1. Weekly Reminders – Text-dependent questions for Chapters 1-3 are due RIGHT NOW! Objectives: Write cohesive sentences; collaborate and perform with your peers #1:Copy and add punctuation to the following sentences. Respect means to give goodness even if you don’t get it back to respect you don’t hurt others even if respect they lack. #2:Read this sentence, and then write your response in cohesive sentences. Describe a time when you felt disrespected. Bell Ringer: Monday, December 15, 2014

2. Weekly Reminders – Text-dependent questions for Chapters 1-3 are due RIGHT NOW! Objectives: Add commas; read and comprehend text Directions: Copy the sentences and add commas where you think they go. 1. I attend Uplift, a high school in Uptown and I wish more students would enroll here. 2. We are spending the holidays in Methuen a town in Massachusetts. 3. Darrent it is so good to see you back in Chicago. Bell Ringer: Tuesday, December 16, 2014

3. ____: Mr. Henry goes to live with the MacTeer family as a boarder. ____: People (both black and white) don’t treat Pecola very well, and she dreams of having blue eyes. ____: Claudia hates white baby dolls and the Shirley Temple cup. ____: Pecola has her father’s baby, and the baby dies. (flash-forward) ____: Three prostitutes: China, Poland, and Miss Marie live above the Breedloves and are friendly to Pecola(flashback). ____: Pecola comes to live with Frieda and Claudia (sisters) because her family is “outdoors.” ____: The author describes the rundown home of the Breedloves – it is “dying” much like their family. (flash-forward) back). ____: Cholly Breedlove is dead. (flash-forward) ____: We meet Claudia, our narrator, who is sick and her mother seems angry about that. The Bluest Eye – Order of Events

4. List of Events - ANSWERS – Record on your gold summary sheet! Introduction Pecola has her father’s baby, and the baby dies. (flash-forward) Cholly Breedlove is dead. (flash-forward) Autumn: Section 1 We meet Claudia, our narrator, who is sick and her mother seems angry about that. Mr. Henry goes to live with the MacTeer family as a boarder. Pecola comes to live with Frieda and Claudia (sisters) because her family is “outdoors.” Claudia hates white baby dolls and the Shirley Temple cup. The Bluest Eye – Order of Events

5. List of Events - ANSWERS – Record on your gold summary sheet! Autumn: Section 2 The author describes the rundown home of the Breedloves – it is “dying” much like their family(flashback). Autumn: Section 3 People (both black and white) don’t treat Pecola very well, and she dreams of having blue eyes. Three prostitutes: China, Poland, and Miss Marie live above the Breedloves and are friendly to Pecola(flashback). The Bluest Eye – Order of Events

6. Weekly Reminders – Over break, read to p. 93 Objectives: Add commas; answer text-dependent questions Directions: Copy the sentences and add commas where you think they go. 1. At 8pm Friday night we will be heading to the airport. 2. By the end of the season our basketball team will have won ten games straight. 3. During the rainstorm they huddled under the awning. Bell Ringer: Wednesday, December 17, 2014

7. Weekly Reminders – Over break, read to p. 61-93 and work on text evidence organizer Objectives: Add proper punctuation; read and comprehend text Directions: Copy the sentences and add punctuation. 1. Claudia said, “We didn’t initiate talk with grown-ups we answered their questions” (23). 2. The narrator describes: “I picked toe jam Frieda cleaned her fingernails with her teeth and Pecola finger-traced some scars on her knee” (24). 3. Claudia remembers that her mother, “would sing about hard times bad times and somebody-done-gone-and-left-me times” (25). Bell Ringer: Thursday, December 18, 2014

8. Weekly Reminders – Over break, read to p. 61-93 and work on text evidence organizer Objectives: Add commas; collaborate with your peers Directions: Finish these sentences and add commas. 1. Over break, I hope to [list three things using commas in a series]. 2. Santa the man in the red suit…[finish this sentence.] Bell Ringer: Friday, December 19, 2014

9. Types of candy Games kids play States in the U.S. Toys kids play with Beauty products Words associated with community Ice cream flavors Titles of children’s books Holiday songs REMEMBER – You must talk quietly because if two teams come up with the same word, neither get points. SCATTERGORIES – Get in teams of three to four.