We will continue to cover the story "The Dog of Pompeii" this week. We will cover imagery, and figurative language. Make sure that to turn in all assignments on time to avoid getting points deducted from your grade.
*The following are review questions on the story "The Dog of Pompeii"
1. Who is Bimbo and Tito?
2. About how old is Tito?
3. How many times a day does Bimbo trusts that Tito could stay alone? Be specific and give page numbers to support your answer.
4. How did Bimbo and Tito get their food in order to survive daily?
5.When the author wrote" Tito could really see more with his ears and nose than they could with their eyes", what does that mean?
6. What could be found in the forum? Describe what it looks like Use details from text.
7. What is the bathmaster Rufus, trying to give warning about?
8. Why is Bimbo tugging Tito and why is the air smokey?
9. Rufus said " Those who will not listen to men must be taught by the gods", were the gods teaching people of Pompeii a lesson or was something else is really going on during the scene of people running, Bimbo tugging Tito?
10.Bimbo got Tito to safety and then left, where do you think he left to and why?
*The Dog of Pompeii Project
Students are to pick a picture, which ever they want, that represents something from the story and create a mosaic . Students are to write a short explanation on why they choose the picture and how does it represents the story. The fallowing are some examples of mosaics:
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