Walk+Two+Moons

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Week 1


 * **Activity** || **Due Date** ||
 * Find the document called Book Group Document in your Google documents list. Create a copy of this document and title it # Walk Two Moons. Be sure to share this new document with your teacher and your adult. || 10/18/11 ||
 * In your Walk Two Moons document, under the Week 1 Journal heading...

Describe a road trip you have taken. Explain why you took the trip and how you passed the time along the way. Describe what affected you most during the journey. **Be ready to share this in group on the due date.** || 10/21/11 ||
 * Read Chapter 1 and 2. While you are reading, find __two__ examples of cause and effect and note them on sticky notes. Put the sticky notes on the page where the events happen. Be sure to write the page number on the sticky note, also.


 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 10/21/11 ||
 * Read Chapter 3 and 4. While reading, find __two__ examples of cause and effect and note them on sticky notes. Put the sticky notes on the page where the events happen. Be sure to write the page number on the sticky note, also.


 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 10/21/11 ||
 * While reading Chapters 1 and 2, look for the following vocabulary words diabolic and divulge.

In your Walk Two Moons document, under the Week 1 vocabulary heading.... Write the definition of the word and use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand what this word means. Be sure you use proper conventions! || 10/21/11 ||

Week 2
 * **Activity** || **Due Date** ||
 * In your Walk Two Moons document under Week 2 Journal heading, write about the following prompt.

Where is Sal's mother? Why do you think this?


 * Be ready to share this in group on the due date,** || 10/28/11 ||
 * Read Chapters 5 and 6. While reading find __two__ examples of good description that helps you develop a good mind movie and sketch the image you got on sticky notes. Put the sticky notes on the page where you found the examples. Be sure to write the page number on the sticky note, also.


 * Be ready to show and discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 10/28/11 ||
 * Read Chapters 7 and 8. While reading find __two__ examples of good description that helps you develop a good mind movie and sketch the image you got on sticky notes. Put the sticky notes on the page where you found the examples. Be sure to write the page number on the sticky note, also.


 * Be ready to show and discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 10/28/11 ||
 * Read Chapters 9 and 10. While reading find __two__ examples of good description that helps you develop a good mind movie and sketch the image you got on sticky notes. Put the sticky notes on the page where you found the examples. Be sure to write the page number on the sticky note, also.

1. What surprised you most while reading this section? 2. What reasons do Gramps and Sal’s father give Sal for going on the trip? According to Sal, what are the real reasons?Why might the real reasons have been left unspoken? 3. What does Sal notice about Phoebe’s parents that reminds her of the Pickfords, her mother’s parents? Do you think she finds either couple very likeable? Explain.
 * Be ready to show and discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 10/28/11 ||
 * In your Walk Two Moons document, Under Week 2 Reading Response, answer the following questions. Be sure you use Better Answers format and proper conventions.
 * Be ready to discuss your answers in group on the due date.** || 10/28/11 ||
 * While reading Chapters 5-10, look for the following vocabulary words; gullible, primly, shrapnel

In your Walk Two Moons document, under the Week 2 vocabulary heading.... Write the definition of the word and use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand what this word means. Be sure you use proper conventions! || 10/28/11 ||

Week 3
 * Activity || Due Date ||
 * Read Chapters 11-12. While reading, write down __two__ questions on sticky notes. These questions need to be related to the main idea of the chapter/book. Write down the page number that you were on when you came up with your questions.


 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 11/4/11 ||
 * Read Chapters 13-14. While reading, write down __two__ questions on sticky notes. These questions need to be related to the main idea of the chapter/book. Write down the page number that you were on when you came up with your questions.


 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 11/4/11 ||
 * Read Chapters 15-16. While reading, write down __two__ questions on sticky notes. These questions need to be related to the main idea of the chapter/book. Write down the page number that you were on when you came up with your questions.

1. What does Sal’s tendency to flinch when someone touches her suggest about her character? 2.Sal explains that the first mysterious message means that one shouldn’t judge people until one has been in their shoes. Is this advice that Phoebe follows? Give reasons for your answer. 3. What does Sal understand about Mrs. Winterbottom that Phoebe and Prudence do not? What makes Sal conscious of something that Mrs. Winterbottom’s own daughters are unaware of?
 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 11/4/11 ||
 * In your Walk Two Moons document, Under Week 3 Reading Response, answer the following questions. Be sure you use Better Answers format and proper conventions.

In your Walk Two Moons document, under the Week 3 vocabulary heading.... Write the definition of the word and use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand what this word means. Be sure you use proper conventions! || 11/4/11 ||
 * Be ready to discuss your answers in group on the due date.** || 11/4/11 ||
 * While reading Chapters 11-16, look for the following vocabulary words; malevolent, cantankerous, skeptical
 * In your week 3 "journal response" write about the following:

What do you think your family and friends see when they see you? How do you see yourself? Do these views agree? Why or why not? || 11/4/11 ||

Week 4
 * Activity || Due Date ||
 * In your week 4 "journal response" write about the following:

The relationships of Sal ’s parents, of Phoebe’s parents, and of Gram and Gramps Hiddle are important to the plot of // Walk Two Moons //. What do you think makes a successful marriage? Write a paragraph or two that describes the qualities that make Gram ’s and Gramps’ marriage a happy one. Provide support from the novel for your opinion. || 11/11/11 ||
 * Read Chapters 17-18. While reading, write down two inferences on sticky notes. Write down the page number that you were on when you came up with your inferences AND what clues the author gave you to help make that inference.

Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date. || 11/11/11 || Write the definition of the word and use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand what this word means. Be sure you use proper conventions! || 11/11/11 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">While reading Chapters 17-20, look for the following vocabulary words; prowled (105), colossal (108), cavorted (112), and reassurance (123) in your Walk Two Moons document, under the Week 4 vocabulary heading....
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Read Chapters 19-20. While reading, write down two inferences on sticky notes. Write down the page number that you were on when you came up with your inferences AND what clues the author gave you to help make that inference.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1/11/11 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Read Chapters 21-22. While reading, write down one inference on a sticky note. Write down the page number that you were on when you came up with your inference AND what clues the author gave you to help make that inference.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1/11/11 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In your Walk Two Moons document, Under Week 4 Reading Response, answer the following questions. Be sure you use Better Answers format and proper conventions.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">1. Why does hearing a bird outside the hospital remind Sal of home? Why does Gram suggest that this is “a good sign”?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">2. What name does Sal’s mother wish people would call her? How is this wish related to <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">the reason she gives for having to leave the farm?

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">3. When Phoebe’s father reads the note from his wife, Sal says, “I had a sinking, sinking feeling.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">” What does the note say, and why does Sal react the way she does? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Be ready to discuss these in group on the due date. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1/11/11 ||

Week 5
 * Activity || Due Date ||
 * In your Walk Two Moons document under the "Week 5 Journal" heading, write about the following:

Recall an instance when you formed an opinion about someone without knowing all the facts. How did you feel when you learned the truth about that person? || 1/18/11 ||
 * Read Chapter 23-24. While reading write down at least one problem that was in this chapter (make sure to include the page number). Be prepared to discuss possible solutions to this problem and how/if the characters solved it.

Write the definition of the word __**and**__ use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand what this word means. Be sure you use proper conventions and use the word that has the same meaning as it is used in the book. || 11/18/11 ||
 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 11/18/11 ||
 * Read Chapter 25-26. While reading write down at least one problem that was in this chapter (make sure to include the page number). Be prepared to discuss possible solutions to this problem and how/if the characters solved it.**Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 11/18/11 ||
 * While reading Chapters 23-26, look for the following vocabulary words; gorges (138), careening **(p 145), and sympathetic (p 159),** in your Walk Two Moons document, under the Week 3 vocabulary heading....
 * Read Chapter 27-28. While reading write down at least one problem that was in this chapter (make sure to include the page number). Be prepared to discuss possible solutions to this problem and how/if the characters solved it.
 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 11/18/11 ||
 * In your Walk Two Moons document, Under Week 4 Reading Response, answer the following questions. Be sure you use Better Answers format and proper conventions.

1. What does Sal see on the roof of Mary Lou’s garage? Why does she say, “It made me feel peculiar ”?2. What mystery does the myth of Pandora’s box explain? Why may this story have such an effect upon Sal?


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Be ready to discuss these in group on the due date. ** || 11/18/11 ||

Week 6
 * Activity || Due Date ||
 * In your Walk Two Moons document under the "Week 6 Journal" heading, write about the following:

A Write the definition of the word __**and**__ use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand what this word means. Be sure you use proper conventions! || 12/2/11 ||
 * myth ** is a story whose author is unknown and that explains a people’s belief about nature, an event in history, or the origin of a custom or practice. Myths usually involve gods and heroes. Myths were important both to ancient Greeks and to Native Americans because they explained occurrences in their world. Write about a myth that you know or have heard. What does this myth explain? || 12/2/11 ||
 * Read Chapter 29-30. While reading write down at least three important details that were in this chapter (make sure to include the page number). Be prepared to discuss these details and why they were important to the story.
 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 12/2/11 ||
 * While reading Chapter 29-30 look for the following vocabulary words; urgent (page 176), extensively (180), and horrid (187) in your Walk Two Moons document, under the Week 6 vocabulary heading....
 * Read Chapter 31-32. While reading write down at least three important details that were in this chapter (make sure to include the page number). Be prepared to discuss these details and why they were important to the story.
 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 12/2/11 ||
 * In your Walk Two Moons document, Under Week 6 Reading Response, answer the following questions. Be sure you use Better Answers format and proper conventions.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Be ready to discuss these in group on the due date. ** || 12/2/11 ||

Week 7
 * Activity || Due Date ||
 * In your Walk Two Moons document under the "Week 7 Journal" heading, write about the following:

Think of an instance when you denied the truth to protect yourself. What was the situation, and why was the truth hard to accept? || 12/9/11 || Write the definition of the word __**and**__ use it in a sentence that makes it clear that you understand what this word means. Be sure you use proper conventions! || 12/9/11 ||
 * Read Chapter 33-34. While reading write down at least three questions you had while reading this chapter. Make sure these questions relate to important events and main ideas of the book. Be prepared to discuss these details and why they were important to the story.
 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 12/9/11 ||
 * Read Chapter 35-36. While reading write down at least three questions you had while reading this chapter. Make sure these questions relate to important events and main ideas of the book. Be prepared to discuss these details and why they were important to the story.
 * Be ready to discuss your examples in group on the due date**. || 12/9/11 ||
 * While reading Chapter 33-36 look for the following vocabulary words; devised (page 214), scrabbly (216), defying (221), and percolating (228) in your Walk Two Moons document, under the Week 7 vocabulary heading....
 * In your Walk Two Moons document, Under Week 7 Reading Response, answer the following questions. Be sure you use Better Answers format and proper conventions.

1. What does Sal worry about as Gramps drives along the winding mountain roads? Why is she so nervous? 2. What was discovered in chapter 36? How will this discovery change the story?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Be ready to discuss these in group on the due date. ** || 12/9/11 ||

Week 8
 * Activity || Due Date ||
 * Your book needs to be finished by 12/16.

We will be discussing chapters 37-38 in class on 12/16. || 12/16/11 ||
 * As you read each of the last chapters, write down a 2-3 sentence summary of each chapter. What was the most important thing that happened in each chapter? || 12/16/11 ||