Flowers for Algernon Bellwork Week 2

Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Monday, September 8, 2014 Dude, it’s reading time! Create a new Two Column Journal and complete one TCJ while you read. That means choose and copy a meaningful quote from your novel on the left side, and respond with and example or anecdote in at least three sentences on the right side. Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Monday, Sept. 8 2 1. Refute- (v) to prove that something is false or incorrect. 2. Equivalent- (adj) a description to show something is the same or equal 3. Regression- (n) a return to an earlier or less developed stage 4. Subconscious (adj) present in the mind without awareness of it. 5. Feeble- (adj) physically or mentally weak.

Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Dude, it’s reading time! Add to Monday’s Two Column Journal and complete one TCJ while you read. That means choose and copy a meaningful quote from your novel on the left side, and respond with and example or anecdote in at least three sentences on the right side. Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Tuesday, Sept. 9 2 Write the definitions. 6. Neurosurgeon- (n) doctors who study and operate on the brain. 7. Opportunist- (n) someone who takes advantage of every opportunity, regardless of the consequences. 8. Shrew- (n) a bad tempered nagging woman 9. Petition-(n, v) a formal request presented to authority or to make or present a formal request to (an authority) with respect to a particular cause. 10. Spectre- (n) something that haunts or troubles your mind a lot

Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Dude, it’s reading time! Add to your Two Column Journal and complete one TCJ while you read. That means choose and copy a meaningful quote from your novel on the left side, and respond with and example or anecdote in at least three sentences on the right side. Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Wednesday, Sept. 10 1 Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. 1. Charlie’s intelligence is not _________________ to the intelligence of his doctor. 2. Once Algeron’s ________________ begins, Charlie knows that he will also lose his intelligence. Write out the synonyms and the vocabulary word that relates. 3. Unconscious, hidden, subliminal: _____________________ 4. Weak, frail, delicate: _____________________________ 5. Shadow, menace, haunt : ___________________________

Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Thursday, September 11, 2014 Dude, it’s reading time! Add to your Two Column Journal and complete one TCJ while you read. That means choose and copy a meaningful quote from your novel on the left side, and respond with and example or anecdote in at least three sentences on the right side. Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Thursday, Sept. 11 Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. 1. Dr. Nemur said that Dr. Strauss was nothing but an _____________ who was trying to ride his coattails to glory. 2. Some thought Dr. Nemur had a _______ of a wife who was pushing him all the time to work. 3. The workers at the factory signed a ____________ requesting Charlie to be fired.

Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Friday, September 12, 2014 Dude, it’s reading time! Add to your Two Column Journal and complete one TCJ while you read. That means choose and copy a meaningful quote from your novel on the left side, and respond with and example or anecdote in at least three sentences on the right side. Remember: Use quotation marks in the page number. Correct Format: Author’s name (Last, First.) Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Friday, Sept. 12 Complete the sentence with the correct vocabulary word. 1. Learning and understanding can be hard for a ___________-minded person. 2. Charlie is not aware of the thoughts and feelings in the _______________ part of his mind. 3. Dr. Strauss said that someday thousands of ___________ might be using his technique all over the world. Write out the synonyms and the vocabulary word that relates. 1. Disprove, contradict, counter: _______________________ 2. Reversion, lapse, deterioration: _______________________ 3. Equal, alike, same: ________________________________