1. Thursday, March 2nd
Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Today we will finish the march chapter of The Wednesday Wars.
Tonight’s homework will be to complete the march section of your calendars
For your Warm-Up, open your notebooks to the predictions that you made at the end of class yesterday. Also, retrieve a copy of The Wednesday Wars and turn to where we left off yesterday ( )

2. Today’s learning Targets
I can identify the main events of the first part of the chapter
Based off of what I read today, I can make realistic predictions for the rest of the chapter
**I can make connections between the novel and its time period and my life and the current time period**

3. March (first half) events
Holling has XC tryouts on the ides of march (the 15th)
Mrs. Baker is getting observed
Mr. Vendleri replaces the asbestos ceiling tiles and holling tries to help
Mrs. Baker helps holling with his running and hollnig coaches her with her teaching
Things are not going well in Vietnam
Heather and Mr. Hoodhood fight about her working for Bobby Kennedy (who holling secretly wants to run for president
Mrs. Baker is a silver medal winner

4. March (first half) events
Mrs. Baker coaches holling on running (she is an Olympic silver medalist); Holling coaches mrs. Baker on teaching
Vietnam is going terribly
Mr. Vendleri replaced the asbestos tiles…no sign of the rats
Tybalt is still MIA
Holling is reading Julius Caesar
March 15th (the ides of March)

5. March (first half) events
Holling did not see Tybalt not tibble or tibal on the news
Holling’s father and sister argued about bobby kennedy, martin luther king jr., and where she would work
Mrs. Baker is getting observed by the school board
Holling is reading Julius Caesar
Mrs. Baker coaches holling with his running and holling returns the favor
The old ceiling tiles were replaced by mr. Vendleri

6. March (first half) events
Mr. Baker is still mia
Mr. Vendleri replaces the ceiling asbestos tiles
Holling is trying out for the XC team
Holling is reading Julius Caesar (ides of march)
Schoolboard is coming to observe mrs. Baker on ides of march
Mrs. Baker coaches holling on running and he coaches her on teaching
Holling the soothsayer??
Heather and mr. hoodhood argue over bobby Kennedy and MLK

7. March (first half) events
Mrs. Baker coaches holling on his running, and holling coaches her on her teaching
Mr. vendleri replaces the asbestos tiles
Holling and his family and the entire town are watching the news, possibly for signs of Mr. Tybalt baker
The ides of march (march 15th)= Holling’s XC tryout and mrs. Baker’s observation by the schoolboard
Holling’s gym teacher/Coach eases up on him because of his improved performance
Julius Caesar is being read

8. Second Half Predicitions
Everything will go well on the ides or march or it won’t
Tybalt baker KIA
Holling will make the XC team but danny will not (thanks to mrs. Baker’s personal training)
Mrs. Baker and holling’s relationship will continue to improve
The ceiling is going to ruin the observation
Mr. baker will be found (but Mrs. Bigio might be sad)

9. Second Half Predictions
The XC tryouts are going to go terribly wrong
Mrs. Baker will get news about her husband
DEATH!! Holling gonna pop a hammy and both rats will die

10. Second Half Predictions
The rats are going to die of starvation…dan thinks they’re already dead…dang dan
Holling will make the XC team and become the best
Mrs. Baker will do well in her observation
The ides of march will spell doom for holling
Sycorax and Caliban will fall from the new asbestos ceiling tiles (during evaluation/observation)
Mrs. Baker’s emotions will show through during the observation, during which time she might learn her husband’s fate

11. Second Half Predictions
Mrs. Baker will find out about her husband’s death on the ides of march (harsh)
The rats will fall down, down, down during the schoolboard observation
End of the chapter=good telegram (he lives)
Holling will make the XC team
Mrs. Baker will become one of the track coaches (XC)

12. Second Half Predictions
Tybalt baker will be found alive
Ides of march will not go well for our two main characters
Sycorax and Caliban will be found
Holling will trip and fall at tryouts
The rats will appear during the schoolboard observation

13. While we read
Every six minutes the tape will stop for one minute to allow you time to write down the events of the chapter…you may work with the people next to you. Stay in your seats.
LT= Main Events

14. Closure
on your index card, write down two Connections you can make to holling’s journey through seventh grade. One connection should be on an individual level, and one connection should be on a national level
LT= Making connections

15. Today’s learning Targets
I can identify the main events of the first part of the chapter
Based off of what I read today, I can make realistic predictions for the rest of the chapter
**I can make connections between the novel and its time period and my life and the current time period**