GT and I completed one unit of the vocabulary book. We began a new unit. We studied the words and their pronunciations. We began doing some of the application activities. We then continued our study of the novel. The section of the book that GT had read for homework is titled "The Accordionist." So I played my 48 base accordion for GT this morning. I'm not very good, but GT enjoyed it. It really is an important object in our novel. We discussed what it symbolizes and why it is important. We also discussed thoroughly the pages GT had read. We also previewed the essay questions that GT will answer as his evaluation for this part of the novel. He will continue reading for homework.