Today’s agenda:  Journal  Poem- Robert Frost’s “Nothing Gold Can Stay”

Nothing Gold Can Stay. By Robert Frost

NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. -Robert Frost

Your Group Task The next slides will break down the poem line by line. For each line (or set of lines), there will be a couple of discussion questions. Spend some time discussing each question then record your group’s ideas on the group brainstorm sheet! Be prepared to share your ideas with the whole class.

a)What does "nature's first green” mean? b) Why is it "gold"? Do you think Frost means the color gold? What else could gold symbolize/represent? 1. Nature's first green is gold, NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY

a ) What is a "hue"? b) Do you think nature has a hard time "holding" onto green? 2. Her hardest hue to hold. NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY

a)What would an "early leaf" be? b) Why is it only that way for an hour? Is it really an hour? What is Frost saying here? 3. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY

4. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY a)What does the word "subsides" mean? a)What is "Eden"? c) What do you think is meant by the reference to "grief"?

a) We don't typically think of dawn, or a sunrise, as "going down", as we would with dusk. Why do you think Frost worded it like this? b) What is meant by "nothing gold can stay"? 5. So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY

Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. 6. a) Why do you think Frost chose to use the words in red? b) What do they indicate to you?

7. Do you think the message of this poem could apply to more than nature? What does it say about people and life in general? FINAL THOUGHT The Outsiders S.E. Hinton

Writing blurb:  Which character do you consider to be “golden”?  Write 1 page explaining who you chose and why you believe they are golden.

Wednesday, February 25  Homework: Study for Friday’s test  Today’s agenda:  Book reports!!!

Thursday, February 26  Homework: Study for test  Today’s agenda: Review