Mrs. Griz    

Here is link to a version that has audio with it too:
http://content.loudlit.org/audio/fire/pages/01_01_fire.htm

Also, e-notes has vocabulary help, and an option to download the PDF:
http://www.enotes.com/build-fire-text/Build-Fire?start=5

Full text from jacklondons.net:
http://www.jacklondons.net/buildafire.html

Please find a few biographical facts on Jack London for Monday's class!!!

Interactive Question: If you were the dog in "To Build a Fire" what would be your point of view?

Please read the story "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote.

Homework Questions: Answer the following questions using specifics from the story. Turn the answers in Monday, August 23rd in class.

1. Describe the setting of the story as described in the first paragraph.

2. What do we learn about Buddy's Friend in the first few paragraphs of the story?

3. The story describes the baby carriage as a "faithful object" what do you think this means? Give evidence from the story.

4. What do Buddy and his friend do to make sure that they do not have exactly $13.00?

5. Where did Mr. Haha Jones get his name?

6. Do you agree with Mr. Haha's reputation, why or why not?

7. "...my friend gently reflects: 'I doubt it. There's never two of anything.' " What do you think Buddy's friend means by this? Is there a deeper level of meaning?

8. What is this quote an example of? "..but the beginnings of dawn splash us like cold water..."

9. How does "life separate" the two friends?

10. Re-read the last paragraph, how does the author effectively use simile to describe the grief he feels?

Interactive Question: Answer this question here on the blog.

What was the most vivid part of this short story in your mind and why?


Be ready to discuss the story in class!!!

Are you enjoying your last few days of summer? I hope you have had a good break from schoolwork and that you are refreshed and ready to hit the books ;).
I am really looking forward to getting to know you all this Monday, I feel like this is going to be a really great class!

Make sure you get a chance to sign up for your engrade account, purchase your Journals (you WILL need those on the first day) and track down a vocabulary book.

Feel free to leave a comment here and tell us what the best part of your summer was...
See you all very soon!