Vocabulary Review

1. Vocabulary Review • We hurriedly____________ from the the path running into bushes in the ground. • We hurriedly deviated from the the path running into bushes in the ground.

2. 2. Peeled flesh hung down and _______________blocks of blood and sand clung to each hanging bit of skin. 2. Peeled flesh hung down and congealed blocks of blood and sandclung to each hanging bit of skin.

3. #3 3. Her voice was trembling and she wiped her ___________ face as she disappeared behind the hut. 3 Her voice was trembling and she wiped her disconsolate face as she disappeared behind the hut.

4. 4. 1. I thought about being thrown in the ocean and how ___________________ death would be. I thought about being thrown in the ocean and how inevitable death would be.

5. 5. We all looked at him and his face_______________with confusion. • We all looked at him and his face contorted with confusion.

6. 6. Our emotions were in __________. I couldn’t comprehend how I felt. 6 Our emotions were in disarray. I couldn’t comprehend how I felt.

7. 7. The sun ____________ the dark clouds. • The sun penetrated the dark clouds.

8. 8. Their __________and clapping could be heard far down the river. • 1. Their jubilation and clapping could be heard far down the river.

9. 9. The boats headed downstream and we were dropped off near a_________________ . • 1. The boats headed downstream and we were dropped off near a tributary .

10. Schedule • Pass back work • Missing journals/vocabulary due by Friday • Grammar quick practice • Literary terms • Ch. 11

11. Correcting Sentences • Not only do I go to my room when I’m feeling down, I also go there to practice my drawing skills • Not only do I go to my room when I’m feeling down, but also to practice my drawing skills. • I go to my room when I’m feeling down and also when I want to practice my drawing skill.

12. When I need to be alone. I wait until night time. When the stars are shinning on the Lowry bridge as the sun is setting. • When I need to be alone I visit the Lowrey Bridge at sunset and watch the stars appear in the night sky.

13. Ch. 11 Literary Terms: • IronyContrast between What you think will happen, and what happens • How are the events in ch.11 ironic? • PERSONIFICATION • Inanimate objects take on personal characteristics • How is nature personified and why?

14. Chapter 11: A transitional chapter

15. Personification • Inanimate objects take on personal characteristics

16. P. 90 Foreshadowing • Ismael describes the night before they reach the village where his family is said to be. • How does he describe the night? • How is nature personified?

17. p.95 • Why does Ishmael beat up Gasemu?

18. Pg 96 • Who is Gasemu and why did some of the boys blame him for not being able to see their parents? • Would you have blamed him? • Why do you think the boys are fighting with one another here? • What does Ishmael do to Gasemu?

19. p. 96 : “None of this is anyone’s fault.” • Why does Gasemu say this? • How is Ishmael changing in this chapter?

20. Theme[s] of chapter?/ Supporting quotes Fate Violence Coming of age Survival Loss

21. In your journals… • Have you ever been manipulated into doing something you did not want to do? • Or, have you ever manipulated someone into doing something they did not want to do? • (Manipulate means to manage or influence skillfully , especially in an unfair manner)

22. Pg. 100 desensitize: get use to something • “You’ll get used to it, everybody does eventually” • Are we desensitized to violence? How do the soldiers get the boys “used to” killing? What ways are they desensitized?

23. Share What are some of the passages that you wrote in your responses?

24. Read Ch. 12 • Write down two quotes that reveal manipulation • Two quotes that reveal revenge

25. Journal # 8: Manipulation • Have you ever been manipulated into doing something you did not want to do? • Or, have you ever manipulated someone into doing something they did not want to do? • (Manipulate means to manage or influence skillfully , especially in an unfair manner)