1. Bellwork Feb.22,2016 Copy and answer. Each of the following sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences. 1)I think the bestest kind of books are mysteries and westerns. 2)I have a more easier time finding good mysteries. 3)Good westerns are hardest to locate.

2. Standard/I can ELAGSE7RL3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how settings shape the characters or plot). I can identify parts of a story and how these parts work together to create the story. (imagery)

3. Hook Activator: https://youtu.be/X4LVTn4d_-Qhttps://youtu.be/X4LVTn4d_-Q Which of these description is better? 1. The house was big with a lot of rooms. It was pretty. 2. The house was so large a Boeing 737 could fly through it. There were so many rooms, the owner couldn’t even remember how many there were. However, the owner did say he knew there were 14 bathrooms in the house – that included 5 jacuzzis. The entrance was open and airy. A great chandelier hung from the top of the ceiling and lit the room and all the gold which covered everything my eye could see. Each room seemed to be painted a different pastel color – like colors from an Easter basket. I couldn’t stop running from room to room to see the beautiful decorations and colors everywhere!

4. Mini-Lesson 1) Anticipation Guide 2) Read the introduction of Dragon’s Blood. This is a description of Austar IV, the setting for this novel.

5. Work Session Have students write down words they don’t understand. Make a list of the words. Break students into groups with dictionaries, phones, iPads, (Whatever you feel is necessary to find the definitions of the words). Have students complete a word map of 4 of the chosen vocabulary words (you choose 4 vocabulary words for each group).

6. Closing Have each group report out for each of the words. Extension/HW: Students will draw/color what Austar IV looks like. Have them use the description found in the book.

7. Bellwork Feb. 23,2016 Copy and answer. Each of the following sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences. 1)Its been four years since I got this diary. 2)With it’s worn and raggedy cover, its like an old friend. 3)Its got plenty of pages left, but I think its time to get a new one.

8. Standard/I can ELAGSE7RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. I can determine a story’s theme.

9. Hook-Theme Video https://youtu.be/qTKnoCWK-wc

10. Mini-Lesson Level Up Tutorial on Theme https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/nsmedia/levelup/lit227/shell.html

11. Work Session Read Ch. 1 of Dragon’s Blood. Pgs. 3-11 Guided Reading Questions: 1. Who is the main character we are introduced to in Chapter 1? 2. What does the main character want to do? Why does he want to do this? 3. What happened to Jakkin’s mother and father? What happened to Jakkin after that? 4. Why did Jakkin not go with his “bondmates” when they got time off?

12. Closing Students will answer this in a two paragraph response: Could this book have been set anywhere? How does the setting make this a unique story? How do the people in the Dragon's Blood world differ from the people in your world? How does the setting affect the characters? The plot? The themes? Why is the setting important? Discuss the ways in which Jakkin's life would have been different set in another time or place.

13. Bellwork Feb. 24,2016 Copy and answer. Each of the following sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences. 1)Some of us dreams about going to the Arctic, but two teens actually went in 1998. 2)On their Web site, both of them tells what it was like. 3)Each of the two were in charge of a task, such as working the radio.

14. Standard/I can By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. I can read and understand what I have read to the point where I can summarize it.

15. Hook Grammar- Coordinate Adjectives This is grammar girl podcast (about 4.5 min) http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/commas- adjectives?page=all http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/commas- adjectives?page=all p. 20 in novel, 4 th paragraph, next to last sentence; Identify the coordinate adjectives in the sentence: “The hall was an arena-sized courtyard, without a roof, to accommodate the frantic, spiraling courting flights.”

16. Mini-Lesson Read Ch.2 of Dragon’s Blood pg. 12-23

17. Work Session 1.What was Jakkin’s favorite drink? What drink do you think it is comparable to here on Earth? 2. If Jakkin were someone in one of your classes, how would you describe him? 3. Jakkin refers to himself as a ‘bonder.’ He tells us bonders are not taught to read and write, but the free people are. Explain what this means for the ‘bonders.’ (If you’re illiterate….). 4. Why do you think Jakkin’s assessment of Blood Brother is different from that of Slakk and Errikkin?

18. Closing Summarize the Introduction through Chapter 2.

19. Bellwork Feb. 25,2016 Copy and answer. Each of the following sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences. This paper about my ambition. To be a major league pitcher. Already throw a good curve ball. Fast ball not too bad either. Practice every day.

20. Standard/I can ELAGSE7RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. I can determine the central idea of a text and show I understand what I have read by predicting what will happen next.

21. Hook https://www.flocabulary.com/complex-sentences/ Complete an insert over the lyrics. Place an I next to the independent clauses and a D next to dependent clauses. Grammar: Complex Sentences: Remember, complex sentences are sentences that are made up of one independent clause (stands alone) and one dependent clause (needs help). In this sentence: It was impossible to make him be anything but pleasant, a trait that annoyed Jakkin. 1) identify the independent (underline) and dependent clauses (circle) 2) explain why the dependent clause needs the independent clause

22. Mini-Lesson Read Ch.3 of Dragon’s Blood pg.24-36

23. Work Session Guided Reading Questions 1. What does Blood Brother refuse to do after fighting twice? 2. Where does Jakkin lead Blood Brother? 3. What cools Blood Brother's temper? 4. What does Jakkin do as he grooms Blood Brother? 5. Why does Blood Brother leave scratches on Jakkin?

24. Closing What do you think will happen next in this story? What will happen to Jakkin? Do you think he’ll be able to actually fight a dragon and win money?

25. Bellwork Feb. 26,2016 Copy and answer. Each of the following sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences. 1)The teacher gave Beth and I desks next to one another. 2)Her and me became good friends. 3)Beth’s brother walks to school with her and I.

26. Standard/I can ELAGSE7RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. ELAGSE7RL10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. ELAGSE7RL3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how settings shape the characters or plot). I can show what I know on the introduction of Dragon’s Blood.

27. Hook Review the Abstract for Intro – Chapter 3 to jog the students’ memories Introduction - Chapter 3 Abstract * Austar IV is a desolate, ex-prison planet with an arid climate that is conducive only to the raising of dragons. * Austar IV has Masters and bonders. Bonders are slaves, working for their freedom on dragon breeding and training farms. * Jakkin is listening to hatchlings making sounds inside their eggs while he longs to be a free man. To secure his freedom, he plans to steal an egg and raise it to fight. * Jakkin has cultivated an oasis with food plants for his stolen dragon and made a pool where the dragon can swim. He has been preparing this place for years. * Jakkin's friends often give him a hard time, thinking he is meeting a woman, in particular a woman named Akkhina, when Jakkin is actually working on his oasis.

28. Mini-Lesson Review Abstracts. Extension: Students will make 3 multiple choice questions about the Introduction- Ch.3 that they think will be on their test. Trade with a partner and answer.

29. Work Session Quiz on Introduction-Ch.3 When done with quiz: Write a short training manual on how to train a dragon using the information you learned in Dragon's Blood so far. (take this up and allow students to work on it at various times throughout the reading of the novel)

30. Closing Review Quiz 1