More of Kamila Shamsie's "Our Dead, Your Dead"

Thursday 14 September 2017 for Periods 5, 6, & 7 (Devotional Text:  Proverbs 14:1)
Friday 15 September 2017 for Periods 1 & 2 (Devotional Text:  Proverbs 15:1)

Students completed ten minutes of Membean vocabulary drills to get to the forty-minute minimum requirement for the week.  (Students away at the football tournament should complete these ten minutes before Monday: www.membean.com.)

Quiz:  Shirley Jackson's "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts"

After the quiz, Mr. Stone picked up reading Kamila Shamsie's "Our Dead, Your Dead" where the class  left off last week.

Homework:  Finish vocabulary sheet for "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" if not completed earlier in the week.

Students who did not score a 10/10 on the setting quiz will have a chance to retake the quiz next early next week.  If a student plans to retake the quiz, they should study over the weekend.

Elements of Setting
Geographical location
Historical period
Time of day
Weather
Cultural Milieu

Functions of Setting
Propel the plot/create conflict
Create a mood
Act as a character
Act as a symbol

Review your short story notes to prepare for the tenth question.