1. A UGUST 29-30, 2013 I can evaluate the importance of each vignette in order to demonstrate my comprehension (understanding). I can apply strategies before, during, and after reading to increase fluency and comprehension. I can demonstrate comprehension of increasingly challenging text. I can relate a literary work to important ideas of the time and place in which it is set or written. I can I can recognize and analyze the use of various literary devices and be able to incorporate them in my own writing.

2. G RAMMAR R EVIEW A verb expresses an action or a state of being. A verb phrase consists of at least one main verb and one or more helping verbs (also called auxiliary verbs). Examples: John must be feeding the cats now. ( Must and be are helping verbs. Feeding is the main verb.) Do you have a favorite artist? ( Do is the helping verb. Have is the main verb.) Jose Rodriquez was born in 1899. During Jose’s childhood, his aunt would sell fruit in a market in Mexico City.

3. B ELL R INGER Read the questions and all the answer options. Read the passage carefully. Answer questions 17-20 on your bell ringer sheet AND explain why you chose that answer. Place this under the bell ringer section in your binder.

4. Q UIZ Please use your clickers to record your answers for your vocabulary quiz.

5. E SSENTIAL Q UESTIONS How does environment shape our identity? What identities are permanent and which do we have the power to change? What roles do neighborhood and community play in shaping who we become?

6. F INISH W ORK FROM THE LAST TIME IN CLASS On a separate sheet of paper write at least a paragraph about one of the following: a) A favorite house where you live or once lived. b) Describe your dream house. c) A time when your family was denied housing because of their race, religion or beliefs. BE SURE TO KEEP UP WITH ALL WRITINGS CONSCERNED WITH THIS NOVEL. AT THE END OF THIS NOVEL WE WILL BE PREPARING OUR OWN COLLAGE OF VIGNETTES.

7. H AIRS Re-read the vignette “Hairs” List at least 5 literary devices used and provide evidence for each. What is the importance of this vignette in shaping your understanding of identity.

8. P RE - READING Q UESTIONS Choose one of the vignettes from this section and make a prediction. Write your prediction in your notes. Read pages 12-25 After each vignette, discuss the importance of it in shaping your understanding of identity.

9. E XIT S LIP Choose 1 of the following tasks to illustrate that you have met the DLT. I can evaluate the importance of each vignette in order to demonstrate my comprehension (understanding). CONSIDER how this story can help you in your own life and describe how APPRAISE (decide the worth) the value of the story COMPARE the story with another that you have read CREATE a poster to advertise the story so people will want to read it