Block Day, September 19-20 ~ Good Dreams or Psychological Tricks?

Word Parts
Prefixes

• ex - out
• fed or federis - league, pact

Suffixes

• fy - make

Roots

• noc or nox - night
• caus or caut - burn, heat
• doc or dokein - to teach

POO

EQ: What do you think the author is telling us about the nature of human cruelty?

• What about PK's time with Inkosi makes his night water stop? (your theory)
• Unpack the dreams and the symbolism you see in them.
• Why does Inkosi give PK the chicken? 

Activity: Numbered Heads Review (To get today's reading credit, you must stand and answer uniquely when your number is called.)

• How would you describe PK's personality? 
• Describe the demeanor and reputation of Inkosi-Inkosikazi.
• How and why does PK "camouflage" himself to fit in?
• Explain the political perspective as the boarding school boys understand it. What does it mean that Hitler will march the Rooinecks into the sea? 

Research Question
Have you posted your question yet?
If not, click here for West and here for Renard. This is due by the end of the day on Friday!

Grammar: Fixing Run-on Sentences (finally!)

• EQ: What are the four ways to correct a run-on sentence? 
• Click here for notes and exercises dealing with run-ons.

Do you need practice using the four methods to fix a run-on? Click here to practice IXL W.4.

Returned Work: Pass back quizzes and go over. Keep your Word Parts Quizzes! (They build upon one another.)

HW: Chapter 3 & Journal 16 (1 hour) (Do you know how to speed read?)

Journal 16:
1. In what ways has PK gained strength or made the best out of his situation?
2. How has the motif of water continued to add meaning and show PK's identity?
3. How has the five-year old narrator become an advantageous writer's choice?
4. Write at least two of your own open-ended discussion questions
5. ...... see #4.