Come in have a seat and read your independent novel for 10 minutes Come in have a seat and read your independent novel for 10 minutes. (SILENT ACTIVITY) Tardy Bell Activity If you do not have a book to read, get a book off the white table by the board.

Wednesday November 30, 2016 Today you will need: Your novel A pencil Book Talk Signature Page (EXEMPT STUDENTS ONLY) Central Idea and/or Summary Assignment Bell Challenge Handout

Wednesday November 30, 2016 Today’s Agenda Bell Challenge – Mentor Text Sentences Review Lesson Completion – Central Idea & Accurate Summaries Review Lesson – Close Reading & Annotating Outcast United – Reading, Activity, & Written Response Exit Ticket – Grammar Study

Bell Challenge Invitation to Compare & Contrast Compare and contrast the new mentor sentence from yesterday with the imitation sentence below. Discuss in your group how they are alike and how they are different. IMITATION SENTENCE When Moriah is sleepy, her mother wraps her in her favorite Minions blanket, puts on some music--something slow and calming—and rocks her to sleep. MENTOR SENTENCE When Luma was grieving, she liked to get into her daffodil-yellow Volkswagen Beetle, put on some music—something fast and peppy—and simply drive..

At the end of today’s lesson, we will close read, analyze, & discuss chapters 4 & 5 of Outcast United by Warren St. John for central idea, characterization, and point of view. Criteria for Success…

Review Lesson Completion Accurate Summaries Using the summarizing strategies that you learned in this lesson, choose one of the following chapters and write an accurate summary. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Central Ideas Read the passage Music Inside of Us. Complete the central idea graphic organizer. Write an accurate summary of the text using textual evidence.

Close Reading & Annotating Lesson Review

Outcast United Independent Task Read close chapters 4 “Alone Down South” & chapter 5 “The Fugees Are Born” Purpose for reading: Luma’s character, Luma’s girl’s soccer team, when Luma first meets the refugees, and the birth of the boys soccer team. After reading, respond to the following short answer questions using the R.A.C.E. strategy: What characteristics & values did Luma notice in the refugee boys’ pick-up soccer matches that attracted her to these players? What does the chapter title, “Alone Down South,” lead readers believe the chapter will be about? Is that expectation fulfilled? What other, perhaps more informative, titles could be given to this chapter? Chapter 5 focuses on the first soccer tryouts. How does the fact that St. John wrote a chapter about Beatrice and her boys, help readers follow the developments in this chapter?

Exit Ticket Review – Grammar Study

Exit Ticket – Grammar Study