Feb 19 2025 District Reading Assessment & No Fixed Address Continue - Vocab & This Town Was Paradise

1st & 2nd Half.

15 min silent read. 

Complete the assigned reading - Gore.

Complete District Reading Assessment 


If Time - No Fixed Address Continue. October Cont. . .

Page 81-106

Vocab: To Define.

A.O.F. - After Original Felix 

Precocious

Slumps - periods of depression re: Astrid - typically 3 days.

M.C.F.D. - Ministry of Child and Family Dept.

Doused 

Discombobulated 

Hankering

Biases 

Quaver

Recession

Mc Job - min. wage job - e.g. McDonalds

Lorded  

Note: Audible Ch 13-Ch 15 - start at Ch 16 next class.


This Town Was Paradise, Then Everyone Started Working From Home




1. Are there any similarities you noted re: what is happening in Crested Butte and what is happening in Revy? Why or why not?

2. How do you think the expansion of remote work opportunities affects housing availability in ski towns? 

3. How would you suggest that Crested Butte OR Revy work to solve their/our affordable housing shortage? 

Presentations Re: Group Work.  

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