CYCLE 8 - DAY 1 - SEM 1: Your discussion of Watership Down 70-92.

No new vocab or sentence diagramming today, though you should check out the Grammar Review page on the wikisite.

THE VOCAB QUIZ WILL BE ON THURSDAY.

Today, you ran the show--you led discussion, took notes, came up with new questions, etc. It was gorgeous. As teams, you're growing right along with Hazel et al.

You can find notes of today's session on the wikispace.

Homework: Read 93-118 and be prepared to discuss the questions at the end of the study guide, which appears below:
NAME:

AS YOU READ:
A. Much becomes clear at the end of this reading. Your goal in this reading is to get to the end, and then figure out how Adams gave you clues along the way.

1. This (93-99) is the second El-ahrairah story we have heard (the first 26-29). What purpose does this one serve?
2. What is Silverweed’s poem about?
3. What has Fiver so troubled? Once you know what happens, look again at Fiver’s “ramblings.” What is the real essence of his warning?
4. How is what happens to Bigwig foreshadowed in chapter 14, and again in the beginning of 17?




REVIEW ACTIVITIES:
1. Go over all chapters containing Cowslip. With whom does Adams get you to place your sympathies? How does he raise tension throughout?

FOUR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR CLASS TOMORROW:

1. How are the stories told by Dandelion and Silverweed good reflections of the groups’ differing character/customs/culture?
2. Hazel changes his mind a number of times in this reading. Where does this happen? Is he right to do so? Is he getting better as a leader?
3. Are your impressions of Bigwig changing? How so?
4. Fiver is clearly a bad team player throughout this episode. Is he right to behave this way? When is it right for a member of a group to behave in this manner, if ever?