1. August 2016
Mrs. Burchette

2. Homework and Important Dates:
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Homework and Important Dates:
Read 20 minutes a day!
USA Test Prep AH #1– due Wednesday, August 24, 2016 (by midnight Tuesday night)
Warm-Up:
Update your agenda and pick up your notebook. (I have not been able to cover all of them yet, so be careful when picking them up.)

3. Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Learning Target: I will evaluate how point of view can change the elements of a story. Today’s Agenda: What Good Readers Do Point of View

4. Tuesday, August 23, 2016 Dead End in Norvelt
As we read chapter 1, please consider the following questions:
Why is Jack told not to take money for helping Miss Volker?
Why does Jack lie to Mom about the movie he is watching?
What is Jack’s “nose problem”?
Why does Jack have his father’s “war swag” out?
Where is Jack’s father?
What connection does Jack make between his own “present day” life and history?

5. Dead End in Norvelt– Jack’s Reasons
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Dead End in Norvelt
Now that we’ve finished chapter one, respond to the following question in your journal:
Jack has lied to his mother (several times) and taken his father’s war swag without permission, despite the fact that he knows he can and will be in a great deal of trouble for these actions. Why does he do these things despite the risk?
Journal
Table of Contents
Date
Title
Page
8/10/16
Do You Understand? 1
 8/11/16
Book Character   ?
 8/18/16
Rest in Peace ?
 8/23/16
Dead End in Norvelt– Jack’s Reasons