Tuesday October 28, 2014 Cognitive Commodity #2... Pg. 37 Compare the following sentences: “After a short while, he pointed at me with the file he’d been using, ‘You keep yourself sharp in that school…’” -A. LaFaye, Worth “Next, Triphena made her wait while she packed her a parcel of food large enough to feed a table of harvesters.” -Katherine Paterson, Lyddie

Library. You will complete your Ch 1-3 questions and write a rough draft narrative! Write an original story to continue where the passage ended (a sequel). In your story, be sure to use what you have learned about the main character as you tell what happens to him next. Use the same narrative point of view as in the passage, and make Oliver’s actions and behaviors consistent with his character in the chapter. We will revisit this tomorrow to revise and edit.

Vocabulary Words parish- Group 1 gruel- Group 1 devoured – Group 2 assiduously- Group 2 voracious- Group 3 per diem- Group 4 temerity- Group 5 pinioned- Group 6 beadle- Group 7 controverted- Group 7

vocabulary word for our wall DefinitionSynonyms SentenceAntonyms

Each group will have a word or two. Task Manager: You are in charge of looking up the word in the dictionary. Task Manager: You are in charge of looking up the word in the dictionary. Supply Person: You are in charge of looking up a synonym and antonym in a thesaurus. Supply Person: You are in charge of looking up a synonym and antonym in a thesaurus. Writer: You are in charge of writing the definition and synonym Writer: You are in charge of writing the definition and synonym Reader: You are in charge of writing the sentence and antonym. Reader: You are in charge of writing the sentence and antonym.

parish-a local church community composed of the members or constituents of a Protestant church gruel- a thin food made by boiling oatmeal or some other grain in water or milk devoured-eat hungrily or quickly. assiduously-showing great care, attention, and effort voracious- having or showing a tendency to eat very large amounts of food per diem-per day temerity- the quality of being confident and unafraid of danger or punishment especially in a way that seems rude or foolish pinioned-to tie up (someone's arms or legs) very tightly beadle-a minor parish official whose duties include ushering and preserving order at services controverted- to dispute or oppose by reasoning

Use your lens!!! Read it again through the lens of Oliver and his thoughts, actions, and dialogue. Jot down what you notice through that lens on your graphic organizer. Make sure to write with EVIDENCE from the text.

“Oliver Asks for More” This is an excerpt from the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. First read: Listen as I read it aloud to you. Second read: Read it again and circle the vocabulary words you saw at the beginning of class.

Use your lens!!! Read it again through the lens of the narrator and his thoughts, actions, and words. Jot down what you notice through that lens on your graphic organizer. Make sure to write with EVIDENCE from the text.

Look for patterns +=+=+=+=+= Do any of the details you wrote from Oliver’s perspective fit together to form a pattern? How do they fit together?

Let’s develop a new understanding! Look at the patterns to think about the character’s feelings and relationships. What do the details and pattern reveal about the narrator’s thoughts and feelings and relationships he has with others in the text? Sentence Stems to write in your graphic organizer: The reason why the character ___________ is because. It seems like this character tends to __________. My thinking about this character has changed because ________________________. These characters are really different because _______. One issue I am noticing in this text is _______________. I think the author is trying to teach me _________________. I think this because the author wrote ___________________.