House of the Scorpion Reading Log Ch. 6-7

House of the Scorpion Reading Log

Chapters 6-7
Due Monday, January 20 at the end of class

1. Analyze the inference of Rosa’s eviction from the room on page 56. What do you think are the implications of this event?










2. Analyze Matt’s instinctive attraction to El Patron (p. 56-57) Why is this such a complex phenomenon?









3. Analyze Celia’s reaction to El Patron’s health (p.60)






4. How do Matt’s circumstances change with El Patron’s involvement? What is Matt’s reaction to his new experiences?  (52-61, 66-67)











5. Characterize the following family members of the Alacran family. How do the following character react to Matt? (These can be fragments)

a. Mr. Alacran (El Patron’s great-grandson)


b. Felicia (Mr. Alacran’s wife)


c. Benito, Steven, Tom (El Patron’s great grandsons)




6. How do all of the residents in the estate behave towards Matt after El Patron leaves?





7. Analyze the metaphor comparing El Patron to a tree on p. 70. What does this reveal about El Patron’s character?








8. What is Tam Lin’s view of Matt’s potential future? (69-70)





9. Why do you think Matt responds positively when Celia calls him a “good boy” but negatively when Teacher does the same?







10. Prediction: Where do you think Tam Lin will take Matt?

Vocab List 7 January 13-17

7TH GRADE VOCABULARY LIST  7
Chapters 1-5 in House of the Scorpion

1. Copy the sentence with the word in context from the book.
2. Flashcards due Tuesday
3. Test Friday

1. embryo (4)


2. sullenly (6)



3. lunar (8)



4. consternation (17)



5. shards (19)



6. rivulets (19)


7. clone (26)



8. warren (27)



9. senile (37)



10. disconsolately (38)



11. taut (37)



12. cowered (41)

Weekend Reading Homework 1/10

Please read through Chapter 5( to page 49) in House of the Scorpion by Monday.

Linking Verb / Prep Test Fri

For the grammar test on Friday, you will need to:

1. be able to label the linking verb or action verb in a sentence.

2. be able to list the following linking verbs: 

1. seem
2. stay
3. grow
4. smell
5. sound
6. become
7. appear
8. remain
9. look
10. taste
11. feel
12. be (am, is, are, was, were, will be)

PREPOSITIONS:
I will ask you to list the 10 most common. (These are essential when learning comma rules later.)

1.with
2. in
3. over
4. to
5. on
6. at
7. of
8. from
9.by
10. under

These sentences might help!

I walked with you in the darkness over the wet grass to the rocks on the sand at the edge of the ocean. From our position by the light of the moon, we watched the fish swim under the surface.

Here are some fun songs!

Preposition Song

Another Song:

Here are some others to remember:

about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, despite, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, through, to, toward, under, until, up, upon, with, within, and without.