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: R E F U G E E Definition: Someone who leaves one country for another in order to be safe. Complete the LINCS strategy for the term “refugee.”

Choose one of the following words and complete the LINCS strategy for it. 1. refugee: Someone who leaves one country for another in order to be safe. Term:    Refugee Story: Picture Definition: Someone who leaves one country for another in order to be safe. Reminding Word:

Agenda Objective: To determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text. Essential Question: Gr. 7: How does the author of “A Dream for Many” convey the central idea? Warm-Up: Refugee (comparison to other vocabulary words) Vocabulary: Refugee (LINCS strategy) Whole Group: Class discussion about chapter one- Book-Mind-Heart Stations: 1. On the Record- BMH (Chapter 2) 2. Independent reading (fill out a “book” for books you have finished reading) 3. Technology: Achieve 3000 (College, Here We Come; Saving the Children) 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; Saving the Children Whole Group: Intro to stations: Technology: Achieve 3000 College, Here We Come; Saving the Children 2. On the Record- Book- Mind- Heart Strategy Chapter 2 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: Chapter 1 How does Nazario retrace Enrique’s steps? What happens that lets us know that the boys like Nazario? Why do you think so many boys are trying to go to America?

Higher Order Thinking Questions: Chapter 2 What events led to Nazario wanting to be a reporter? What effect did Carmen’s story have on Nazario? Was Carmen’s decision to leave her children in Guatemala a good one or a bad one? Explain and support your answer with evidence from the text.

Closing What was the meaning of refugee?