Monday, March 3, 2014

1. Monday, March 3, 2014 Complete Book Three Details Questions • Who is Dunnegan? • Store owner • John Clewt’s friend and war buddy • Sam’s trusted adult friend • What did Dunnegan tell Sam about Chip and his life? • Lonely • Doesn’t see people on purpose • “click-track mind” (smart) • After exploring the swamp looking for clues about Tom, what did Sam and Chip find? • Tom’s white Toyota truck (his license plate) • Keys in the ignition • Dried blood on some leaves • What did Chip tell Sam that Tom had done for him? • “changed my whole life” • If not for Tom, Chip would have helped Sam off the roof then gone inside to hide his face and hand.

2. Cause & Effect • Book Three Cause and Effect & Quiz • This work will be turned in today: • Complete Handout • On Notebook Paper, write the cause and effect sections together and make sentences. • Start every sentence with “Because” • Then write the Cause, then the effect: • Example: 1. Because he was in a plane crash, Chip walks with a limp. • Set both Handout & 10 sentences on your own paper on your desk. Read quietly  • Pass handout forward. Keep handwritten sentences. • Complex Sentences • Sentence that contains an independent clause & a dependent clause • Dependent: Because he was in a plane crash • Independent: Chip walks with a limp. • Complex sentence: Because he was in a plane crash, Chip walks with a limp.

3. Cause & Effect • Because he was in a plane crash, • Chip walks with a limp. • Because the light breeze had carried his scent, • the bear swung his head toward Chip. • Because she needed to return his slippers, • Sam met Chip at Dunnegan's. • Because Tom Telford was missing, • two deputies question Chip. • Because Sam found a dead body as a child, • Sam still has nightmares. • Because Sam's feet were injured, • Sam's papa carried her into the house. • Because Buck ran away, • Sam went into the swamp alone. • Because she had a dangerous dog bite, • Doc gave Sam a tetanus shot • Because he worked with dangerous bears, • Stu Sanders called Chip a crazy kid. • Because Clewt had been to New York City, • Chip traveled to the airport. Red Literature book, page 685, “GRAMMAR AND WRITING” Read “Use Correct Sentence Structure” Complete Practice #1-4: Write Complex Sentences. No commas in these. Turn in to drawer. Read Quietly.

4. Book 3 Quiz • When Delilah picked Sam up from Dunnegan'safter Chip dropped her off, why did it concern Delilah when Sam began to talk about another ban on hunting in the swamp? d. Delilah was worried her husband would be mad. • Why did Delilah tell Sam not to say anything to her father about another possible ban on hunting? c. She knew Sam would make him mad & he would be ugly to her. • Why did Sam tell her father about the man she saw in the swamp at dawn? b. He was making her mad about Chip and about her thoughts and feelings. • After Sam's adventure in the swamp, she dreamed about Alvin Howell again but in this dream there was a difference--what was the change? b. She would also see a truck before seeing Alvin in the ditch. 5. What was the secret fear Chip had about his father? c. Chip felt his father might fall back into drinking. Read Book Four – page 171 (133)