january 20, 2016 january journal #1 get paper from front table warm up

JANUARY 20, 2016

JANUARY

JOURNAL #1

Get paper from front

table

WARM UP

Toads, beetles, bats, light on you,Mrs. Baker and Shakespeare, too!

Holling’s paranoia with Mrs. Baker him become a faker

At the Perfect House, Holling is the Perfect SonBut, 7th grade isn’t too much fun

December Reading Guide: #9 “It was sort of a holy moment, and the

light that shone around them seemed to glow softly, like something you’d see in one of the stained glass windows at Saint Andrew's” “Thanks,” said Danny. He said it in awe and worship. (91.5)

“When gods die, they die hard.” (93)

“When die, they die hard.”

“When die, they die hard.”

#10

heroesidols

#10

Use of performance enhancing drugs

Accused of sexually attacking many womenBill Cosby

Josh Dugger

Accused of cheating on his wife

Lance Armstrong

#12

“And probably Mrs. Bigio didn’t see that Mai Thi was almost crying, too.

But I did. I saw them. And I wondered how many gods were dying in both of them right then, and whether any of them could be saved.” (96.1-2)

• What was dying in each them?• What had they believed in? • Mrs. Bigio’s husband has died in war, is

that what she believed about her life?• Mai Thi is in a country the “rescued” her,

is it what she had hoped for?

TRACKING DOWN THE THEME

FIND THE CLUE ON P. 84 AND WRITE IT HERE.

SIGN POST?

“The whole world opened up to me and I could go wherever I wished and be whatever I wanted. Absolutely free” (84)

“When gods die, they die hard.” (93)

Booklet p. 8