Today we reflected on what was happening to our main characters in respects to the law, hospital, and how some of our perceptions of them had changed. We dug deeper into some critical questions from our reflection homework, then got right into our literacy circle expert roles.
During the second part of the class, we looked at Robert Frost's amazing poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay." We were asked to reflect and offer our insights as to the meaning of the poem and I was very impressed with your interpretations. Lastly, we looked at some expressions and vocabulary from our previous two chapters and started playing an oral language game which we'll conclude tomorrow.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost
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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.
Homework:
- Chapter 7 Reflection ?s (Below)
- Read Chapter 8
- Continue working on your group project/presentation (due Friday)
- Literacy Circle Jobs
- (NOTE: Hong Gun - We did not do Biography Poems today) - Leave for Tomorrow
Chapter 7 Reflections:
1. What condition is Johnny in after the fire?
2. Why would being crippled be worse for Johnny than someone else?
3. “Maybe people are younger when they are asleep” [p.104]. What do you think about this comment?
4. What is a juvenile delinquent [p.107]? Find a definition on the internet, in a dictionary, or create your own based on your own knowledge.
5. Why would Two-Bit think Johnny, Dally, and Pony were heroes all along; before they saved the kids?
6. What was Bob's "real" problem, according to Randy? [p.116]
7. Why did Pony think it was better to see Socs as “just guys” on p.118? What do you think he means by this?
8. What happened with Sandy?
9. Why does Randy talk with Pony?
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