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Aim: What does Lex discover, on the bus, that she can see but that others can't? What does it mean?
Do Now:
1. Free write / brainstorm a list of 10 different forms of transportation as you can think of (public, private, natural, science fictional, your call...)
2. Number the items on the list in order of most safe to the least safe.
For example,
walking -1 (safest)
car
horse
train -2
bus
bicycle
motorcycle
Star-trek transporter
Reading: Chapters 2 and 3 (Everybody gets to read a page or two!) Yay!
1. What surprises you more: Uncle Mort or Lex's reaction to Uncle Mort? (Chapter 3)
2. Why is Lex's description of Steve contain traces of Lex's humor, her bullishness, and sprinkles of foreshadowing? (Chapter 2)
3. Edgar Allan Poe was a famous writer of horror and mystery stories- have you read any? Would you like to read a short one? The Tell-tale Heart?
4. Put yourself in Lex's shoes after she got off the bus and sees Uncle Mort. What would you think and how would you feel?
5. Lex as the reputation for being "unmanageable" do you think Uncle Mort has what it takes to manage her? (Chapter 3)
Vocabulary
Adopt a word - Pick one from the list or choose one from our reading.
Cryptic - Principal Truitt's cryptic smile
atop - principal's head atop a giant wooden spear
comb-over
bicuspid
plethora
decimate decimating (the only thing that will keep you from decimating the school population)
meteorological phenomenon (phenomena - is the plural)
Adirondacks Google Earth view
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