Mrs. Zana’s Class

Read a REALLY strange book called “The Seventh Beggar”. The author was trying to write in a different format, and it didn’t come off all that well. The first half of the book was one story about a 17 year old kid who gets obsessed with an author and mystic from 300 years ago. The second half was little folk tales, thoughts about the kid from everybody else’s point of view, and a whole different story about the kid’s nephew that takes place 18 years later. Oh, and in the middle of the book the author includes the series of mystical tales written 300 years ago that the first boy was obsessed with. Sounds confusing? It was. I’m sure it was a great book, but above my level for fun, relaxing weekend reading. Looking at Amazon.com, I see that people either loved or hated the book, but everyone agreed it wasn’t easy.

1. Write your reading reflection for this week. Get a book if you need something new to read.

2. Copy this week’s 14 vocabulary words from the California Standards Test Vocabulary page. Note that the quiz will be in a different format this week. You will need to be able to give definitions or examples of the words.

3. Go to any of the Useful Sites listed that you haven’t been to yet (note the nice usage of the present perfect here). If you go to Mr. Kashman’s site, please comment on his “Roll Call” post.

4. When everyone is done with #1 and #2, we will do a group activity with more CST vocabulary. Yes, I know you love the CST vocabulary. And, to make it even more fun. . . it’s in a multiple choice format! Will the fun ever end?

5. Reader’s Theatre play, “Theseus and the Minotaur.”