The+Last+Leaf+and++A+Furnished+Room


 * The Last Leaf:**


 * Fill out a [|plot diagram] for The Last Leaf - put your name on it and hand into basket**

humor at beginning then a very serious tone
 * Joanna Johnsy**
 * Sue Sudie**
 * Mr. Behrman**

Conflict
 * Plot?**


 * New York City Greenwich Village Artist district**

**The Furnished Room:**

Olfactory Sense - sense of smell

"Second, the limbic system of the brain, which receives information from the chemoreceptors about a particular odor, not only mediates mood and emotion, but also serves as a memory storage area [|(4)] . This common junction, where memories, emotions and odors meet, explains why smell is often an intense trigger for distinct memories and potent emotions."

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1815

Text with links to vocab meanings -[| The Furnished Room]

[|Audio and text together] - no vocab though.


 * Fill out a [|plot diagram] for The Furnished Room - put your name on it and hand into basket**


 * Characters:**
 * Eloise Vashner**
 * The man looking to rent a room**
 * Mrs. Purdy - the land lady who rents out the rooms**

**Activity: Creating newspaper articles and a newspaper page**


 * 5 Ws and an H - Who, When, Where, What, Why, and How - Intro paragraph of article contains these**
 * Story details come out and are developed in paragraphs that follow.**


 * News paper articles sample: [[file:crash.pdf]]**


 * [|Newspapers online] - find a news article with a good lead paragraph**


 * [|Newspaper Terms]**


 * [[file:Two Page Template.template]] - now has a second page available**


 * Create two articles reporting on two events in New York City, one is the death of an aged aspiring artist who had**
 * always wanted to paint a masterpiece, and the other is the suicide of a young man in a furnished room. (furnished apartment).**


 * [|Polychrome] Mountain Range in Denali National Park, Alaska.**