April 6-9

9 English:

Short Stories are due April 30th. We are working on the novel Spirit Bear.

Questions on Ch. 7:

1. Why does Cole feel the need for a weapon? What does he make?
2. Cole feeds green wood into the fire to create a lot of smoke. Of what benefit is the smoke to him?
3. What does he do to alleviate his hunger?
4. Cole woke up in the middle of the night because the stillness awakened him. What was about to happen?
5. How did Cole deal with his hunger?
6. What did Cole do when he saw the Spirit Bear at the mouth of the bay?
7. Why do you think he did this? What was he thinking?
8. Did this frighten the bear? Why or why not?

Questions on Chapter 6 are below:

1. As the chapter opens, Cole and his father are having a very heated exchange of harsh words. Why were they out of line and what did the Keeper do about it?
2. Cole begged his mom to say something when she held the feather. What did he want her to say? Did she do it? Why or why not?
3. Peter's lawyer said that any solution found by this Circle must do two things, what were they?
a.
b.
4. Why did the guard cuff Cole?
5. We know Cole has an anger problem. How does his dad deal with his own anger?
6. Tell about the one time Cole's mom tried to intervene when Cole was being beaten.
7. What solution does Garvey come up with at the Circle Meeting to satisfy the Driscal's lawyer and allow Cole not to be sentenced yet?
8. What does Garvey mean when he says "If you go to jail, I won't bet a nickel on your future."
9. Define: banishment
10. Describe in one complete paragraph why you believe Cole behaves as he does and has become a violent juvenile offender.

Questions on Chapter 5 are below:

1. Where did Cole end up swimming?
2. What had happened to him to cause Cole to end up where he did swimming?
3. Why could Cole not stand when he came ashore?
4. When Cole became delirious, what did he try to find?
5. When Cole awakens from his first night on the island, what does he see?
6. Why did the bear make him so angry?
7. When Cole heard what his father said at Circle Justice, Why did he explod.
8. When Cole say the bear, "morning light glinted off the white fur and made it glow." What does "glinted" mean?
9. Write about a time when you were totally exhausted, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Questions on chapter 4 are below:

1. As this chapter opens, Cole is swimming away from the island to which he has been banished. What is his greatest danger at this point?
2. Who was involved in the Circle of Justice?
3. Why did this worry Cole?
4. Why did Cole's father and his lawyer look out of place?
5. What did Cole do to Peter Driscal at this meeting and why did he stop?
6. The Keeper described Circle Justice - she said that justice often fails because it punishes rather than what? What is the purpose of Circle Justice?
7. What was the significance of the feather?
8. Tell how Cole's mom, his dad, Cole, the lawyer and Peter Driscal all responded when it was their turn to hold the feather:
A. Cindy Matthews
B. William Matthews
C. Nathaniel Blackwood
D. Cole
E. Peter
9. Write about a time when lots of people were discussing you in front of you and describe how you felt about it when others were making remarks and decisions that could impact your life.