The document provides instructions for journal entries about the novel The House of the Spirits. Students are asked to create a family tree of the del Valle-Trueba family including generations from Nivea and Severo to Alba. For their literature dot assignment, students must choose one of three roles - Discussion Director, Connection Maker, or Word Wizard - to analyze a section of the novel and include relevant quotes and page numbers in their response. The homework includes finishing any unfinished literature dot assignments, reading a section of the novel, and studying for an upcoming final test on The House of the Spirits.

1. Journal #27: Family Tree
 In your journals:
 Create a family tree for the del Valle-Trueba
family.
 Include each generation beginning with
Nivea and Severo and finishing with Alba.
 List other characters you also find
important.

2. Journal 28: Literature Dot
• Choose one of the 3 to do for the section we just read:
• Discussion Director - write questions to guide thoughtful
class discussion
• at least 1 question
• write down the page number with the quote that inspired the
question
• Connection Maker – write connections between the
book and anything outside of the book
• Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-World
• at least 1 connections
• include page number of the quote that inspired the connection
• Word Wizard - search for unusual word choice or
description or defines words the class may not know
• at least 2 words
• write down the page numbers of the quotes that have the word

3. Journal 28: Literature Dot
• Choose one of the 3 to do for the section we just read. Choose a
different one from the one you chose before:
• Choose one of the 3 to do for the section we just read:
• Discussion Director - write questions to guide thoughtful class
discussion
• at least 1 question
• write down the page number with the quote that inspired the
question
• Connection Maker – write connections between the book and
anything outside of the book
• Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-World
• at least 1 connections
• include page number of the quote that inspired the connection
• Word Wizard - search for unusual word choice or description
or defines words the class may not know
• at least 2 words
• write down the page numbers of the quotes that have the word

4. Journal #28: Literature Dot
• Choose one of the 3 to do for the section we just read. Choose the
role you haven’t done yet:
• Choose one of the 3 to do for the section we just read:
• Discussion Director - write questions to guide thoughtful class
discussion
• at least 1 question
• write down the page number with the quote that inspired the
question
• Connection Maker – write connections between the book and
anything outside of the book
• Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-World
• at least 1 connections
• include page number of the quote that inspired the connection
• Word Wizard - search for unusual word choice or description
or defines words the class may not know
• at least 2 words
• write down the page numbers of the quotes that have the word

5. HOMEWORK
 READING: The House of the Spirits p384-404
 LITERATURE DOT: Complete any of the roles you
didn’t finish during literature dot. Include quotes,
page numbers, etc.
 STUDY: Study for The House of the Spirits Final
Test! Test will be taken on Tuesday (April
20th)/Wednesday (April 21st). See study guide.