7E, 7P, and 8E – Language Arts – Friday Lesson

Good morning classes. Please begin our lesson by completing the following quick writing prompt: Make a list of 5 things you plan to do this weekend. Choose one item from this list to write about in greater detail. Remember: you should fully explain what it is you plan to do, and also give some reasons why you chose this item from your list. Furthermore, the items on your list do not have to be things like places you are going; your list could include simple things you do at home.

Below is an example of what I plan to do:

-          Visit ARM Book Nook to grab some new books for my classroom bookshelf

-          Fix a leaky tap in my downstairs bathroom

-          Take my son Will to the school soccer field

-          Try and get back to eating healthy (now that I’ve finished all of our Halloween treats)

-          Cut down a dead birch tree next to my house

-          Buy Will new skates

-          Read my new GQ magazine

-          Send “Teams” invites to ELA classes

Next, let’s see if we can add something to our Memoir or Personal Narrative. This part of the lesson is really for those that have not yet finish a first or second draft – if you were finished and had already revised with a partner, please ignore this section of the lesson.

While it may be difficult to work on this assignment if it is in your locker at the moment, simply ask yourself if there was anything you had wanted to include (but didn’t get time to do so before schools closed last week). If you can come up with a few things, please write these into paragraph form. This way, you will have them when school reopens and you will be ready to type your good copy.

The next part of our lesson will be silent reading. Please make an effort to read something each day at home. If you do not have your library books, please find something else to read.

The final portion of our lesson will be spent listening to chapter 3 from The City of Ember. Here is the link:               Chapter Three

When you finish listening, please Copy the quiz questions below, and include your answer. The quiz is multiple choice: you are choosing the best answer from the answers provided to you.

Good Luck!

Chapter 3 Quiz

1. What did Lister give Doon as soon as he arrived to Pipeworks?

a) A lecture about pipeworks and how it works                  b) A hug and pat on his shoulders             c) His boots and a tool belt                              d) A backpack full of food and safety gear

2. Doon remembered that North…

a) was the direction of the river                b) was the direction of the school             c) was the direction of the greenhouse      d) was the direction of the left-over

3. Anyone can go into the generator room, all you have to do is ask your manager for the day.

a) True                                 b) False

4. What was the one thing that Doon could not understand?

a) How the generator operates and conducts electricity                b) The map that guides him around Pipeworks   c) The reason why Lister is so rude to him at workd) The reason why Lina is no longer his friend

5.Why does Doon take his work in Pipeworks so seriously?

a) He wants to find a solution to help save the city            b) He wants to impress his father and make him proud                  c) He is just a serious person       d) He wants to prove to the mayor that the system is not correct

6. What job did Doon have originally?

a) Pipeworks laborer     b) Messenger    c) Rat Wrangler

7. The loud sound that Doon heard when he first entered the tunnel was:

a) the generator              b) workmen with tools                   c) the river

8. What was unusual about the sequence of events from Chapters 2 and 3?

a) Chapters 2 and 3 were the same day from the perspective of two different characters                b) The events in chapter 3 took place 240 years after the events in chapter 2                        c) Chapter 3 was a flashback to an earlier time in the City of Ember

9. Doon calculated that he was _____ feet underground?

a) 10     b) 30      c) 5         d) 50

10. During his lunch break Doon _____.

a) Went to see the generator                     b) Went out of the tunnels to find Lina                    c) Meet friends a few tunnels down

11. Doon had a talent for ______.

a) Singing            b) Bookwork                      c) mechanics      d) working with people

12. What hobby does Doon have?

a) Studying insects          b) Drawing pictures of people                    c) Collecting bottle caps

13. Why is Doon’s first look at the generator disappointing to him?

a) because he thought if he looked at it, he could figure out how it worked, and that didn’t happen       b) because other people were working on it and he wanted to be the one to fix it     c) because it was really loud                       d) because it was working fine

14. Why is it important to Doon to be the one to save the city?

a) because he ached to do something truly important     b) because his dad told him he would never accomplish anything             c) because he wanted Lina to like him     d) he didn’t want to be the one to save the city

15. What does Doon have in a box?

a) new shoes    b) a snake            c) a worm            d) money

16. How was Doon able to find his way around the Pipeworks?

a) He used a compass                    b) all workers were given a map                 c) signs were painted throughout the Pipeworks