Block Day, September 18-19 ~ The Hobbit Ch.5 Gollum

EQ: How does the use of riddles and songs enrich Tolkien's writing style?

ROOTS:
  • greg - herd
  • hypn - sleep
  • helio - sun
Trivia.... Using your knowledge of prefixes and roots...
  • What word means an obsession with self?
  • What word means a piece of writing that is at upon the top scale of wit.
  • What word means to carry food with in your body?
GRAMMAR
  • Click here to practice identifying Fused Sentences and Comma Splices.
  • Now move into a little practice using commas. Click here.
ARE YOU A RIDDLER?
  • Ten men were in a boat on the river Ganga. The boat turns over, and all men sink to the bottom of the river, yet not a single man got wet! Why?
  • Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
  • I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
  • How can a pants pocket be empty and still have something in it?
  • In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower– everything was pink! What color is the staircase?
  • If I drink, I die. If i eat, I am fine. What am I?
  • Throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What is it?
  • Now you write an original riddle for our class. Due next week!
DISCUSS: Numbered Heads Style
  • What kinds of technological inventions have the Goblins made? p.59
  • In what ways so far, has Bilbo been an unintentional hero? Why do you think Tolkien allows him to be so lucky?
  • How would you describe the relationship between the giants and nature?
  • How about the Goblins and nature?
  • Name as many quotes with foreshadowing as you can find in Ch. 4
  • Cite as many references as you can find to light or dark in Ch.4.
HW: Read Ch.5 and do Journal 6
Journal 6: Consider Gollum: How does he embody evil? What was he like before finding the ring? Describe Gollum’s corruption through its power. Find a passage that explains the transformation.