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=__Reading Schedule Boy of the Painted Cave__=


 * = __**Chapter**__ ||=  ||= __**Date Due**__ ||
 * = 1 & 2 ||=  ||= Mon. Nov.14 ||
 * = 3 & 4 ||=  ||= Tues. Nov. 15 ||
 * = 5 & 6 ||=  ||= Wed. Nov. 16 ||
 * = 7 & 8 ||=  ||= Thurs. Nov. 17 ||
 * = 9 & 10 ||=  ||= Sun. Nov. 20 ||
 * = 11 & 12 ||=  ||= Mon. Nov. 21 ||
 * = 13 & 14 ||=  ||= Tues. Nov. 22 ||
 * = 15 & 16 ||=  ||= Wed. Nov. 23 ||
 * = 17 & 18 ||=  ||= Sun. Nov. 27 ||

=__Assignment 1 Boy of the Painted Cave__=

__**Chapter Summary**__ ||<  ||= __**Vocab Word(s),**__ __**Page #**__ __**& Meaning**__ ||<  ||= __**A Descriptive Phrase**__ __**You Liked, Page #, and Why**__ __**You Liked it**__ ||<  ||= __**My Reaction/Comments/**__ __**Connections to this Chapter (Maximum of two sentences)**__ || Since the sun was out the valley was gold colored and that must have looked really nice. //**Imagery**// ||<  ||< Just like Tao, I wouldn't be afraid of demons and evil spirits if I couldn't find food, while there was food in //abundance// in the Slough. || soaked and soggy ||<  ||< **"She turned on him in savage fury, beating him with her wings, slashing at him with her curved talons."** I like this sentence because it has very descriptive words and it's detailed so you know what the bird is doing. //Pg.37 ** Imagery **// ||<  ||< It is good that Tao only took two out of three eggs with him, so the eagle would at least have something left. Ram is a very good hunter together with Tao because they can catch enough animals for a good meal. || sudden attack on an enemy ||<  ||< **"All through the long snows she kept you alive."** It shows how much Tao's mom cared for him. //Pg.48 **Imagery** // ||<  ||< I think Tao is relieved and happy that he knows about his mom. || You have a mind picture of how heavy his arms and legs felt. **// Simile //** ||<  ||< If I made those cave paintings without being a Chosen one, I wouldn't risk leaving them on the wall. || pointed part like on an antler ||<  ||< **"He watched the screaming fish-eagles swoop down to snatch squirming eels and perch out of the glistening waters."** Observing eagles catching eels would be amazing with them swooping in the water and out again. **// Imagery //** ||<  ||< I would also be pleased to see Graybeard if I was Tao because he is a person that most people would want to see in that time. || I like this sentence because Tao says it twice which I find a bit funny since he can't think of anything else to say. **// Imagery //** ||<  ||< Just like Tao I would be speechless except for just a sentence or two if a well known person would just cover my paintings after all the hard work. || A sudden activity, feeling or energy. ||<  ||< **"We must be brave and strong. We must run as fast as the deer and throw our spears straight, then will there be much meat and skins to cover our bodies and warm our women and children in the winter. Let us go now, into the Secret Cavern, and make images to please the spirits of the great beasts." pg.80** It is like a message telling all hunters to do well and return with useful things. **// Imagery //** ||<  ||< I would also be amazed if the Mountains-that-walk wouldn't come around much and that Graybeard could even carve a sketch into a rock. || Roaming or wandering. ||< **"Tao was dazed. He hardly knew what to say."** Pg. 89 It's a descriptive was to say that Tao was amazed or astonished. **// Imagery //** ||< I would also be amazed if Graybeard said to me that he would teach me to paint while only the Chosen Ones should know that. || rich in desirable qualities ||< "They were like the earth, massive, shaggy old giants lumbering out of the dawn." It tells again how big these mammoths were. **// Simile //** ||>  ||< Ram shouldn't have attacked a mammoth. ||<  ||<   || It describes the way Tao should paint. **// Imagery //** ||< It is good that Graybeard is teaching Tao to paint since he is getting old. ||<  ||<   ||<   || It shows how Tao was feeling when he saw Graybeard. **//BANGLADESH POEM // **
 * = __**Chapter**__ ||<  ||= __**One Sentence**__
 * = **1** ||<  ||< Tao forgot the rabbit and had to hunt for another one. ||<   ||< **taboo,** page 15: something in a culture that is not allowed or unacceptable ||<   ||< **"lumbering shapes of the mountains-that-walk, the mammoths"**, //page 16//: This phrase gives me a very clear image in my mind of the true size of the mammoths. ** //Imagery// ** ||<   ||< This was a good introduction to Tao and his desire to be a cave painter and how he is questioning the taboo. ||
 * = **2** ||<  ||< Tao sees a hungry wolf dog and he goes to to a forsaken place called the Slough where there are "demons and evil spirits" and hears a terrible noise. ||<   ||< **abundance- page 33** A plentiful quantity of supply ||<   ||< **"The valley was bathed in a golden glow of color."** //page 31//
 * = **3** ||<  ||< Tao names the wolf dog 'Ram' and goes to hunt with the wolf dog, which gives him lots of food to bring to his clan. ||<   ||< **sodden**- pg. 35
 * = **4** ||<  ||< Tao goes into Kala's tent and she tells him about his mother. ||<   ||< **Raid- pg.47**
 * = **5** ||<  ||< Tao finds his own cave and starts making cave paintings which is forbidden. ||<   ||< **Slinking- pg.52** to move or walk slowly ||<   ||< **"His arms grew heavy, his arms were like stones." //pg.53//**
 * = **6** ||<  ||< A Chosen One (cave painter) comes past Tao's cave and sees the cave paintings of Tao. ||<   ||< **Prongs- pg.63**
 * = **7** ||<  ||< Graybeard wipes away Tao's paintings and tells him to rub away all the paintings he makes after he's done. ||<   ||< **omen- pg.69** An event of good or evil ||<   ||< **"Then they are not good?"** pg. 71
 * = **8** ||<  ||< Graybeard shows Tao some of the objects he has and says that there would be a hunt that night. ||<   ||< **Spasm- pg 79**
 * = **9** ||<  ||< Tao sees Saxon and tries painting it and Graybeard says he will help Tao paint. ||< **roving- pg. 82**
 * = **10** ||<  ||< Mammoths were in Tao's sight and he went to try and see them but Ram attacks one of the big beasts. ||< succulent pg.93-
 * = **10** ||<  ||< Mammoths were in Tao's sight and he went to try and see them but Ram attacks one of the big beasts. ||< succulent pg.93-
 * = **10** ||<  ||< Mammoths were in Tao's sight and he went to try and see them but Ram attacks one of the big beasts. ||< succulent pg.93-
 * = **10** ||<  ||< Mammoths were in Tao's sight and he went to try and see them but Ram attacks one of the big beasts. ||< succulent pg.93-
 * = **10** ||<  ||< Mammoths were in Tao's sight and he went to try and see them but Ram attacks one of the big beasts. ||< succulent pg.93-
 * = **11** ||<  ||< Graybeard showed Tao the proper way to paint. ||< tarpan pg.99- small wild horse ||< "You draw with short, choppy strokes. Let your hand go free."
 * = **12** ||<  ||< Graybeard teaches Tao to use/make paint and use a brush to make his paintings. ||< glade pg. 108- an open space in a forest. ||< "Tao hurried toward him, an expression of joy and relief in his eyes."
 * // Imagery //** ||< I wonder if it was hard to make paint out of plants. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **13** ||<  ||< While hunters from Tao's group were hunting, Tao tried letting Ram kill an animal, but it didn't work. ||< ptarmigan pg.115- mountainous animals with feathered feet. ||< "The wolf dog's body trembled under Tao's hold as Ram strained to pull away." I have an image of how Ram is trying to run at any moment. **// Imagery //** ||< I wonder if Tao will become a real cave painter. ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **14** ||<  ||< Tao puts Ram by the mountain people and sees Graybeard who is sick. ||< tunic pg.125- a coat without sleeves ||< "The boy whirled around to see a large, red-bearded man dressed in a bearskin robe step out of the bushes."This sentence looks like Tao is probably shocked.
 * // Imagery //** ||< I wonder if the mountain people are ever going to let Ram loose. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **15** ||<  ||< Graybeard tells Tao to go to the Big Cave and start painting. ||< wheezing pg. 132- to breathe with difficulty ||< " He had never been beyond this point before and it gave him an eerie feeling to step past the opening." The sentence sounds so adventurous.
 * // Imagery //** ||< Tao must have been worried when he couldn't find the big cave at first. ||<  ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **16** ||<  ||< Volt and his clan find Tao painting in the Big Cave and Graybeard does not come with the clan. ||< penetrate pg. 137- to enter or pass through. ||< "Smoke meant fire, and fire meant light." I like this sentence because it is a good thought and it's describing what the fire could mean. **// Imagery //** ||< If Graybeard would have been there, the clan might not have been furious at Tao. ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **17** ||<  ||< Tao was forced to fight the sacred bull, Saxon with only a spear. ||< mound- pg. 147 a natural elevation of earth. ||< pg. 147"It is the will of the spirits that you face Saxon with a weapon in your hands." Tao must have felt really relieved that he at least had a spear to balance on. **// Imagery //** ||< Saxon must be a very big beast with the way the author describes it in the book. ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **18** ||<  ||< Tao defeated the Saxon and became a new Shaman. ||< verdant pg. 157- green vegetation ||< "He remembered all this and he felt a dull, aching emptiness in his heart." It shows how sad and miserable Tao felt. **// Imagery //** ||< Letting Tao be a new Shaman was Graybeard's wish, so it's good it came true. ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * = **End** ||<  ||<   ||

__**Assignment #2**__ **//Did you feel like you were in a race? Why or why not?//** I actually felt like I was in a race because almost everyone wanted to be the first ones to reach Morgan Town, our final destination. Everyone was excited about the fate cards and on our last day everyone was rushing to get their flight plans in and writing the diary entry. It is also like a race because the planes arrived in Morgan Town at different times. <span style="color: #181b19; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**//Did you and other team members agree on what to do? Why or why not? Give an example of one agreement or disagreement.//** <span style="color: #181b19; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">We all agreed on the destination we would fly to which the navigator chose. <span style="color: #181b19; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">We disagreed on one of the flight plan's longitude and latitude lines when I was the navigator because I put the latitude in the longitude space and the longitude in the latitude space.

<span style="color: #181b19; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**//What parts of the flight activity were the most challenging? Why?//** <span style="color: #181b19; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Making the diary entry was the most challenging because we had to try to fit in all the things on the rubric in to that entry and we had to be creative. <span style="color: #181b19; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**//If you were going to do the same activity again, what would you change?//** <span style="color: #181b19; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">If I did this activity again it would be more exciting if we did more competitions. <span style="color: #181b19; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**//Name two competencies you worked on during this flight activity. For each competency you chose, explain what you did to develop the competency.//** <span style="color: #181b19; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**//Teamwork- We worked in groups and had to communicate and interact with each other. We had to cooperate with each other.//** **//Communication//**//-// We had to talk to each other to make plans, read fate cards, give comments and give ideas.

<span style="color: #ff0094; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">__My Goals__ <span style="color: #64d74c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**__//Please click on the third Voki to listen to My Goals//__**
 * //<span style="color: #1b3adf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Goal #1 ////<span style="color: #1b3adf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">: I will try to memorize the daily schedule <span style="color: #cb2a9c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">BY ////<span style="color: #1b3adf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">trying to review the schedule and seeing if I can <span style="color: #1b3adf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">remember what is on what day.  //**

**//__Assignment1__//** <span style="color: #64d74c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**__//Please Click on the Second Voki to listen to Assignment one//__** //**1. What did you enjoy most about making/presenting the cube? I enjoyed folding and putting the cube together, it was really fun, and I learned how to make a big cube.**//
 * // <span style="color: #1b3adf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Goal #2: I will try to hand in all my homework on time <span style="color: #cb2a9c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">BY <span style="color: #1b3adf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">trying to finish each thing one at a time, and at the end checking if I have done everything I needed to do. //**

//**2. What was the most difficult part about making/presenting the cube?**// //**The most difficult part of making the cube, was sticking the pieces of paper on the cube. It kept on coming loose.**//

//**3. What would you do differently if you were to do a similar project again?**// //**Next time I would stick on the pieces of paper before folding the cube.**//

//**4. Which one of the AIS/D middle school competencies (see below) did you practice? Explain how you practiced it.**// //**I think we used communication, because if another person reads the personality cubes they will get to know more about you. It has a lot of information to describe yourself, so it's kind of like someone has read an interview about you.**// = __**Middle School Competencies**__ =
 * //<span style="color: #2846c2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">__**COMPETENCY**__ // ||  || //<span style="color: #1b3adf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**WHAT DOES IT MEAN?**__ // ||
 * //<span style="color: #ac1ecc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Communication // ||  || //<span style="color: #ac1ecc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">It means the exchange of thoughts and ideas in different ways. // ||
 * //<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Teamwork // ||  || //<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">It means working with others toward a common goal. // ||
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Problem Solving // ||  || //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">It means using strategies to develop solutions. // ||
 * //<span style="color: #cece22; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Use of Numbers and Data // ||  || //<span style="color: #c0c02b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">It means analyzing and using information. // ||
 * //<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Use of Technology // ||  || //<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">It means using different learning tools effectively and responsibly. // ||