Sunday, May 22, 2016

May 23, 26, 27

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May 23
 Portuguese Exam - study period for those remaining

May 26
Criterion B  - Chapter 8 reading test -   Fourteen Minutes Past Two   pp.105-117

Homework:  Read Chapter 9

May 27
A Minute Past Three

1. Like the other chapters, this chapter opens with Tommo staying awake all through the night. Describe how you think he might be feeling at this time.
2. Why do you think the soldiers are relieved to be going to the front?
3. Why does Tommo imagine that he can almost taste humbugs?
4. What kind of food do Tommo and Charlie eat at the estaminet?
5. The soldiers have a nickname for the town of Ypres in Belgium which is being pounded by bombs. What is it?
6. If the ‘Hun prisoner’ was asked to write a few lines about his ordeal, what would he say, do you think?

Homework:  Read Twenty-five Past Three

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