CYCLE 1 - DAY 3 - SEMESTER 1: Watership Down 336-365

Hi all,
No new vocabulary today: YOUR QUIZ WILL BE TUESDAY. It will be identical in format to the Unit 4 quiz. In sentence diagramming today, we covered appositives, nouns that rename nouns that came before (e.g. George Bush, the forty-forth president). Remember, the second noun is always the one that goes in parentheses.

Today, we discussed last night's climactic reading. In addition to the discussion guide questions provided to you on the study guide, we also talked about:
1. How the rapid scene changing heightened tension.
2. How relying on dialog for so much of the reading heightened tension.
3. How Adams used setting and weather symbolism to heighten tension.

More than one class noted that the extended conversation between Woundwort and Bigwig smacked of cheesy Hollywood silliness, because really, who gets into extended conversations when it's time to put up the fists (or in this case, paws)?

We found it helpful to consult the map on page 357 and to write in the page numbers of where we can find information about what happened at that spot (e.g. 354/ash tree).

Just to confirm, Bigwig DOESN'T die in this section: he's just badly wounded.

Check out your class notes on the wikispace.

HOMEWORK:
Read 369-394. You can find the studyguide here. YOU MUST WRITE AN INTERPRETIVE QUESTION FOR TOMORROW'S CLASS!