Remember: Your Reading Counts points are due by Thursday, March 14. Today, I put your Reading Counts points in PowerSchool, but you have until Thursday to read books and take tests.
Third Quarter Points (from 1/8/19--3/14/19)
(due March 14, 2019)
Points earned in Reading Counts
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Grade
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27-30
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A
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24-26
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B
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21-23
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C
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18-20
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D
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17 or fewer
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F
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Section 1 Geography and Early Japan”, p. 198-203
- Japan is only 20 percent flat land. How has that shaped the lives of the Japanese?
- Japan is a collection of islands. Describe two ways that has shaped the lives of Japanese people.
- What two countries are the closest to Japan? How have those short distances helped shape Japanese culture?
- Are most of Japan’s major cities in the interior or on the coast? Why do you think this is?
- What are the two theories about how the Ainu reached Japan?
- Describe three characteristics of the first Japanese (how they lived, worshipped, believed, etc.)
- When entering a Shinto shrine, what must people pass through? What does it symbolize?
- How did emperors take power in Japan?
- List four influences from China or Korea on Japanese language, philosophy, religion, and language.
- Which influence from above do you think is the most important and why?
- The Samurai's Tale Comprehension questions Preface
- What does the narrator compare the man, his daughter, and the ox to?
- What does the narrator mean when he writes “For they will always be with us”?
- What simile does the narrator use to describe the great lords? What does the narrator mean?
- Who was the narrator’s father? What happened to him?
Chapter 1”In Blood We Are All Born”- Where does his mother hide him?
- What happens to his mother and brothers?
- Why won’t the samurai Akiyama let Taro keep his father’s name?
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