"Can Bears Predict Earthquakes?" due Tomorrow, March 11,2011

Be sure to use your "highlighter" on your MCAS packet tonight. Highlight all the important words in the questions and in the excerpt. Remember what we did in class today. Put the question number beside the underlined passage in the excerpt. Write your open response on white-lined paper (NOT IN THE NOTEBOOK) and staple to the packet. Don't forget to put your name on the passage and your open response. BRING HIGHLIGHTER TO CLASS.

Quiz Time due tomorrow March 11, 2011.

Do the Quarter Notes for the First Half of Chapter 3 Tonight

Today, we reviewed chapter two homework and most classes took their vocabulary test for the section one vocabulary of "ROT,HMC." We have been introduced to Mr. L.T. Morrison who lost his job on the railroad for getting into a fight with two white men. What do you think was the cause of the fight? Mr. Morrison seems like a pretty "chill" guy who does not get easily riled. What do you think?

Tonight we are also typing our Writing Forum response to the question regarding how Papa reveals his love to his wife, his children and his people. Cite proof from the chapter to support your answer. Please type this on googledocs.

Tomorrow night, we will write out the second half of the quarter notes for Chapter 3. "What Do You Know?" Chapters 1-3 is due on Friday, January 15th!

IMPORTANT********* When reading chapter 3, think of the importance of the rain and the figurative language on the first page of the chapter. Why is the weather such an important force and how does it impact the action in the story?