WARNING: No resubmitted work from Sept, Oct, Nov will be accepted for a grade after Dec 3rd. This means that if you want to try and improve any grades before report cards - You need to do so soon!
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Lesson Recap
Optional H/W - Work on your research
Membean Test Friday
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WARNING:
No resubmitted work from Sept, Oct, Nov
will be accepted for a grade after Dec 3rd. This means that if you want to try and improve any grades before report cards - You need to do so soon!
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Optional: Read some of these pieces. Look at how students interpreted text here:
Jodi - impressive supporting paragraph
Often when people are faced with the difficult task of being a mother they show their love towards them. Yet Ashley’s mother was, “Occasionally checking her watch” on page 78 as Ashley was grieving about her pet birds death. This event clearly shows that Ashley’s mother desired to get away from Ashley as it is common knowledge that when people are excited to get away from something they occasionally check the time. Her actions of avoiding her daughter were faulty and incorrect, she should spend more time with her to show her that any task minor or significant can be faced. A similar situation on page 81 occurred when Ashley’s mother reassured, “Call me if you and Ashley need anything.” Often when a daughter is in a devastating loss of a prized pet most mothers would take the time to comfort their heartbroken child and would not result in leaving their child alone because they had to study. A song title from the beatles, “Money can’t buy you love”, explains Ashley’s scenario perfectly. Ashley’s parents seem to continually working and away even so she is living in a huge, immense house yet she has nobody to share it with her, nobody to cherish it with her. The definition of love is a strong feeling of affection in which Ashley’s mom is obviously lacking. Almost like the mother from, The Bad Sister, she evades appreciating what she has right now and replaces that with another matter, in this case her work. Ashley’s mother should enjoy what she has right now as in the future she could regret what she didn’t do while she still had the chance.
Nadia's excellent opening and SUPERB interpretation supporting paragraph.
A heart-warming story, ‘Thirteen and a Half’ by Rachel Vail exposes readers to the fact that without honesty, relationships cannot progress positively. Expertly showing two sides of a relationship, Vail compares how Ashley’s relationship with her mother went sour after her mother told her pretty lies over the ugly truth, versus the candor of the narrator.
It’s common knowledge that the majority of parents try to be trustworthy with their children to inspire them to live honest lives. In contrast, Ashley’s mother covers up Sweet Pea’s untimely demise by buying similar replacement birds that Ashley believes are Sweet Pea: ‘The mom smiled awkwardly. “Sweet Pea was sort of a series of birds.”’(pg. ) Much like a snowball rolling down a hill, the problem escalates and worsens when Ashley’s mother continues to deceive Ashley by creating a maze of elaborate lies.. Parallel to the Dursley’s in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, the mother creates elaborate excuses for any misgivings, like pretending that Sweet Pea was molting when Ashley noticed his feathers were going from green to blue. I recommend that Ashley's mother follow the wise words of Taylor Swift's Bad Blood: 'Band-aids don’t fix bullet holes’—giving ‘band-aid’ apologies don’t fix ‘bullet hole’ problems. An appropriate action would be to act remorseful, but instead, she acts like her dishonesty was for Ashley’s own good and tries to justify it, stating that she ‘didn’t want to start explaining death to a three year-old’ (pg. ). The despicable actions of the mother caused Ashley an avalanche of heartbreak when the ugly truth was exposed from beneath a mountain of pretty lies.
Remember: this week you need to follow through on your agreement with your Reading challenge partner. If you lost, you need to do the task that you both agreed upon at the beginning of the semester. We will begin the second semester with different partners. The challenge for the second semester begins this Wednesday. Any books read over the break, count!
