Mr.Kochis–7thGradeReading12/19/16-Day3ATB:WordoftheDayCopythedefinitionofthewordbelowandanswerthemultiplechoicequestion.

introvert \ˈin-trə-ˌvərt\ noun and verb noun: (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and become preoccupied with private thoughts verb: fold inward Which of the following people would most likely be considered an introvert? A. a teen who prefers reading at home to attending parties B. a fourth grader who sees a tutor for extra help in math C. a man who eats lavish meals made with expensive ingredients D. a woman who is starting her own consulting business http://nyti.ms/2i6tPfFActivities:1.Slake’sLimboChps.3-5Quiz2.GradeCalculationQuiz2.SecondQuarterArticlesummaryduebeforetheholidaybreak.

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Obj.1.ListthekeyeventsinthenovelSlake’sLimbo.2.Summarizeanonfictionarticle.

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YOUR MONEY | SKETCH GUY

More Money, More Success, MoreStuff? Don’t Count on MoreHappinessBy CARL RICHARDS JULY 25, 2016

What is the one thing that, if you could just get your hands on it, would make youmuch happier?

Go ahead. Get out a piece of paper and write down the first thing that popsinto your head.

Got it?

O.K., now fess up. Who wrote something about a new car? How about apromotion? A bigger house? A raise? A yacht? But if you wrote down almostanything at all (except a wish for deeper and more long-lasting relationships),you’re probably wrong.

It turns out that happiness doesn’t come from more money, more stuff or evenbig life events like getting a raise or landing that dream job.

A study from the 1970s by Philip Brickman, Dan Coates and Ronnie Janoff-Bulman for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology even found thatlottery winners took less satisfaction than nonlottery winners in everyday events,and in general, they were not any happier than those who didn’t win the lottery.

If winning the lottery doesn’t bring happiness, how likely is it that a new boatwill?

Not long after my wife and I married, we were walking around in a Salt LakeCity park, superexcited to be newlyweds and with big dreams about the future. Westarted talking about money. While I can’t recall the exact number, I do remembersaying something like, “If I can just make X dollars, we’ll be so much happier.”

It seems so shallow to think that some thing or number will make me happier.But then I realize how often I have heard others say it, too. Even more common ishow often I see that underlying assumption play out in our behavior.

We pass up life-changing experiences because we’re on track to becomepartner. We skip meaningful time with our families so we can respond to one moreemail. I assume this is all in pursuit of something out there that we think will makeus happier.

Unfortunately, this pursuit is futile. In fact, academics have a name for thiscycle, which involves fixating on what we don’t have, actually getting that thing, notending up any happier and then fixating on something else. They call it the hedonictreadmill. Despite all our efforts, we never get anywhere. We experience small upsand downs, but by and large, our happiness stays the same.

Starting to feel exhausted? I know I am. I’ve been on the hedonic treadmill forover 20 years. I’m sick of putting happiness on some unattainable pedestal justaround the corner, forever out of reach.

This treadmill is so exhausting that just writing about it is making me tired. SoI’m trying something different now. Instead of hopping on that thing eachmorning, hoping that day is the day it will make me measurably happier — and forme, that has meant skis, houses and plenty of other stuff — I’m moving. I’m leavingthe country for a year and heading to New Zealand.

I’ll still be writing and working, but I’ll also be leading my family on anincredible adventure, while trying to spend more meaningful time doing thingsthat actually bring me (and them) happiness. Because you can’t really find it on atreadmill, and hopping off seems like our quickest route to being as happy as wepossibly can be.

Check back here to hear more about how it all goes.

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Mr.Kochis–7thGradeReading12/20/16-Day4ATB:PicturePrompt

Type1Inatleastoneparagraph,writetheintroductiontoastory

thatincludesatleastthreeelementsfromtheillustrationabove.

Circletheelementsyouusedintheparagraph.Whenyouare

finishedwritingtheintroductionusethelink

http://nyti.ms/2gS4poQtoreadthearticleassociatedwiththe

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Activities:1.ReadChapters6-8inSlake’sLimbo2.CompleteChapters6-8QuestionsforSlake’sLimbo

Obj.1.InferthethemeofthenovelSlake’sLimbo.

2.InterprettherelationshipbetweenWillisJoeandAremisSlakeinthenovelSlake’sLimbo.

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? �

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 12- 15 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, https://quizlet.com/105009366/slakes-limbo-vocabulary-flash-cards/

Mr.Kochis–7thGradeReading12/21/16-Day5ATB:AcademicVocabularyWritethedefinitionandanswerthequestionbelowforthewordIntegrate.Definition: make whole by combining the different parts into one

combine • incorporate • synthesize Type 1. List 3 ways you can integrate exercise into you daily

routines.

Activities:1.CompleteChapters6-8QuestionsforSlake’sLimbo2.VocabularyCardsforChapters6-8(buoyancy–festooned)inSlake’sLimboSlakesLimboQuizThursday12/22

Obj.1.Usecontextcluestodefinevocabularywords.2.DescribetherelationshipbetweenthewaitressattheluncheonetteandAremisSlake.

Mr.Kochis–7thGradeReading 12/22/16-Day1ATB:PicturePrompt

What are your traditions this time of year, whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, the winter solstice or anything else? Where do you go and what do you do? With whom do you generally spend it? What food do you eat? Has your usual tradition ever been up-ended by weather or anything else? How did you cope? Type 1. Answer the questions above in one paragraph or more. http://nyti.ms/2i9XCUT Activities:1.Chapters6-8QuizforSlake’sLimbo2.ArticleSummary#1SecondQuarterDuebyFriday12/23Obj.1.SummarizetheimportanteventsinSlake’sLimbo.2.Summarizeanonfictionnewspaperarticle.