Bellwork #21: MCT2 Practice Read the following excerpt from The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer. Now read the following sentence. Using your understanding of suffixes and the word possession, what is the meaning of concession? {1.a} [DOK 2] (Proficient) A.Insensibility B.Disagreement C.Protest D.Acknowledgement The yellow and candy-apple-red Murray bicycle with its metallic-red banana seat was my prized possession. I was shocked that Mother decided to give it to me. The Mother made no concession of the torture she inflicted on Dave Pelzer as a child.

Bellwork #22: MCT2 Practice Read the following excerpt from The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer. Based upon the first person point of view of the excerpt, which of the following words is a correct evaluation of Dave’s character? {2.d} [DOK 3] (Proficient) A.Astute B.Discerning C.Unsuspecting D.Suspicious I closed my eyes, thinking what a complete fool I was. I wasn’t sorry for stealing. I knew that what I was doing was wrong and I had accepted that fact. I even knew that my luck would eventually run out. But to be set up by the kid’s father! I knew that Johnny himself was swiping candy at the store next to Walgreens. ‘I should have known better,’ I told myself. ‘I knew they couldn’t have liked me for just being another kid.’

Bellwork #23: MCT2 Practice Read the following excerpt from The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer. What can the reader infer based on Father’s appearance? {2.b} [DOK 3] (Proficient) A.Father’s old age is catching up to him. B.His profession as a fireman has taken its toll on Father’s health. C.The deterioration of The Family continues to take its toll on Father’s health. D.Father has managed to maintain his health by losing weight and getting plenty of sun. Leaning on the small table in front of me, Father seemed so thin. His face and neck were dark red and leathered. His once finely combed hair was now an oily gray. He coughed every few seconds. His hand disappeared into this jacket pocket and fumbled for a pack of cigarettes. He pulled one out and tapped it on the table before lighting it. After a few drags, his hands quit shaking.

Bellwork #24: MCT2 Practice Read the following excerpt from The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer. Based upon the context in the excerpt, which choice will the reader infer as the meaning of incorrigible? {1.d} [DOK 2] (Proficient) A.Restrained B.Moral C.Unruly D.Disinterested “How do you think it makes me feel to have a son of mine at a place like that…or a place like this?” Father’s eyes seemed so cold as they pierced through me. “Arson. They’re charging you with arson! Do you know how many fireman die because of arsonists? Hell, maybe she’s right. Maybe you are incorrigible.”

Sequence of Events Mother’s Plan to Put Dave in an Institution Dave is removed from the Catanze’s household and placed into Juvenile Hall. Dave is blamed for starting the fire at school. Dave is caught stealing the model airplane from Walgreens.