Monday June 15th, 2015
First week of class! Class runs Monday and Wednesdays, between 5:30pm and 6:30pm.
Our first day in class covered introduction, expectations, structure, what books we will read, and how we will write.
Introduce Class Structure
- Discuss how class is conducted and how we will learn.
Class Expectations
- What students should expect from instructor, and what instructor inspects from students
Class survey handout and Discussion
- Students provide their thoughts on reading and writing. Discussion to follow.
Vocabulary
- suspiciously
- everlasting
- spared
- delicious
- sneeze
- trotted
- eternal
- trickster
- sacred
- world
Reading
The Sacred Banana Leaf
Writing
- Write a 15 sentence essay with beginning, middle, and end format and include correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your essay.
- Use 5 of the daily vocabulary words in your essay; please underline your vocabulary words.
- Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following answers(in complete sentences)in your essay:
- Describe what Kanchil was doing in the forest.
- What happened to Kanchil?
- What does Kanchil tell the forest freinds that he meets?
- What was Kanchil’s plan (describe in detail)?
- Why is the banana leaf sacred?
- Tell me what you think about this story.
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