Dear students,
as promised here comes the homework and reading assignment for Tuesday (24/05/11)!
1. Please re-read chapter "fifty-eight days before" (p. 78-83) and write a SHORT summary (4 sentences) about the chapter.
2. Below you will find the extract we are going to deal with on Tuesday. Please re-read the extract carefully and look up unknown words.
“Pudge,“ she said, faux-condescending, “the sound is an integral part of the artistic experience of this video game. Muting Decapitation would be like reading only every other word of Jane Eyre. The Colonel woke up about half an hour ago. He seemed a little annoyed, so I told him to go sleep in my room.”
“Maybe I’ll join him,” I said groggily.
Rather than answering my question, she remarked, “So I heard Takumi told you. Yeah, I ratted out Marya, and I’m sorry, and I’ll never do it again. In other news, are you staying here for Thanksgiving? Because I am.”
I rolled back toward the wall and pulled the comforter over my head. I didn’t know whether to trust Alaska, and I’d certainly had enough of her unpredictability – cold one day, sweet the next; irresistibly flirty one moment, resistibly obnoxious the next. I preferred the Colonel: At least when he was cranky, he had a reason. Looking for Alaska P. 78-79
