Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet. Read the slogans and answer the two questions. 1/14, 1/15 Life is not about finding yourself. It is about creating yourself. 2. The day was a waste if I am not exhausted at its end because I tried so hard. 3. My life will change when I give it permission. Answer the following questions: Which quote do you think applies to you the most? In Ask Me No Questions, which character doesn’t allow others to control her life? Begin working on Interactive Reading/ iPractices/ Independent Reading.

1. What context clues are included in each of the following sentences in order to determine the meanings of each word? 2. What does each word mean?

Flagging: weakening; giving up After chasing ____________, the Tasmanian Devil could feel his energy flagging. Fund: an amount of money that is set aside for a particular purpose John put his ___________ into a fund in hopes that he could buy a real Tasmanian Devil one day.

Michael Regina - Creator of Adamsville - Biography Became obsessed with stories when I saw the movie JAWS at the age of 3. Started creating my first comics in the 3rd grade. Studied fine art at the University of North Florida. Worked in television for First Coast News. Worked on the Amulet graphic novel series from Scholastic and learned much about making my own books. Adamsville is my first graphic novel series and will end with the third book, coming out this year.

Freelance Illustrator Jonny Jimison Author/Artist of The Dragon Lord Saga series of Graphic Novels Freelance Illustrator from Jacksonville, Florida Grew up reading newspaper comics and comic books and now draws his own humor/adventure comic book stories

Agenda Time (min.’s) Unit: Survival Essential Question: What does it take to survive? 5 Slogan Warm-Up 10 Vocabulary: Flagging, Fund 15 Read Aloud Ask Me No Questions, Chapter 9 (first part); Drawing Conclusions/ Inferences; Nadira’s and Aisha’s character traits Classroom Conversation Whole Group (Drawing Conclusions/ Inferences) 35 Work Time Reading Check 4.10, Making Inferences/ Drawing Conclusions, iPractice 4.8 Related Words, other unfinished iPractices, Interactive Reading, Word Slam (if not finished) and 4.5 Reading Check (if not finished) Wrap-Up

4.01 Asylum: protection often given by a government to people who have left another country to escape danger or harm. Sweden gave asylum to those people escaping the _________ in their own country. Residency: legal permission to live in a country. After Giovanni had lived in ___________, he was finally able to establish residency. 4.02 Deported: forced to leave a country. After the moon people discovered Garfield didn’t _______, they deported him from the moon . Register: to have one’s name put on an official list. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tried to register themselves as the world’s greatest ________________. 4.03 Detention: the state of being held in prison; the state of being held in a place where people are waiting for trial or action by a court After Tweety Bird ______________, she was placed in detention. Authorities: people in charge, especially in government Captain Caveman had to convince the authorities to _____________. 4.04 Monsoon: a strong wind that occurs every summer in Southern Asia, bringing heavy rain Superman was so angry at __________ that he created a monsoon with his super breath. Agriculture: farming; raising crops and farm animals, such as chickens, horses and pigs After __________________, Spiderman spent the rest of his days working in agriculture as a farmer.

4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 Illegal: not allowed by law Little did the penguin-unicorn know that it was illegal to _________. Policy: official set of rules and procedures It is against official Ninja-Penguin policy to ____________ . 4.07 Supervisor: a person in charge of workers After he ________________, The Josh became supervisor of all of the workers. Annoyance: a feeling of slight anger; a feeling of being bothered or disturbed by someone or something Although the ______was an annoyance, it was nothing to Iron Frank. 4.08 Application: a form or document used to make a request for something The authorities made all of their minions fill out an application in order to ________________. Competition: a desire or struggle to get or win something that someone else also wants The farmer made it a competition to see how quickly he could register the chickens for ________________ . 4.09 Generation: the average time in years between the birth of parents and that of their children The Digital Generation refers to anyone born after 2001. These people must really like ________________. Relented: gave in, stopped resisting. The child kept begging for ________________ and his mother finally made him happy and relented.

4.11 Flagging: weakening; giving up After chasing ____________, the Tasmanian Devil could feel his energy flagging. Fund: an amount of money that is set aside for a particular purpose John put his ___________ into a fund in hopes that he could buy a real Tasmanian Devil one day.

Complete Weekly Reading Check 4.10

Draw Conclusions/ Make Inferences

Conclusion/ Inferences: This baseball team has just won some sort of championship. They have on baseball uniforms. They are celebrating. They are still on the field.

Conclusion/ Inferences:

1. Inference: Detail 1: Detail 2: Detail 3:

Set your paper up like this. 1. Inference: Detail 1: Detail 2: Detail 3: 2. Inference: D1: D2: D3: 3. Inference Set your paper up like this. Scroll through the next slides and make your own inferences. Include details to support your inferences/ conclusions.

#1 1. Inference: Detail 1: Detail 2: Detail 3:

#2 2. Inference: Detail 1: Detail 2: Detail 3:

#3 3. Inference: Detail 1: Detail 2: Detail 3:

#4 4. Inference: Detail 1: Detail 2: Detail 3:

#5 5. Inference: Detail 1: Detail 2: Detail 3:

#6 6. Inference: Detail 1: Detail 2: Detail 3:

#7 7. Inference: Detail 1: Detail 2: Detail 3:

Physical Traits: Nadira What she says: What it says about her:

Nadira: 10 Characteristics or Traits of Nadira that are similar to Bangladesh: 10 Characteristics or facts about Bangladesh 1. Nadira is poor when it comes to self esteem. She doesn’t have much of it. 1. It is a poor country. 2. Or:

Chapter 7 and 8 Character Traits: Aisha Nadira Name: __________________ Ask Me No Questions Chapter 7 and 8 Character Traits: Aisha Nadira

Wrap Up What kind of “hope” has Nadira been given in this chapter?