Gandalf's Disappearances

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

After today I should be able to: summarize how the concepts of art and beauty show up in the The Hobbit

Reading: Today you should be on page 153.

Agenda:

1. Take time to work on you annotations. You should have:
1. Three annotations for chapter 6
2. Two annotations for chapter 7
3. Four annotations for chapter 8
2. Analyze the times that Gandalf disappears.
1. Use this digital copy of the book to search for when he leaves the group.
1. Why does he leave? What does he say? Who notices?
2. What is going at that time? Why happens while he is gone?
3. What does he do when he returns? What does he say?

The Hobbit Reading Schedule:

1. Week 9 (10/2-10/13) TH chapters 1-5, pages 3-99
2. Week 10 (10/16-10/20) TH chapters 6-8, pages 100-184
3. Week 11 (10/23-10/27) TH chapters 9-13, pages 185-265 
4. Week 12 (10/30-11/3) TH chapters 14-19, pages 266-365

Homework:

1. The Hobbit Chapters 7 through 10. It is due by Sunday at 9PM.
2. Read your independent reading book.