Warm-Up: Take a new LINCS strategy sheet from the bin as you enter the room. Place your homework on your desk. Copy the following term and its definition on your paper. Term: P R E S T I G I O U S Definition: Something that has a great reputation and is well-respected. Complete the LINCS strategy for the term “prestigious.”

Choose one of the following words and complete the LINCS strategy for it. 1. prestigious: Something that has a great reputation and is well-respected. Term:    Prestigious Story: Picture Definition: Something that has a great reputation and is well-respected. Reminding Word:

Choose one of the following words and complete the LINCS strategy for it. 1. Multiple: many different types 2. Tuition: money used to pay for private school 3. On the verge: almost, on the edge of doing something 4. Expelled: kicked out of 5. Lecture: a speech, a “talking to” 6. Defiant: won’t do something you are supposed to do 7. Detained: Held against your will (arrested) Term:   Story: Picture Definition: Reminding Word:

Agenda Objective: To determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text. Essential Question: How were the lives of the two Wes Moores shaped by the decisions they made? What does this suggest about the impact our choices have on our adult lives? Warm-Up: Prestigious (comparison to other vocabulary words) Vocabulary: Prestigious (LINCS strategy) Whole Group: Class discussion about chapter one- Book-Mind-Heart Stations: 1. On the Record- BMH (Pages 18-23) 2. Independent reading (fill out a “book” for books you have finished reading) 3. Technology: Achieve 3000 (College, Here We Come; Chicago School Sends Everyone to College ) 3. Teacher-led: Monitoring Station Work, answering questions and concerns; DAR test Closing: Vocabulary Review

Book-Mind-Heart Discussion Who is telling the story? What does the author want you to know? What did you notice about how the author told the story? What surprised you? What connections did you make? What images were most important to you? What lines created the surprise or connection? What did you discover about yourself? What matters most to you in this text? What did you take to hear? What questions do you have? How can we summarize what happened? What do you “see” (visualize)?

College, Here We Come; Chicago School Sends Everyone to College Whole Group: Intro to stations: Technology: Achieve 3000 College, Here We Come; Chicago School Sends Everyone to College 2. On the Record- Book- Mind- Heart Strategy Life and Death: Part 1, Moment of Truth: Wes Moore; Chapter 2: Seeing Double 3. Independent reading- find a book Search quietly for a book to read independently here or at home. You may check the book out. Write name on list. Write your name on Post-It note. Place Post-It in book. Place book on shelf or take it with you. 4. Teacher-led: DAR test

Higher Order Thinking Questions What evidence can you find in this chapter to suggest which Wes will go to college and which to prison? Read the second paragraph. How is Shea defiant? In Chapter 1, we are introduced to two boys named Wes Moore. How are the boys’ lives similar? How are they different? Cite evidence from the text that supports your observations.

Higher Order Thinking Questions (Chapter 2) How does the Wes Moore who went to college show that he appreciated the life he ended up with? Provide evidence from the text. If you were the Wes Moore in prison, how would you have reacted to the letters the other Wes Moore sent to you?

Closing What was the meaning of prestigious?