Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet from the tan bin. Place any late homework on your desk. Directions: Answer questions 1-5 on your ¼ sheet. Posture   1. What might the difference be between the physique of a bear and a snake? 2. Which of the following is an example of a “matter-of-fact” statement? Come on! How could you possible be so ignorant?!? Do you realize you seem to have made a mistake on this problem? 3. It is midnight. You suddenly wake up. But, you realize you are on a small boat in the middle of the ocean. You have no idea how you got there. Name three things you would like to have with you to resolve your situation. 4. Which one of the words on the left would you use in order to write a sentence about how you feel about homework? Write a short explanation. 5. How might sacrifice and competitive be alike? How might they be different?    Resolve Physique Institution Sacrifice Isolation Meditate Competitive Matter-of-factly Curriculum Resent Vacant

Vocabulary, Sheets 5 and 6 5A: Posture: The way you hold your body when you stand or sit. 5B: Resolve: To settle or find a solution to something. 5C: Physique: The shape and size of a person’s body. 5D: Institution: A place to care for people with mental conditions. 5E: Sacrifice: The act of giving up one thing to save another. 5F: Isolation: Separation from others. 6A: Meditate: To sit quiet and still in order to think deeply. 6B: Competitive: Having or displaying a strong desire to be more successful than others. 6C: Matter-of-factly: To say something without emotion, naturally, and quietly. 6D: Curriculum: Subjects taught in school. 6E: Resent: To feel anger for someone or something.

Vocabulary, Sheets 3 and 4 3A: Summoning: Calling upon someone to do something. 3B: Potential: Showing the ability to become or develop into something in the future. 3C: Restriction: Being limited or controlled. 3D: Self-Perception: The way a person sees him/herself. 3E: Demeanor: Behavior, manner, attitude. 3F: Modesty: The attitude you have when you don’t think you are too great. Not full of pride. 4A: Tolerance: The strength and patience to put up with something that is bad. 4B: Invest: To give your money to a company so they can use it to make more money for you and them. 4C: Indescribably: So strange you can’t explain it. 4D: Optimistic: Having a positive view of what will happen in the future.

Sheet One Aghast: horrified Stupefied: confused Goad: to whip or annoy into doing something In Vain: with no purpose Spontaneously: suddenly Navigate: to find the correct path from one spot to another Sheet Two Empower: To give power or strength to. Timid: Being scared or being unsure of yourself. Philanthropy: A desire to help people, especially through charity. Advocate: To speak or write in favor of something. Amend: To make minor changes in something to make it more fair. Peer: A person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background and social status.

Agenda (Wednesday, 12/5) Essential Question: How does the author use the change in characters to develop the theme? Standard: LAFS.7.RL.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. Objective: Students will examine the manner in which characters change over the course of text to affect the theme. Students will use essential details of a text to come to a conclusion based on a high order thinking question. Warm-Up: Vocabulary Review Whole Group: Vocabulary Test- Sheets 5 and 6 (review of sheets 3 and 4) Work Period: Technology: Achieve 3000, fill out yellow sheet and answer Activity Questions (“It’s Not Just the Clothes”)( Independent Work: Grade 7: Read Chapter 18 of The Skin I’m In and complete BMH questions and HOTQ. Independent Reading: Choose a book from the class library. Read quietly. Focus on any new vocabulary you can find. Teacher-Led: See Teacher-Led Group slides.

Bruce Banner 2 12/3 The Skin I’m In 18

How does Maleeka’s self-esteem affect the decisions she makes?

High Order Thinking Question, Chapter 18 How does Maleeka’s self-esteem affect the decisions she makes? Begin with a complete topic sentence that answers the question. Cite your evidence. Include evidence from the book that supports your topic sentence. Use at least two pieces of evidence to support your answer. Include at least one elaboration/ explanation sentence with each piece of evidence that shows how your evidence supports your topic sentence. Finish with a concluding sentence.

Calderon-Hernandez, Gabriela Sherman, Jarren Karincic, Amer IM BW Iron Man WR: Word List 3 Review Prefixes, Suffixes, Base Words, Chunking and Practice words from list 3 A Perryman, Jalen C Summerall, Tyrone F Bell, Aylah  Thor  Black Widow Corley, David Le, Wayne D Scott, Zachariah CA SRC: The House Dog and the Wolf (RL1.1, 1.2, 1.3) 510L Calderon-Hernandez, Gabriela Sherman, Jarren Karincic, Amer IM  Captain America SRC: Comm. Lit: Diary of a Teenage Refugee (RI1.1, 1.2, 1.3) 670L Ross, Blaine Hall, Jacob

CA Thor IM Captain America BW Iron Man A Williams, Wileyah B WR: Word List 3 Review Prefixes, Suffixes, Base Words, Chunking and Practice words from list 3 A Williams, Wileyah B Berrios, Caitlin C Jeremiah Perryman D Sassaman, Eric E Taylor, Chris THOR  Black Widow Wims, Gabrielle Wright, Xavier Upshaw, Deziya Whigham, Isaac Young, Cori CA  Thor WR: Word List 3 Review Prefixes, Suffixes, Base Words, Chunking and Practice words from list 3 A King, Zakary B Gagliardo, Julianna C Sorrell, Abigail D Small, Lavon E Vorn, Julianna IM  Captain America SRC: Comm. Lit: Diary of a Teenage Refugee (RI1.1, 1.2, 1.3) 670L Salem, Marianne Papalia, Julius Schmidt, Hannah Scott, Kyler

Socratic Seminar 2 Book-Mind-Heart Questions 1 Version of the High Order Thinking Question Based on the book, is it better to be ignorant and cool or smart and unpopular? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. Why does Miss Saunders do what she does for Maleeka? What is the theme of this chapter? What do the characters do to “make” that the theme?

Closing Which of the following words would most likely be used in a summary about Maleeka from Chapter 17? Explain. Tolerance Resent Optimistic Resolve