2. Slake s Limbo Subway Activity (See Activity Sheet Below) Obj. 1. Formulate an opinion about a current event.

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1 Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 1/9/17 Day 2 ATB: Picture Prompt Cal Marshall, center, dabs during the swearing-in of his father, Representative Roger Marshall of Kansas, center left, by House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, center right. The younger Mr. Marshall has been grounded. Credit Zach Gibson/Associated Press Type 1: Answer in six lines or more. Number your lines. Is Cal a spoiled brat who ruined one of the biggest days of his father s life, or a true American hero who saw his opportunity and seized it"? Activities: 1. Slakes Limbo Chapters 9-11 Quiz 2. Vocabulary Unit 4 Test 2. Slake s Limbo Subway Activity (See Activity Sheet Below) Obj. 1. Formulate an opinion about a current event. 2. Interpret a map of the New York City Subway system.

2 New York City Subway Activity Use the map at the link below to answer the following questions What color is the Seventh nue Line? (Hint: use the key in the upper right hand corner of the map.) 2. How many New York City Subway Lines are there? (Include shuttles in your total. Hint: use the key in the upper right hand corner of the map.) 3. What Line runs North to South through Grand Central ation? 4. Which Subway Lines don t run through the former site of the World Trade Center? 5. From Grand Central ation what line would you take to get to Penn ation? 6. Which Subway Line runs furthest East on the map? 7. Which Subway Line runs furthest North on the map? 8. Which Subway Line runs furthest South on the map? 9. Which Subway Line runs furthest West on the map? 10. If you were on 81 st reet at the Museum of Natural History and wanted to get to the South Ferry what subway lines would you be able to take without having to leave underground to get there?

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4 Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 1/10/17 Day 3 ATB: Test Review Type 2: Write a topic sentence with S T, ART for the article, Yes, a Teenager Dabbed in Front of Paul Ryan. (See Article below) Activities: 1. Read Slake s Limbo Chapters Slake s Limbo Chapter Questions and Vocabulary. Obj. Using the five elements of a story (plot, character, conflict, theme and setting) summarize the novel Slake s Limbo.

5 Slakes Limbo Questions Chapters 1-2 Questions: 1. Why did Aramis Slake keep a subway token in his pocket? 2. Why was Slake useless to any gang? 3. Why did Slake often awake gagging? 4. Who was Joseph? What happened to him? 5. How did Slake s teachers, classmates, and others regard him? 6. What drove Slake back down to the subway that first afternoon? 7. Where did Slake find a new home? How long did he stay there? 8. Who were Mr. Coggins and Mr. Murone? 9. Why do you think Slake wanted the autumn leaves to stay on the trees? 10. Do you think it was a good idea for Slake to run away? Chapters 3-5 Questions: 1. Describe Slake s new room. 2. What kind of business did Slake undertake? How did he get the idea for his new business? 3. In On Another Track, what did Willis Joe remember telling his grandmother? How did she react to his news? 4. What were Slake s two main sources of supply for his newspaper business? 5. How did Slake become an expert subway traveler? 6. Slake earned some money to buy food by reselling secondhand newspapers. Do you think that Slake was basically honest or dishonest? 7. Do you think Slake is a worthless lump? Chapters 6-8 Questions: 1. Who were Slake s two regular customers? 2. Why did Slake at first feel uneasy about the man with a turban? What happened to change Slake s mind about him? 3. In On Another Track, why had Australia become farther away than it used to be to Willis Joe? 4. What use did Slake make of his collection of junk to improve his vision? 5. What business proposition did the manager of the coffee shop offer Slake? 6. Why did Slake no longer need to spend his money on food? What did he spent it on instead? 7. What hobby did Slake pursue? 8. Why do you think the author did not give names to the three important people in Slake s life the cleaning lady, the man with a turban, or the waitress? 9. Why do you think that Slake collected so many objects? 10. Do you think that Slake and Willis Joe will ever cross tracks? If so, what do you think might bring them together?

6 Chapters 9-11 Questions: 1. Why did Slake s eyes tear when he threw a crumb to the rat? 2. In On Another Track, what did the people in the subway begin to resemble to Willis Joe? Why? 3. Why didn t Slake fear the subway blackout? 4. When did Slake realize that he lacked a cause? 5. What did the green sky that Slake spray-painted on his walls signify? 6. In On Another Track, why was Willis Joe on the edge? 7. Why do you think Slake spray-painted the message Save Aramis Slake on his walls? 8. Consider what was happening separately to Slake s track and to Willis Joe s track. Which of these two persons was more in touch with reality? Chapters Questions: 1. Why was Slake cut off from his home in the tunnel? 2. How did the news of the train accident affect Slake s work routine? 3. What does the statement, Slake read his death sentence, mean? 4. How did the news of the renovation of the subway tunnel affect Slake s health? 5. When did Willis Joe know that he was the lead sheep and not the sheepherder? 6. How did Willis Joe and Slake finally meet? 7. What was the special significance of the bouquet Slake received in the hospital? 8. How was Willis Joe affected by his rescue of Slake? 9. What is the meaning of the title of the book? Do you think the title is appropriate? 10. Do you think Slake s sign that read STOP meant that he wanted to stop a train, that he was protesting the tunnel renovation, or did it have additional meanings? 11. Consider what Slake would have done if there hadn t been a train accident in the tunnel. Do you think he might have continued to live and work underground? If so, for how long? 12. What do you think will happen to Slake? Where and how do you think Slake will be spending his days and nights? Vocabulary pariah, asphyxiating, tenuously, fortuitous, schist, periscopic, singed, tenement, gullet, contingent, unobtrusively, fetid, mosaic, excursions, adept, buoyancy, adhesive, cadged, palpable, festooned, roiling, emaciated, mélange, negligence, hindrances, slough, ashen, trundle, provisions, liberated,

7 POLITICS Yes, a Teenager Dabbed in Front of Paul Ryan By ERIN McCANN JAN. 4, 2017 For a brief moment on Tuesday, Cal Marshall was the most famous teenager in politics. Cal, 17, is the son of Roger Marshall, who that day had been sworn into Congress as the Republican representative from the First District of Kansas. Their family was standing for a photo with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan the sort of photo that hangs on the halls of Congress and is sent out for Christmas cards come fund-raising time when Cal, being a teenager, sensed an opportunity. anding between his father and Mr. Ryan, who had each placed a hand on the Bible Cal was holding and had begun to adopt their most solemn, official photograph faces, Cal smiled a guilty smile. And then Cal dabbed. What is dabbing? Mr. Ryan said he didn t know, so it s entirely possible you don t either. (But seriously, he s been busy running Congress for the last year. What s your excuse?) In September 2015, the Atlanta rap group Migos released a mixtape that included the song Look at My Dab, which brought the move into the world. N.F.L. players, especially Cam Newton, started using it in end-zone celebrations. Teenagers on Vine found it especially fun. By January, Hillary Clinton was doing it on Ellen.

8 Since approximately a week after it became popular, it has been declared over, then brought back, then declared over again. In June, Mr. Newton himself said he was done with it. It is currently at the stage where some 17-year-olds still find it hilarious. O.K., but what IS it? Rest your head in the crook of your arm. Put the other arm out to your side. Pause. Ok, you ve dabbed. Fun, right? ( Dabbing is not to be confused with, uh, dabbing, the practice of consuming marijuana extract in search of a stronger high. The two are not related.) He s sneezing Are you all right? Mr. Ryan asked Cal, who was technically doing a half-dab, while one of his arms was occupied holding the Bible. He nodded to the speaker of the House, and said yes. Mr. Marshall, oblivious, continued to pose for the photographer. Cal, unable to contain his delight at his own joke, laughed again when his father turned around, and Mr. Ryan asked him to put his hand down. He s sneezing, Mr. Marshall said as Mr. Ryan, who spent much of Tuesday posing for photos with new representatives, smiles the sort of smile that indicates that he was confused but playing along. They pulled together for the photo, and Cal continued to smile to himself, probably oblivious to the punishment that awaited him once the cameras were off. Was it worth it, Cal? It didn t take long for people who had been watching the day s swearing-in ceremonies on C-Span to warm to Cal s move.

9 Jon please clip the mock swearing in of Rep. Roger Marshall. Paul Ryan chided young guy (son?) to stop dabbing 3 Jan Jeremy Here's the clip. pic.twitter.com/xsm1eqxank 4:05 PM - 3 Jan ,363 4,395 By Tuesday evening, Mr. Ryan had, apparently, spoken with a staff member who explained that he d been involved in a joke. Just finished swearing-in photos, he tweeted. Nearly 300 members. Countless cute kids. ill don t get what dabbing is, though. Cal is, depending on which corner of the internet you subscribe to, a spoiled brat who ruined one of the biggest days of his father s life, or a true American hero who saw his opportunity and seized it. In the end, the only opinion that matters is his parents. As of Tuesday afternoon, Cal is apparently grounded.

10 Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 1/11/17- Day 4 ATB: What s Going On in This Picture? Type 1: After looking closely at the image above, answer the three questions below in one paragraph. 1. What is going on in this picture? 2. What do you see that makes you say that? 3. What more can you find? Activities: 1. Read chapters in Slake s Limbo 2. Complete Slake s Limbo Questions and Vocabulary Obj. 1. Demonstrate how to make inferences with unfamiliar pictures. 2. Using the five elements of a story (plot, character, conflict, theme and setting) summarize the novel Slake s Limbo.

11 Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 1/12/17 Day 5 ATB: Word of the Day Copy the definition of the word below and answer the multiple choice question. insurmountable \ˌin(t)-sər-ˈmau n-təbəl\ adjective 1. not capable of being surmounted or overcome 2. impossible to surmount Which of the following is the most insurmountable? A. a stream in the middle of a forest B. the tallest mountain in the world C. a horse without a saddle D. an upward sloping street Activities: 1. NYC Subway Quiz on activity questions 2. Vocabulary Unit 4 Retest 3. Slake s Limbo ory Pyramid and Paragraph Summary See Directions Below. All work is to be completed in class and handed in by the end of class on Tuesday 1/17/17. Obj. 1. Using the five elements of a story (plot, character, conflict, theme and setting) summarize the novel Slake s Limbo.

12 Second Quarter ory Summary #1 Due by the end of class Tuesday After reading the novel Slake s Limbo complete the ory Pyramid udent Task Sheet. Type 3: Write a one paragraph summary for the story Slake s Limbo FCA #1 Topic Sentence with T T, AT FCA #2 Circle and label 3 of the five elements of a story in your paragraph FCA #3 Paragraph follows pyramid diagram.

13 NAME DATE STORY PYRAMID udent Task Sheet Directions: Fill in the pyramid with the following information. Use your completed story pyramid as an outline for independently writing a one-paragraph summary of the literary work you read. Line 1. Write the theme of the literary work. Line 2. Write the first and last name of the main character (if applicable) or write the first name of the main character and the name of another important character. Line 3. Write three characteristics of the main character (3 adjectives to describe this character). Line 4. Write four words that describe the setting. Line 5. Write five words to classify the kind of literary work that was read. Line 6. Using six words, write a sentence that states the problem or conflict in the literary work. Line 7. Using seven words, write a sentence that tells about an important event in the literary work. Line 8. Using eight words, write a sentence that tells about the solution to the problem or conflict in the literary work. STORY PYRAMID ASSESSMENT 2A.C

14 # FCA FCA FCA pts. pts. pts. Name Date X Title: X X X X X X X X X X

15 Topic Sentence with T T AT T Type of Literary Work (Short ory, Novel, Poem etc ) T Title in quotes (Don t forget the comma) A Author T Theme (Short statement that explains lesson or moral of the literary work) In the (Type of Literary Work) ( Title in Quotes), (Author) (synonym for teaches) that (short statement for theme.) Example: In the short story Seventh Grade, Gary Soto demonstrates that love makes us do crazy things.

16 Mr. Kochis 7 th Grade Reading 1/13/17 Day 1 ATB: Academic Vocabulary Write the definition and answer the question below for the word Support. Definition: offer evidence or data in order to illustrate your point Synonyms: cite justify maintain Type 2: List three things from the novel Slake s Limbo to support the opinion that Slake was intelligent. Activities: 1. Slake s Limbo Video Summary Watch the video via the link below and identify the components in the video you can use in your summaries Slake s Limbo Review Read the review below of Slake s Limbo. Do you agree with the review. 3. Slake s Limbo ory Summaries Obj. 1. List character traits that describe Aremis Slake. 2. Explain the theme of the novel Slakes Limbo.

17 Letter to My Younger Self: Read Slake s Limbo! A Review of Slake s Limbo by Felice Holman (1974) er-to-my-younger-self-read-slakes-limbo/ by REBECCA, February 25, 2013 I first mentioned Slake s Limbo in my post YA Summer Survival Kit: A Crash Course for the Apocalypse: A List of Books That Teach Us How To Do Important uff, in the section on how to Survive Urban(-ish) Perils. I hadn t read the book when I wrote that post, only heard about it, so I ve been keeping an eye out for a copy ever since. The other day bless the Fates! I found a copy in perfect condition at a used book store in town. It s a really skinny book, so I almost overlooked it, but it was like it was waiting for me. Total time it took to read? Oh, maybe an hour, spread out because I kept it in the kitchen and read it while waiting for bread to toast, etc. But, man, did it pack a punch. And, while I think I might be too old to experience the favoriteness that I would have felt about this book if I had read it when I was ten or eleven that glorious age of The Outsiders and Rumble Fish I still thought it was wonderful.

18 Thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake is bullied at school and abused by his aunt, with whom he lives. Finally, one day, a group of bullies from school are chasing Slake and he ducks into the subway to escape them. He rides the trains idly all day and finally realizes that there s no reason he needs to go back to his life at all. So he doesn t. He finds a little alcove in a subway tunnel and lives there, reselling newspapers for money, ducking beneath the turnstiles to ride the rails, and making friends with a rat. Slake s Limbo is written in 1974, so there s a very particular feel to the atmosphere of subterranean New York City. Its version of New York reminded me a little of Harriet the Spy s, written ten years earlier. There is the grit and dirt of the city here, certainly (far moreso than in Harriet s Upper East Side), but also that air of more-innocent-times that seems to cling to narratives set before the eighties. Slake becomes acquainted with several regular newspaper customers on the train platform and even their interactions feel of another time. Maybe it s because I ve been reading a lot of very contemporary YA novels recently, but I m feeling the distance between now and then a lot lately... As I said, this is a very slim book about 115 pages in my copy, with its (very) 1986 cover illustration and maybe that s why its lyricism hit me. We are told everything about Slake, a narrative device that is frowned upon. Yet, it s a very personal book, and the description

19 of Slake s spaces takes his interiority. I kind of think that this is the same story that we might read in an Adam Rapp novel, say, but written from the outside-in rather than the inside-out. The heartbreak is all here, but its stated baldly and without sympathy as opposed to being expressed through action. Yeah, I think Slake s Limbo and Punkzilla (2009) should be book friends. Also, did I mention that the prose is 70% concrete and 30% feathers?: Just before he awoke, it seemed, Slake would dream that a bird had come to the sooty window, open just enough to keep him from asphyxiating... that it had come to the sill and perched there, perilously near the inner edge so that it might, at any moment, fall or fly into the room. In his fear that this small creature of the air might blunder into this hostile place, Slake would open his mouth to cry out. As he did so, the bird woud lean forward and land in Slake s mouth. Then Slake swallowed it. Slake would awake, gagging (7). Slake escapes from the hostility of his above-ground home and into a subterranean room of his own. Never good at anything in his life, he quickly finds himself quite capable of surviving, making enough money to eat, learning the routes of all the trains, even feeding a rat hungrier than himself. I can t tell you precisely what made Slake s Limbo so compelling to me, exactly. It s simple, clean, and lovely, that s all. I will now go to the library and try to check out everything else that Felice Holman has ever written. Note: there is an audiobook version of Slake s Limbo read by Neil Patrick Harris! How delightful. readalikes

20 Punkzilla by Adam Rapp (2009). Runaway Punkzilla hops a crosscountry bus from Portland to Memphis to see his dying brother for the first time in years. On the ride, he catalogues his misadventures in Portland in a very unique voice. ick by Andrew Smith (2011). When ick s abusive father finds out that his older brother, Bosten is gay, Bosten has to leave home for his safety. ick sets off on a grueling road trip to find Bosten. My full review of ick is here.

21 Skellig by David Almond (1998). This is short British novel about a young boy whose sister is sick and who finds a bird-man-angel dripping with bugs in his shed, so of course I love it. The bird-manangel eats Chinese food, for god s sake. Skellig is a very simple story, but its elliptical quality makes it haunting and very rereadable. Have you read anything by Felice Holman? How do I not know her? Please advise.

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23 Themes List (Quotations, Mottos, Proverbs and Old Sayings) Prejudice Things are not always as they appear. Things are usually not as bad as you think they will be. Look for the golden lining. Beauty is only skin deep. Prejudice leads to: wrong conclusions, violence, false perceptions, a vicious cycle, oppression. o Don t judge a book by its cover. o Mercy triumphs over judgment. Beware of strangers. People from other cultures are really very much like us. Look before you leap. Belief Believe in yourself. To succeed, we must first believe that we can. Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert. The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities. Moral skepticism can result in distance, coldness, and cruelty. Change People are afraid of change but things always change. Things are usually not as bad as you think they will be. Knowledge can help us prepare for the future. Forewarned is forearmed. It is impossible to be certain about things. Good and Evil Good triumphs over evil. Evil is punished and good is rewarded. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Bullies can be overcome. Good manners have positive results. Greed leads to negative outcomes: suffering, disaster, catastrophe, evil, callousness, arrogance, megalomania. It is possible to survive against all odds. Jealousy leads to negative outcomes: guilt, resentment, loneliness, violence, madness. Good and evil coexist. Love Treat others as you want to be treated. Act kindly without seeking ultimate reasons. Practice random acts of kindness. Love is blind. Love triumphs over all: hate, selfishness, cruelty, tragedy, death Love one another. Love your neighbor. Non-human animals are beings with rights that deserve protection. Read It, Write It, Tell It 77 Mood & Setting Annie Oakley

24 Theme Love (continued) Friends are a person s most valuable possession. Blood is thicker than water. When in love, one must suffer. Love is a force for happiness and fulfillment. One should be willing to sacrifice for the person one loves. Politics Follow the rules. Our system of government is better than other systems. Our system of government would be better if we would change. Rules are there to protect and help us. Personal freedoms, like those listed in the United ates Bill of Rights, are good and necessary. Personal freedoms have gone too far and must be curtailed. Freedom cannot exist without personal responsibility. Freedom is worth fighting (or dying) for. Peace is worth fighting (or dying) for. Our system of government is worth fighting (or dying) for. Growing up Growing up is a great time of life. Growing up is a challenge for everyone. It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a family to raise a child. Good communication between generations leads to: satisfaction, understanding, better relationships, cooperation. Ambition Too much ambition leads negative results: self-destruction, envy, greed, neurosis, downfall. One needs ambition in order to succeed. Hard work can bring a great reward. We grow small trying to be great. Goals are dreams we convert to plans and take action to fulfill. Courage and Fear Understanding feelings of cowardice. Accepting a challenge leads to positive results. One can be courageous and cowardly at the same time. Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Face your fears. Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. Intentions Actions speak louder than words. It s not the gift that counts. Don t cry over spilled milk. It is difficult to say who does you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best. Read It, Write It, Tell It 78 Themes, Patterns & Symbols N. Armstrong

25 Theme Knowledge Knowledge is power. Ignorance is bliss. Ignorance is never better than knowledge. If you have knowledge, use it to help others. Know your enemy. Too much learning is a dangerous thing. Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it. Perseverance Never give up. Try, try again. When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running. To protect those who are not able to protect themselves is a duty which every one owes to society. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers. Happiness Enjoy life while you can. Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Happiness depends upon ourselves. To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own. Truth You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also. Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive! Read It, Write It, Tell It 79 Themes, Patterns & Symbols N. Armstrong