Thursday, October 26, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                           Happy October and Happy Halloween! Bring treats next time, if you would like.

Targets for Today: I  can read for enjoyment, and participate in discussions about literature.   I can notice and appreciate the choices of words, phrases, and sentences made by an author.   I can consider the setting of a story, and how it affects the story.

Today’s  Agenda: 💀  Collect favorite phrases, sentences, words.   This will be graded!   Watch for interesting words, phrases, and sentences. Examples --  "It's only death.  I mean, all of my best friends are dead" (179).   "You're alive, Bod.  That means you have infinite potential.  You can do anything, make anything, dream anything" (179).   A favorite part:  "Now he could see the Milky Way, see it as he had never seen it before, a glimmering shroud across the arch of the sky" (95).. "His guardian [Silas] looked almost heartbroken then, and Bod found himself scared, like a child who has woken a sleeping panther" (164).   This reminds me that one of Mowgli's guardians in The Jungle Book was a panther! A favorite word:  "fetched up"    Meaning: informal to arrive (at) or end up (in)   💀  Continue to prepare for creating a map of Bod's graveyard.    💀 The Graveyard Book -- Begin at page 166.   We read from   "The Convocation,"  page 166  to  page 199 top.  Chapter 6   43:27  Write Epitaphs -- At least two finished neatly to hand in by the end of class. Create two --  one to post on the bulletin board  and another to place in the books to send to the other class that is reading this book.      Creating Epitaphs! http://www.disneydispatch.com/content/columns/the-626/2011/06-the-13-tombstones-of-the-haunted-mansion/ "In addition to the tombstones honoring the Imagineers, Disney also placed three crypts by the exit. The purpose of these crypts was to pass on clever puns, some of which are quite funny if you take the time to read them on your way out of the Mansion." The first crypt contains the following dearly departed:  C.U. Later,  Dustn T. Dust,  Asher T. Ashes,  MT Tomb,  Hail N. Hardy,  I.M. Ready,  Love U. Trudy,  I. Trudy Deui,  Rusty Gates,  Pearl E. Gates,  and Rustin Peese. The second crypt, which bears the inscription 'In Spiritual Repose', contains the bodies of  Hal Lushinashun,  Bea Witch,  Hap A Rition,  Manny Festation,  Metta Fisiks,  Clare Voince,  Wee. G. Bored,  I. Emma Spook, and Paul Tergyst. in memorium - uncle myall - here you'll lie - for quite a while Here lies - a man named - martin - the lights went - out on this old - spartan INTERESTING:   Leota Tombs dear sweet leota - beloved by all - in regions beyond now, - having a ball The newest tombstone to the Mansion cemetery is also one of the coolest. This stone moves up and down, and its pleasing face opens its eyes to look over the crowd entering into the Mansion - a wonderfully eerie touch! Madame Leota is named after Leota Tombs, a WED artist. Leota's head was used to test the Mansion's seance room crystal ball, but the Imagineers liked it so much they kept it for the final version. This tombstone, and the character in the seance room, are both named in her honor

If You Were Absent: See above.

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