Today we will begin reading "The Split-Cherry Tree" but first we need to talk about your study questions and take some notes on literary elements part 3 and have you write sentences will any of the vocabulary words you have not done yet.
Vocabulary List #2
Preclude
Impunity
Immolation
Abscond
Repose
Aperture
Termination
Subside
Inaugurate
Exhilarates
HW: Study vocabulary words.
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/cherry.html
BELOW is your journal entry assignment for this story.
Split Cherry Tree Journal
JOURNAL ENTRY—Keep a list of imagery, physical descriptions of the
characters, the farm, the school, and the country and landscape.
How you should organize your journal:
PROFESSOR HERBERT:
Professor Herbert wore a gray suit of clothes. The suit matched his gray hair.
DAVE:
PA (LUSTER) SEXTON:
Pa’s eyes danced fire. His face was getting red. The red color was coming through the brown, weather-beaten skin on Pa’s face.
MA SEXTON:
FARM:
SCHOOL:
Metaphor:
Simile:
Dialect:
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