“JABBERWOCKY” BY LEWIS CARROLL The unit of study that we will be beginning next week deals with choices and the influence they have over our lives. In your notebook, write about a decision that impacted your life. What was the decision? How did it affect you? (5-7 sentences) (You will have to share your answer with your table, so don’t write anything you don’t feel comfortable sharing.)

“JABBERWOCKY” BY LEWIS CARROLL Today we are going to be reading a poem about a boy who makes a decision that, one way or another, will change his life. As we read, think about whether the boy in the story made a brave or foolish decision.

“Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll 17 One, two! One, two! and through and through
18 The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
19 He left it dead, and with its head
20 He went galumphing back.

21 "And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
22 Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
23 O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
24 He chortled in his joy.

25 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
26 Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
27 All mimsy were the borogoves,
28 And the mome raths outgrabe. 1 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
2 Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
3 All mimsy were the borogoves,
4 And the mome raths outgrabe.

5 "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
6 The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
7 Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
8 The frumious Bandersnatch!"

9 He took his vorpal sword in hand:
10 Long time the manxome foe he sought—
11 So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
12 And stood awhile in thought.

13 And as in uffish thought he stood,
14 The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
15 Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
16 And burbled as it came! COMPREHENSION What advice did the father give his son? What decision did the son make? How did the father react once he learned what his son had done? 3-4 sentences

“Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll 17 One, two! One, two! and through and through
18 The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
19 He left it dead, and with its head
20 He went galumphing back.

21 "And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
22 Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
23 O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
24 He chortled in his joy.

25 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
26 Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
27 All mimsy were the borogoves,
28 And the mome raths outgrabe. 1 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
2 Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
3 All mimsy were the borogoves,
4 And the mome raths outgrabe.

5 "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
6 The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
7 Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
8 The frumious Bandersnatch!"

9 He took his vorpal sword in hand:
10 Long time the manxome foe he sought—
11 So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
12 And stood awhile in thought.

13 And as in uffish thought he stood,
14 The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
15 Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
16 And burbled as it came! FORMULATING OPINIONS Reread the 2nd stanza of the poem. Given the outcome of the events in the poem, do you think the father was justified in giving his son this advice? Why or why not? 3-4 sentences Was the son brave or foolish to do what he did? Justify your response. 3-4 sentences

“Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll 17 One, two! One, two! and through and through
18 The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
19 He left it dead, and with its head
20 He went galumphing back.

21 "And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
22 Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
23 O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
24 He chortled in his joy.

25 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
26 Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
27 All mimsy were the borogoves,
28 And the mome raths outgrabe. 1 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
2 Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
3 All mimsy were the borogoves,
4 And the mome raths outgrabe.

5 "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
6 The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
7 Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
8 The frumious Bandersnatch!"

9 He took his vorpal sword in hand:
10 Long time the manxome foe he sought—
11 So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
12 And stood awhile in thought.

13 And as in uffish thought he stood,
14 The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
15 Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
16 And burbled as it came! USING CONTEXT CLUES Carroll uses a number of made-up words in this poem, including vorpal (lines 9 and 18) and uffish (line 13). Come up with one or two possible synonyms or definitions for each of these words based on how they are used in the poem.

HOMEWORK Leads to… Decision Leads to… Create a road map to show where a decision might lead. Your map should have at least seven stops. You can simply create a diagram like the one below, or, if you are a more creative person, you can draw an actual map including signs and stops along the way. Decision Leads to… Leads to…

QUOTES ABOUT DECISIONS “I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.” ~Queen Latifah “I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There's always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.” ~LeBron James “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” ~Theodore Roosevelt