8th+Grade+Unit+1


 * __Flowers for Algernon__**

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 * __The Circuit__**

Periods 4 and 5: Answer questions 4, 8, 9, 11, 13 on a piece of paper. If you do not finish this in class, it will be homework. The questions and story will be posted to the wikispace if you need to access them.

4. How do you think Panchito will cope with having to move yet again? 8. **Interpret** Is "The Circuit" an effective title? Explain. What idea about life does the title establish and reinforce? 9. **Evaluate** Why do you think Jimenez ends the story so abruptly? Do you think this is an effective choice? Why or why not? 11. **Identify** What mood did you sense through-out the story? What words help set the mood? 13. **Draw Conclusions** Although it is usually defined as the time and place of a story, the **setting** can include other information. What do you learn about migrant workers' customs, foods, and lifestyle from the story's setting?

Periods 1, 2, and 7: Answer questions 2, 4, 8, 9, 13 on a separate piece of paper. If you do not finish this in class, it will be homework. The questions and story will be posted to the wikispace if you need to access them.

2. Why does the narrator, Panchito, consider Mr. Lema his best friend? 4. How do you think Panchito will cope with having to move yet again? 8. **Interpret** Is "The Circuit" an effective title? Explain. What idea about life does the title establish and reinforce? 9. **Evaluate** Why do you think Jimenez ends the story so abruptly? Do you think this is an effective choice? Why or why not? 13. **Draw Conclusions** Although it is usually defined as the time and place of a story, the **setting** can include other information. What do you learn about migrant workers' customs, foods, and lifestyle from the story's setting?

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