JiHee

Read chapter 8. Define the words, make a sentence and then answer the questions in full sentences, //1. mussel A type of shellfish that you can eat ad has a valve,hinge, and a hole Me and my dad went to the beach and caught some mussel. 2. flint A hard gray stone that makes sparks when steel is smacked against it When i smacked the the piece of steel against the flint, it made sparks. 3. ritual A set of actions that are, or is always preformed in the same way as part of a religious ceremony or social custom Easter and christmas are both christian rituals. 4. birch A type of tree that has hard wood and smooth bark that peels off easily The forest was filled with birch trees. 5. tarpan A grayish wild horse that was found or are commonly in eastern europe and western asia A herd of tarpan charged at the hunter.
 * Homework due September 14th:**

1. What do you think Graybeard means when he says to Tao "You must learn to live with things you cannot change"? I think graybeard means that you should be thankful for what you have or i think he means that you should just live with the things you have and give up about the things you want to change but you are not able to. 2. What did Tao and Graybeard eat and drink? The things they ate and drinked are mussels and birch tea. 3. What advice does Graybeard give to Tao about making images? The advice graybeard gives tao about making images are, to study the animals closely and look how animals look when they lie down or run, look at the color of a animals fur in the shade and in the sun,earace your image as soon as you are finished 4. Describe how Graybeard teaches Tao to draw. He tells him to first make a large outline, then, find the high point of the shoulder, next, slope the back all the way down to the tail. 5. What kind of 'magic' does Graybeard show Tao? Graybeard takes out a stone called the shining stone and gets the sunlight on to the stone and then suddenly to tao's face and light flashed on his face.//

**Classwork September 14th:** 1. Journal: Setting is the time and place a story takes place. If you were writing a story about yourself, describe the setting (5 sentences minimum). The settings of my story will be the town where i live, california, and my house. The settings of my story about myself are or is mostly where i live because i want my story to talk about my childhood. California is where i lived for most of my life, it is my state home. Another setting i would include in my story is the year 1997, the year i was born. These are all the settings i would use or will be in the story. 2. Post a 5 sentence summary of chapter 8. Graybeard talks about his father to tao. They eat mussels and birch tea. Graybeard teaches tao how to draw or carve animals and tells more about himself. He hearns about drawing 3. Learn about some of the creatures that existed during the time of Boy of the Painted Cave: []//. Post 5 facts about the video on your wiki.//

**Classwork Friday, September 18th:** 1. Warm-up: In your journal, write about something that has really been annoying you lately. If everything is perfect, then you can make something up. Minimum 5 sentences (10 minutes) Jihee's journal 2. Quietly read chapter 9. Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Post. (25 minutes) (You may have to look up some of these terms) //Find an example of personification on page 82. A Find an example of metaphor on page 82. What kind of work did the women of the clan do? What is Saxon? What do you think Tao meant when he says that he has Saxon’s spirit carved on his stone? Who was Tao’s visitor? Where did he come from? How did Tao offend Graybeard?//