Tuesday

Vocabulary List #2

Preclude
Impunity
Immolation
Abscond
Repose
Aperture
Termination
Subside
Inaugurate
Exhilarates

 

Today we are going to play vocabulary charades and begin reading "The Split-Cherry Tree" but first we need to talk about your study questions and take some notes on literary elements part 3.

 Literary Elements #3

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BELOW is your journal entry assignment for this story.

 Split Cherry Tree Journal
JOURNAL ENTRY—Keep a list of imagery, physical descriptions of the characters, the farm, the school, and the country and landscape.


How you should organize your journal:

PROFESSOR HERBERT:

Professor Herbert wore a gray suit of clothes. The suit matched his gray hair.




DAVE:





PA (LUSTER) SEXTON:

Pa’s eyes danced fire. His face was getting red. The red color was coming through the brown, weather-beaten skin on Pa’s face.




MA SEXTON:





FARM:



SCHOOL:



Metaphor:


Simile:


Dialect: