1. Card Marking #2 Bellwork #1 October 17, 2013 Explain the theme of Mystery and Suspense. Explain the theme of Mystery and Suspense. Analyze the following quotes from the movie Disturbia, and relate them to the theme: Analyze the following quotes from the movie Disturbia, and relate them to the theme: “Do you think he sees us?” “No he can’t see us. But trust me, he can feel us watching.” “Do you think he sees us?” “No he can’t see us. But trust me, he can feel us watching.”

2. Bellwork #2 October 18, 2013 Please take a copy of “The Most Dangerous Game” Project directions and Rubric. Please take a copy of “The Most Dangerous Game” Project directions and Rubric. Read the directions and rubric. Read the directions and rubric. List 2-3 questions you have about the project/rubric. List 2-3 questions you have about the project/rubric.

3. Bellwork #3 October 21, 2013 Use a multi-flow map to explain the cause and effect relationship involved with Improving Your Reading Skills. Use a multi-flow map to explain the cause and effect relationship involved with Improving Your Reading Skills. Improve My Reading Skills. Word Map I will Understand more of What I read.

4. Bellwork #4 October 22, 2013 Define CLIMAX. Define CLIMAX. Discuss the CLIMAX of the movie Disturbia. Discuss the CLIMAX of the movie Disturbia.

5. Bellwork #5 October 23, 2013 “The Most Dangerous Game” “The Most Dangerous Game” 1. Why has Zaroff lost interest in hunting tigers? 2. According to Zaroff, what is the most dangerous game?

6. District Common Reading Assessment What does it say?How does the text say it? What does it mean?So... What does it mean to me? MLA Header *COPY ON A SHEET OF LOOSE-LEAF PAPER

7. Bellwork #7 October 25, 2013 Describe the mood of the following passage: Describe the mood of the following passage: “An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake, and sleep did not visit Rainsford, although the silence of a dead world was on the jungle. Toward morning when a dingy gray was varnishing the sky, the cry of some startled bird focused Rainsford’s attention in that direction. Something was coming through the bush, coming slowly, carefully, coming by the same winding way Rainsford had come. He flattened himself down on the limb, and through a screen of leaves almost as thick as tapestry, he watched. The thing that was approaching was a man” (Connell 32). “An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake, and sleep did not visit Rainsford, although the silence of a dead world was on the jungle. Toward morning when a dingy gray was varnishing the sky, the cry of some startled bird focused Rainsford’s attention in that direction. Something was coming through the bush, coming slowly, carefully, coming by the same winding way Rainsford had come. He flattened himself down on the limb, and through a screen of leaves almost as thick as tapestry, he watched. The thing that was approaching was a man” (Connell 32).

8. Bellwork #8 October 28, 2013 Make a prediction… Make a prediction… Our next short story is “The Scarlet Ibis”. What is a Scarlet Ibis? Our next short story is “The Scarlet Ibis”. What is a Scarlet Ibis? How will the Scarlet Ibis fit into the story? How will the Scarlet Ibis fit into the story?

9. Bellwork #9 October 29, 2013 1. Why do we sometimes fear people who are different? 2. Why do many people think it is important to “fit in”? 3. If someone doesn’t mind being different, why do we still pressure them to conform?

10. Bellwork #10 October 30, 2013 1. What point of view is being used in “The Scarlet Ibis”? 2. What was Doodle’s given name? 3. What is the narrator’s reason for teaching Doodle to walk? What type of person is he? Explain.

11. Bellwork #11 October 31, 2013 1. Once the narrator taught Doodle to walk he believed in his own infallibility. Use this vocab term in a sentence. 2. What type of character would you describe Doodle as? Dynamic or static? Why?

12. Bellwork #12 November 1, 2013 For today’s bellwork YOU will decide on the appropriate thinking map to use for the following guiding question: For today’s bellwork YOU will decide on the appropriate thinking map to use for the following guiding question: Compare and Contrast Doodle with the Scarlet Ibis. Compare and Contrast Doodle with the Scarlet Ibis.

13. Bellwork #13 November 4, 2013 1. Take out your 4-Square Rubric. 2. View the 4 (Advanced) column. 3. List the most important things you should include in the box for each of the four squares.

14. Bellwork #14 November 6, 2013 In preparation for The Odyssey, I want you to think about everything you know about Greek Mythology, Greek Gods and Goddesses, and the Trojan War. In preparation for The Odyssey, I want you to think about everything you know about Greek Mythology, Greek Gods and Goddesses, and the Trojan War. Discuss this in writing. Discuss this in writing.

15. Bellwork #15 November 7, 2013 1. What was the cause of the Trojan War? 2. Who battled whom in the Trojan War? 3. How did the Trojan War end?

16. Bellwork #16 November 8, 2013 *Refer to the “Greek Creation Myth” article from yesterday. Define Chaos. Define Chaos. Cronus was warned that a son of his would one day overpower him. How did Cronus solve this problem? Cronus was warned that a son of his would one day overpower him. How did Cronus solve this problem?

17. Bellwork #17 November 11, 2013 Review the Greek Myth Family Tree with your table group. What information stands out?