The Last Samurai V/ The Silver Kiss IV / Pigs Finale

Grade 12

• Continued video
• Discussion

Grade 10

• New vocabulary:
• 8. Elfin: Relating to or suggestive of an elf. Having a magical quality or charm
• 9. Empathy: understanding and entering into another's feelings. Different than sympathy which is to feel sorry for; empathy is to feel the same as.
• 10. Hedonism: Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses
• 11. Anguish: excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
• In groups: Discuss the literary elements of chapters 3 and 4. Add or modify reading logs.
• Checked reading logs 1-4 for a major grade.
• Chapter 5 for Tuesday.

Grade 9

• Journal: Stories often have 'atonement with the father' as a theme. In what ways has Robert demonstrated that he has taken the place of his father in chapter 15?
• Discuss
• Go over quiz 3
• Exam on Monday! Make sure yesterday's journal activity is done well:
  Using specific details from the story, choose the most important scenes that illustrate the growth and change in Robert. Start from where he is in the beginning. (Should have at least 5 events in sequence.)