Second hour wordle on father/son relationship

First Hour's Wordle on the Father/Son relationship

Nelson's wordle story

In second hour, Nelson wrote the following story using the words from wordle. It is essentially the plot of The Road, which he wrote without reading the book!

"In a post-apocalyptic earth, a father and son were on a road to the sea. The two of them had to face a cannabalist civilization with only a pistol. With only each other's comfort to help them, survival seemed bleak, but as time went on, they faced the constant horrors and the landscape altered by fire and a cataclysmic event. With faith, the sun rising and setting, somewhere to the south, they kept going."

Um, you rock Nelson. Nice job!!

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Maps While Reading

Don't forget to keep working on your two thinking maps while you read. Each night, you should add something to your tree map on McCarthy's style, as well as a box of plot, character, or theme development in your flow map, with a character bubble map underneath. The bubble map should be of characters the father and son encounter, or a map of the father, the son, or their relationship.

The Road Reading Schedule

Reading Schedule

The date indicates the due date for the reading selection. Be prepared for discussion or a quiz.

Oct 20: pgs 3-27
Oct 21: pgs 28-mid 52
Oct 22: pgs bot 52-mid 77
Oct 23: pgs bot 77-102
Oct 26: pgs 103-top 129
Oct 27: pgs mid 129-top 161
Oct 28: pgs 161-mid 180
Oct 29: pgs bot 180-204
Oct 30: pgs 205-top 231
Nov 2: pgs mid 231-256
Nov 3: pgs 257-287

“On this road there are no godspoke men. They are gone and I am left and they have taken with them the world. Query: how does the never to be differ from what never was?”

Extra Credit: Siddhartha

For your second extra credit opportunity of the quarter, consider writing a paragraph on Siddhartha that answers one of the prompts below. The paragraph is worth five points, and although you may not think that five points is a lot, it really does help your grade.

Typed paragraphs are due by Friday, October 23. Remember that a paragraph should have at least two PIEs, and make sure your points, illustrations and explanations prove your topic sentence (which is basically your thesis). Remember that direct quotations are the best illustrations for your analytical points.

Paragraph Prompts
** Discuss the influence of Kamala on Siddhartha’s life.
** Discuss the influence of Vasudeva on Siddhartha’s life.
** Discuss a thematic aspect of discontent as it is found in Siddhartha.
** Discuss Hermann Hesses’s success in teaching concepts of Buddhism in the novel Siddhartha.
** Discuss Hermann Hesses’s success in teaching concepts of Hinduism in the novel Siddhartha.
** Discuss a thematic aspect of learning or education as it is found in Siddhartha.

Siddhartha Character Influences

In Monday, we worked on two thinking maps that explore character influences on Siddhartha throughout the text. For Tuesday, complete the following:

1. Select one of the following characters and create a bubble map to describe him/her. Be sure to include direct quotations with page numbers in the frame to support your adjectives. Characters: Govinda, Kamala, Gotama, Kamasawami, Siddhartha's Father


2. Create a flow map tracking this character's influence on Siddhartha throughout the novel. Be sure to inlcude direct quotations with page numbers in the fram to support each element of influence.

Quote Analysis

On Wednesday, I asked that you go home and select a quote or passage from the book that struck you as important. Copy down the quote, and then write a good, thoughtful paragraph about why that quote is significant to either the text itself, or to you as a reader.

Siddhartha Reading Schedule

Reading Schedule

The date indicates the due date for the reading selection. Be prepared for discussion or a quiz.

Oct 6: Chapters 1 & 2
Oct 7: Chapters 3 & 4
Oct 8: Chapters 5 & 6
Oct 9: Chapters 7 & 8
Oct 12: Chapters 9 & 10
Oct 13: Chapters 11 & 12

October 13: Vocabulary Test
October 14: Final Test

"Nothing was, nothing will be, everything has reality and presence."