WELCOME! LOOK AT OUR BELL WORK FOR MONDAY:  [5 min] Good News Share and essays returned  [8 min] Bell Work Week 25: Commas for lists  MENTOR TEXT: “Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone. Dawn and doom was in the branches” (Hurston 8).  Write your own 3-4 sentences that use commas in a list.  Share with your table. Do you need a comma before and? Why or why not?  Discuss as a class. Think about how this affects the fluency of your sentences.  Record commas in lists rule/notes in your binder in writing resources.

AGENDA  [2 min] Review talk to text/annotate norms.  [10 min] Read “One-Taxi Town” and talk to text/annotate on a separate piece of paper.

3. WHAT DOES THE TEXT MEAN?  [10 minutes]  Here, you are not to give specifics from the text and a new summary.  Instead think:  This article was written to show_________.  The author’s point is to _____________.  So, the answer here is implicit (WW), or not directly there.  You must do some thinking and read between the lines.

4. HOW DOES THE TEXT SAY IT?  Now that you know what the text says, and what the author’s point is, you are to take a close look at HOW the author makes his/her point.  This means you are to look at:  The format of the text  Is it argumentative? Then the author may use a counterargument.  Does the author use evidence from valid sources? Give examples.  What kind of tone does the author use? This helps you understand the purpose as well.  Is he/she making jokes? Then it’s a playful tone  Is he/she being sarcastic?  Serious?  Informative? You MUST use examples from the text in quotations, to support what you are saying.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD  Finish reading/reread chapter 1 in your group  Group reading norms!  Questions assigned  Share with class