1. Tuesday, April 1 st –NO CLASS TODAY! APRIL FOOLS!!!!!! Hatchet (meets 1 st—get your book, paper, and pencil, and come to the back table. ) & Alabama Moon (meets 2 nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters ) Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written assignment: Pick up an index card. Choose 1 character to complete a 3-2-1 character analysis: – 3 important events that have happened to this character – 2 questions you would ask this character if you could talk to him/her – 1 way in which you are like this character TURN THIS IN TO THE BOX BEFORE YOU LEAVE CLASS.

2. Wednesday, April 2 nd Walk Two Moons(meets 1st—get your book, paper, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Where the Red Fern Grows (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters) Hatchet & Alabama Moon written assignment: Pick up an index card. Choose 1 character to complete a 3-2-1 character analysis: – 3 important events that have happened to this character – 2 questions you would ask this character if you could talk to him/her – 1 way in which you are like this character TURN THIS IN TO THE BOX BEFORE YOU LEAVE CLASS.

3. Thursday, April 3 rd Alabama Moon (meets 1 st—get your book, paper, and pencil, and come to the back table. ) & Hatchet (meets 2 nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters ) Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written assignment: Pick up your composition books. Journal entry for Where the Red Fern Grows (5-8 sentences): – Describe something you wanted so badly but had to be patient for. Did you get it? Was it worth waiting for? Journal entry for Walk Two Moons (5-8 sentences): – Write about a “taste” or “sound“ sparked memory. Was it a food? A song? Be descriptive.

4. Friday, April 4 th Turn in reading logs! Where the Red Fern Grows (meets 1st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Walk Two Moons (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters) Written assignments for Hatchet & Alabama Moon: Journal entry for Hatchet (5-8 sentences): – Sometimes Brian’s thoughts go back to an earlier time, when he was with his mother. What effect do these “breaks” have on the story? Journal entry for Alabama Moon (5-8 sentences): – Pap says, “Because we never asked for anything and nobody ever gave us anything, we don’t owe anything to anybody.” Do you agree with this philosophy? Explain your answer.

5. Monday, April 7th Alabama Moon (meets 1 st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to the back table. ) & Hatchet (meets 2 nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters ) Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written assignment: Pick up your composition books. Journal entry for Where the Red Fern Grows (5-8 sentences): – How would you describe the act of putting an animal’s life before a human’s? Heroic? Irresponsible? Foolish? Journal entry for Walk Two Moons (5-8 sentences): – Several mysteries remain unanswered at this point. What is the most reasonable explanation for each: Who is Mrs. Cadaver, really? Who is the lunatic? Why is someone leaving messages? What happened to Sal’s mother?

6. Tuesday, April 8th Where the Red Fern Grows (meets 1st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Walk Two Moons (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters) Written assignments for Hatchet & Alabama Moon: Journal entry for Hatchet (5-8 sentences): – What do you think Brian means when he tells himself that self-pity doesn’t work? Do you agree? Journal entry for Alabama Moon (5-8 sentences): – The boys want to make Moon president of Pinson. Does this surprise you? What does this tell you about Moon? How does Moon feel about this?

7. Wednesday, April 9th Alabama Moon (meets 1 st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to the back table. ) & Hatchet (meets 2 nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters ) Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written assignment: Pick up an index card: Make a t-chart with your story’s protagonist on the left and antagonist on the right (select only one if there are more). List 10 descriptive phrases about each (looks, acts, says, what others say) Which character did you like/relate to more and why? Answer in 2-3 sentences.

8. Thursday, April 10 th Where the Red Fern Grows (meets 1st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to the back table.) & Walk Two Moons (meets 2nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters) Written assignments for Hatchet & Alabama Moon: – Make a t-chart with your story’s protagonist on the left and antagonist on the right (select only one if there are more). – List 10 descriptive phrases about each (looks, acts, says, what others say) – Which character did you like/relate to more and why? Answer in 2-3 sentences.

9. Friday, April 11 th Alabama Moon (meets 1 st—get your book, composition book, and pencil, and come to the back table. ) & Hatchet (meets 2 nd—stay at your desk and read your next chapters ) Walk Two Moons & Where the Red Fern Grows written assignment: Pick up an index card: Select 4 characters from the story. Draw lines dividing the card into 1/4s. Write one character in each section. Write the answers to the following questions for each character: – 1. What is the character’s role? – 2. What 3 words best describe this character? – 3. Does this character grow or change so far in your novel? Briefly explain in 2-3 sentences.

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