1. Warm-up: Choose one of the two to work on: A) Find an example of one of the following in the book: a simile, a metaphor or personification (see chapters 1, 3, and 11 for some examples… but there are others). B) Review the following quote on page : “…war is caused by something ignorant in the human heart.” What is the author trying to tell his readers by making this statement?

2.  Turn in dialectical journals if you have not yet.  A note on dialectical journals…  Period 5: I need back your Tone Words test to put in the computer (pass them forward now so you can get a grade)  Make up tone words test is on Friday 2 nd lunch or after school.  Get out a piece of paper for notes. Title these notes, “A Separate Peace Analysis”  A note on notes…  Always date them, title them, and save them where you can find them months from now.

3. Listening and Speaking 1.1: Formulate judgments about the ideas under discussion and support those judgments with convincing evidence.

4. Let’s finish our presentations (continue taking notes): 1. What do at least 2 of the following events reveal about Finny: BlitzBall, Winter Olympics, Finny’s swim record (3 & 9)? 2. Which Biblical allusions are present in the book and what is the author trying to reveal through these allusions? (4) 3. How is Gene’s internal conflict similar to the external conflict that is occurring in the setting outside of Devon? (4) 4. Explain the symbolism of the river & the seasons (6 & 7)? 5. What is the importance of Leper’s character in the story (7 & 10)? 6. How does Finny change after his accident? 7. What is the story’s climax? What is the importance and irony of the falling action (11-13)?

5. A Christ figure is found when an author makes an allusion to the biblical Jesus Christ and a character in his story. The Christ Figure is the character who parallels Jesus.

6. A Christ Figure displays more than one link with the story of Jesus Christ in the Bible including:  performance of miracles  divine qualities  healing others  display loving kindness and forgiveness  fight for justice  being guided by the spirit of the character's father  Associated with disciples, water, food, etc.  death and resurrection  Martyring or sacrificing him/herself for the greater good