Ze Road Vocab

Pages 190-221

Mired
Coagulate
Hamlet
Flues
Skeins
Trundled
Corrugate
Gait
Provisions
Sloughs
Leaden
Serpentine
Seep
Verdigris
Loggia
Portico
Foyer
Lintel
Myriad
Valvestem
Disinterred
Cholera
Coppers
Combers
Bracken
Shrouded
Jetty
Spittle
Promontory
Scud

Pages 222-250

Isocline
Sepulchre
Stanchions
Stagnant
Bilge
Clerestory
Excelsior
Humidor
Sextant
Verdigris
Souwester
Bulkhead
Rotary
Composite
Strobebeacon
Pampooties
Conjuring

Pages 251-287

Bootee
Sloughed
Commune
Cognate
Salitter
Dolmen
Moldering
Quill
Rickets
Creosote
Suturing
Askew
Armatures
Incinerate
Enseulchred
Crozzled
Tabernacle
Hydroptic
Secular
Garbled
Abutment
Derelict
Swale
Isthmus
Loess
Bandolier
Torsional
Vermiculate
Glens

Thursday.

“When we’re all gone at last then there’ll be nobody here but death and his days will be numbered too.  He’ll be out in the road there with nothing to do and nobody to do it to.  He’ll say: Where did everybody go?  And that’s how it will be.  What’s wrong with that?” (173).

- Meet Joe Black movie clip and the theme of Death in The Road

- Journal Prompt: McCarthy personifies death frequently in the text - as a lover, as a friend, as an evil force.  How would you personify death?  Be creative.

- Discussion over 168-189

- Reading and Vocabulary homework: 190-221

It's Wednesday Already?!

The plan, crew:

Make sure that you have read pages 168-189 (and completed the vocab!) for tomorrow.

We will have one more journal prompt this week, and be sure to post your blogs before Friday at 4 pm! I know it's a crazy week due to four-day weekends, plays, absences and tournaments, so post your blogs early!  Get them out of the way!

And hopefully next week we can get back on track...

What's in Your Knapsack?

-Journal Prompt:

The man and boy survive off of the content of their knapsacks.  If the apocalypse occurred, what would you be carrying in your knapsack?

-Discussion over pages 138-167

-No reading homework for tonight!  Perfect one of your journal entries and be ready to post it by tomorrow!

Happy Friday!

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We're going to be okay, arent we, Papa?

Yes. We are.

And nothing bad is going to happen to us.

That's right.

Because we're carrying the fire.

Yes.  Because we're carrying the fire (McCarthy 83).

*****



- Quiz over vocabulary from pages 3-114

- Finish our discussion of pages 90-114

- Homework for the weekend: do vocab for pages 115-137; read the corresponding pages

- Remember to post your blog entries by 4pm!

Thursday

- Journal Prompt:

What is Art?  What would be the role of the Arts in a post-apocalyptic world?  In what ways does the man encourage the Arts even though his main priority is survival?  If you were in this situation, how would you keep the Arts alive?  Would you?

-Discussion over pages 90-114

-No reading tonight!  Study for your vocab quiz (50 points)!  It will cover the vocabulary from page 3 through 114.

Happy Tuesday!

Today we will do a journal prompt, in which you will respond to a song entitled "No Sound but the Wind" by a band called Editors.  It was written for the film The Road.

Next, we will discuss your reading of 70-89.

Lastly, you will do vocab for pages 90-114 and then read the corresponding pages for THURSDAY! 

Good luck on your tests tomorrow, Joseph and Hayley!

Monday FUNday.

Homework:

• Do vocab for pages 70-89
• Read pages 70-89 - be ready for discussion tomorrow!

"It's Friday, Friday..."

THE PLAN:

 -Go over quizzes

 -Discussion over 49-69

- Work on Vocab/Post blogs

NO READING HOMEWORK THIS WEEKEND!  Enjoy and be safe!

Happy Thursday!

Today:

• Quiz over PowerPoint and Vocabulary Terms (40 points)
• Discussion over pages 26-48 in the novel
• Define vocab terms for the next section of reading: pages 49-69
• Read pages 49-69 for tomorrow (FRIDAY!)
• Post your blog entry by 4 pm tomorrow!

Good Luck Tonight, Hayley!

Wed-nes-day.

Excellent discussion today!

Homework for tonight:

• Define your vocab terms for pages 26-48
• Read pages 26 through 48 of the text
• Prepare for your quiz tomorrow!  Study your notes from the PowerPoint and know the first and second sets of vocab terms from the reading (40 points!)



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October 4th

New unit! YAY!

Continue to work on your vocab list for The Road; McCarthy uses many words that are going to be unfamiliar to you, so define them before you begin each section of reading.  When you come to an unfamiliar word as you read, look it up on your vocab list; it will enrich your reading of this beautiful piece of literature.

Tonight for homework:

• Read pages 3-25; come to class Wednesday prepared for some discussion
• Also, make sure you are studying your notes from the PowerPoint I showed you Monday; you will have a quiz over the information on Thursday!



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