Period 1:

Today we talked about our vocabulary words (see the post from yesterday for the list and PowerPoint) and analyzed the Trackerjacker passage from the Hunger Games. (Chapter 14)

Period 3, 4, 6, and 7:

• Vocabulary (words 1-8)
• HG – Katniss-in-the-tree-scene and revising your Reaping POV scene
• Test over The Hunger Games next Monday (September 30)
• Homework: Google Trends, due THURSDAY – see below for instructions if you lost the sheet I gave you
• Second Summer Reading (Kite Runner, Joy Luck Club, or Life of Pi) Project is due a week from Wednesday (October 2) – must be printed and turned in (my email can’t handle that many submissions)
• I *think* your reaping scene final drafts are going to be due on NEXT Friday (October 4)

Homework for September 24, 2013 – Word Usage, Trends, and Cycles

1.     Go to www.google.com/trends

2.     Search for a word that you think will bring up interesting results.

3.     Play with and adjust the results criteria right underneath the search box, particularly search location (are you looking worldwide or just in a particular country?) and search dates (between what two dates do you want the data?).

4.     Print off the page.

5.     Annotate it – make notes about interesting things that you find, and analyze the data – are at a unique conclusion, and tell me something interesting about this. You can comment on a) the cycle or pattern displayed in the graph, the geographic locations in which the search is most prevalent, or the related searches that are popular (or all of them!).

6.     Repeat for one other word.

Staple your two word sheets together. Put your name and period on the top. If your printer is broken/out of ink/home to a family or gerbils, you can print this in the library. You cannot ask me to go print this in the library the class period that it’s due. Speaking of which, this is due Thursday, September 26.

**As a final note – really, really try to choose interesting words. As in our Google etymology homework, they do not need to be words that you don’t know – what I am most looking for is that you have chosen words that will give you a good mental exercise, kind of an a-ha! moment!