May 4-9

Grade 9
We are reading Spirit Bear. Chapter 19 questions.

1. Cole sighted an animal along the shoreline after he returned to camp, what was it?
2. To honor the animal and learn from it Garvey announced that they would do what that evening?
3. What will be Cole's last chore before leaving the island?
4. What happens when Cole announces that he is hitting the sack for the night?
5. Garvey announced that he was finished on the island because there was not enough room for him and his ______________________.
6. When Cole apologized to Garvey and Edwin, what did they tell him?
7. Garvey and Edwin left Cole early and went to their tent. What did Cole do after they left?
8. What did he learn?
9. What did Cole do the next morning?
10. What did he see at the end of the chapter as he was preparing to go back to camp?
11. What do you think Cole learned in this chapter?

Ch. 20

1. Describe a day in Cole's life on the island.
2. How did Cole get a log large enough for a totem?
3. What were his first thoughts about the log?
4. How did it make him feel when he was thinking about escape?
5. What did he do about it?
6. What reason does Edwin give Cole that he isn't seeing the Spirit Bear?
7. What are totems?
8. Why can't Cole dance the dance of anger yet?
9. In this chapter Cole learns not to lie to himself. Write a paragraph about a time when you lied to yourself, and you knew it. Cole chopped his potential canoe up to keep from acting on his lie - what did you do to protect yourself from your lie?

Grade 9/10
This week we are working on finishing our debates.
As well, we are beginning our videos of the class members. Stage 1, presentation of the video idea (theme). Step 2, script writing. Step 3, story boarding. Step 4 filming. Step 5 editing. Step 6: burning DVD.