House of the Scorpion Reading Homework for Tomorrow

Read to p. 294. Be prepared for a quiz on Friday from Chapters 22-30.

Reading Homework tonight and Reading Log- due Thursday, Jan 29th

Tonight please read chapters 16-20 (Review sections you may have missed if you fell asleep on outdoor ed.)

Reading Log is due Thursday.


House of the Scorpion
Reading Log Chapters 18-20

1. Why was Matt taken to the hospital? How do you think his sickness impacted the change of the intended events that day?













2. Analyze the conversation between El Patron and Matt about treasures (page 183-185). What does this dragon allusion show us about El Patron?











3. Discuss what El Patron’s declining health foreshadows for Matt. Note the importance of Matt’s maturation (pp. 186-193).











4. Analyze the symbolism of the metaphor comparing Matt to a lamb and a ram (p. 187). Note the allusion to Jesus’ birth in a stable (p. 188) and look up the biblical reference of lambs and sacrifice in the Old Testament.  What do you think this means in terms of Matt’s intended purpose?













5. What are some of the causes for Matt’s desire to leave Opium?










6. What is the connection between Esperanza and Maria? How does Matt figure this out?










7. How is Celia involved in treating Matt’s illness? What do you this this may foreshadow? (198-199).

Homework Tonight

Read Chapters 10-13 (stop at page 139).
Study for Vocab Test.

Reading Homework Tonight

Read Chapters 9-10 tonight.

Reading Homework Due Tomorrow

Read Ch. 6-7 tonight.

Vocabulary List 7- House of the Scorpion Ch 1-5

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 with definitions and part of speech due Tuesday

3. Test Friday _ matching definitions and 8 sentences 

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)

Homework Tonight

Reading Quiz on House of the Scorpion through p. 49.
Flash cards and sentences in context due tomorrow.

Homework Tonight

• Read Chapters 2-3 (to p. 24) in House of the Scorpion.
• Study for linking verb test tomorrow.

Grammar Homework

Finish Linking Verbs Ex. D p. 44-45.
Do Predicate Nouns Ex. A-B P. 46-48.

Grammar Test This Friday, Jan 9th - Study Guide

LINKING VERBS TEST:

In addition to identifying action verbs and linking verbs in context, be able to write the following 12 linking verbs:

1. be (TO BE verbs below)
2. seem
3. stay
4. grow
5. smell
6. sound
7. become
8. appear
9. remain
10. look
11. taste
12. feel

Conjugate the TO BE VERBS in past, present and future:

             PRESENT
I               am                  we are
he/she/it   is                  they are
you          are                you are

              PAST            
I               was                  we were
he/she/it   was               they were
you          were              you were

              FUTURE
I               will be                  we will be
he/she/it   will be                they will be
you          will be               you will be

Grammar Homework Tonight

Do Ex. A-C pages 40-44 in linking verbs.