8:30 7/10 "Ice Storm"

Reading stories
Read it twice.
1. Armchair reading - relaxed, read for setting, characters, conflict, plot
Read it in one sitting. Defend some time to read the story in its entirety. Unity of effect - one experience
Have the story in your head.
2. Desk reading - more academic, finding descriptive language, finding symbols, seeing connections, seeing metaphors , deeper meaning
Why was this story written?

vocab-
slid, slide (v)
puff- breath in the cold air

pheasant - a game bird, wild animals
game animal - can be hunted
game birds - ducks, pheasants, partridge, grouse
game - deer, moose, elk, 

livestock - cows, chickens, sheep, goats, pigs, camel, buffalo, turkey, donkey, ducks, geese

glisten - shiny and wet
"Her eyes were glistening with tears."

blindfold- cover your eyes

blurred blurry (a)- not sharp, not clear
The photo I took is blurry. Is that you or your dog?

shatter (v) shard (n) - glass
She had a sharp of glass in her finger. 
splinter (v) (n) - wood

splash - liquid, spend a lot of money
He splashed out on his new phone.

soaking - wet, learn new information
She was soaking wet from the rain. drenched
He is soaking up his grandmother's stories.

flush - scare animals into the open, rich
She is flush because she just got paid.

harvest - crops, plants that you grow to eat, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, green peppers, yams, green onion, lettuce, bokchoi, herb garden, sage, oregano, thyme, mint, rosemary, ginger?, garlic

Community Gardens - 
https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/community-gardens.aspx

animals - 

stems
huddle
gelatin - gel, jello
club - 

slaughter an animal

vegetarian - no meat
vegan - no animal at all, not even dairy
pescatarian - eat fish pisces- fish


Starsigns - 

barbed wire
hen - female chicken
rooster, cock - male chicken

yolk - egg

caps - ball cap

PLOT questions

1.   What did the farmers do with their livestock during the ice storm?

2.   Why were the pheasants helpless during the storm?

3.   Where did the boys find the pheasants?

4.   How did the boys save the pheasants?

INTERPRETATION questions

1.   How did people react to the freezing rain at first?

How does the story’s atmosphere or mood change in the opening paragraph?

2.   There is a lot of imagery in the story. How are the boys compared to the pheasants in the third and fourth paragraphs? How does this make you feel about the pheasants?

3.   How does the author build suspense?

4.   What is going on in the boys minds as they look at each other, “each expecting the other to do something”?

5.   What did happen during the ice storm? Why do you think the author felt that the boys’ actions were worth writing about?

altruism, altruistic - helping others without helping yourself

Paragraph

lined paper
pen
doublespace
margins
indent

One paragraph
Please don't tell me the story.

      Paragraph Test#2        (about 45m)

    Why did the boys not harvest the pheasants?