Cleopatra Reading Check Questions through p. 50, due THURS

1. According to Cleopatra's father, why should amazing ideas "from learned men" stay within the palace walls?

2. What bad news does Olympus share with Cleopatra on 15 Januarius?

3. Why did the people of Egypt hate Cleopatra's father?

4. Describe Father's plan to come out of hiding and reclaim his throne.

5. Where is Ptolemy going on a ship and why?

6. Give two examples observed by Cleopatra while at the agora that confirmed what Olympus said about her father.

7. What was found nailed to Bucephalus' stall?

8. After a messenger brings news to Cleopatra that her father's ship is leaving, where does Cleopatra go to see for herself?

9. What does Cleopatra do once she realizes her father has not yet left?

10. Who was trying to poison Cleopatra?

ACE Questions for thought - The Emperor's New Clothes

Remember ACE: Answer // Cite Evidence // Expand!

1. What is a major weakness the emperor possesses? (Check the first couple paragraphs.)

2. A council chamber is a room where important people, such as rulers or elected officials, meet to work and make decisions together.  What does the author say about a king that cannot be said of the Emperor? What can be said about the emperor instead? What does this say about the Emperor’s character as a ruler? Quote from the story to support your answer.
 

3. The word swindler means someone who profits by cheating or tricking someone else. How are the swindlers in the story hoping to make a profit? Describe the swindlers’ claim.

4. What is the Emperor’s first thought about the clothes the swindlers claimed to make?

 

5. What does the Emperor hope to achieve by wearing these exceptionally beautiful clothes of wonderful quality? 

6. Why does the Emperor send other people to see how the weavers are progressing? What are characteristics of the officials the Emperor sends to look at the cloth? Why did the Emperor wait so long to see the clothes for himself? 

7. When the Emperor finally sees the cloth for himself, what is his reaction? 

8. How do the Emperor and his council members “see” the clothes? What makes the description believable? 

9. At the end of the story, as the Emperor paraded his new “suit” in a great procession, a little child said, “But he has nothing on at all.” Based on your reading, what quality does the child possess in comparison to the Emperor and his trusted officials? 

10.Why did the Emperor continue to walk in the procession even though he heard (and believed) the child and the crowd were right when they stated, “he has nothing on at all!”?

 

11. How did the swindlers trick or cheat the Emperor and his people? How were the swindlers able to deceive everyone? Include in your answer details about the swindlers and the Emperor and his councilmen.

 

Cleopatra Reading Questions, pgs. 3 - 25 (due next TUES, 11/24)

Please remember to write in complete sentences and to use proper grammar, punctuation and capitalization. Also, please remember that you will need at least one thing written in your literary elements notebook - do you have any comments on characterization? Setting? Theme? Conflict? Jot them down in their appropriate section.

1. Who is Cleopatra's father?

2. Who is Mento?

3. Why has Ptolemy gone into hiding?

4. To which god does Cleopatra pray?

5. How old is Cleopatra when her father goes into hiding?

6. Why do the Egyptians believe that Alexander the Great is the Messiah? Give two reasons.

7. Who is Arrow?

8. What does Cleopatra do so that she is able to roam about the village unnoticed?

9. Why does Puzo look after Cleopatra?

10. Why did Cleopatra enjoy going to Pharos Island?

11. Who is Neva and what two things does Cleopatra wish to tell her?

12. Why does Cleopatra believe she will make a good queen?

13. Give an example of Bernice not being very imaginative.

14. What did Arsione request of Cleopatra?

15. According to the reading, what makes a "good friend?"

8th Grade Creative Assignment - 8th GRADE ONLY

Due next Monday, 10/26:

Create a fake Twitter page for a famous historical figure or a book character. Using what you know about this person's or character's personality, major life events, beliefs, etc - create at least 5 posts on your fake Twitter page that that person might write if he/she had a Twitter. Please use hashtags. One of your 5 posts MUST be a re-tweet. Responses from that person's or character's contemporary are optional and would be a great addition!

You can use any template you want, including pen and paper; you can also create an actual fake Twitter account and print out a page from the Twitter account. I do need at least one picture (can be drawn) where the profile picture goes.

Here is a fake Twitter page template (scroll down to find it) that you can download and edit, but if you use this, you must replace all the pictures with pictures of your person. You may send this project to me as a digital file or you can hand-write it or print out a hard copy. You can also search Google for fake Twitter templates. https://www.smore.com/dhbe-fake-social-media

Have fun!

Written Assignments Format

Please follow these guidelines when turning in any typed writing assignments (informal, hand-written assignments that you may complete and turn in during class do not apply):

- Use Times New Roman, size 12 font.
- Set your margins to "Normal."
- Double-space all assignments.
- Put your name in the upper left corner of the document, followed by the date on the line underneath.

***I will be modeling this for you in-class tomorrow during L.A., so don't stress if you don't know what some of these things mean. Just please know that after I show you tomorrow how to use these features, all of your written assignments will be required to use them.

6-1 Creative Writing Assignment

This week's assignment is a journal entry from the perspective of a life form (carbon-based like us? human? completely alien? you decide!) who existed on Mars before the massive climate changed wiped out the oceans there. Your journal entry should:

- Be creative! 

- Have been written at the very beginning of the climate change, in the middle, or towards the end

- Address what life/society was like on Mars back then for your fictional creature and how life might

  be or was affected by the climate change and the disappearance of the oceans

- Be less than 300 words (remember, it's just one journal entry; you don't have to tell the whole story 

  - just a slice of it!)

- Be written from the first-person perspective ("I")

- Be written in the present tense, as though whatever you're writing is current

- Be in the format that will  be posted in my subsequent blog post

Have fun and email me if you have any questions!

Creative Writing 6-1

Hi everyone! Please read the following about your assignment which is due next Tuesday.

I REALLY enjoyed hearing everyone's poetry today. There were some awesome themes running through your pieces and it was great. This week, I'd like to focus on metaphors and similes in our poetry.

Metaphors and similes are what we call figurative language - language we use in our writing to appeal to the senses. Metaphors and similes use comparisons to convey meaning; they both compare things in a way that makes the description of whatever you're writing about interesting and intriguing. While they are both used for comparisons, they are used in different ways:

Here are two examples:

Note that "like" and "as" are used for similes and not with metaphors. 

Your assignment this week is to write a poem using at least TWO of these: you may use two similes, two metaphors, or one simile and one metaphor. OR, if you're feeling adventurous and want to explore figurative writing, use more! Please make sure your poem is at least twelve lines long. Happy writing!