1. Today, you will need: Pencil Book/Novel
Tuesday October 11, 2016
Today, you will need:
Pencil
Book/Novel
Get your materials out & have a seat!
I will tell you when to put your backpacks away.

2. Tuesday October 11, 2016 Today’s Agenda
Bell Challenge
Review Classroom Policies & Guidelines
Introduction to Charity Unit & Essential Question
Quickwrite
Gallery Walk & Wonder Wall
K-W-L Chart
“I was homeless.” & “I lived in a truck” Lesson Introduction
Vocabulary Sort
Writing Prompt
Video
Exit Ticket
Reflection & Goals

3. What do you notice? Bell Challenge
Read and analyze the following sentence aloud. MENTOR SENTENCE Until fifth grade, Kevin lived with his parents and his younger brother, Ka-ren, in Chinatown, a bustling neighborhood in downtown New York City famous for its vibrant Chinese culture, hopping markets, and delicious restaurants.
What do you notice?

4. What is Charity?
Quick Write Activity

5. What questions do you have about the photos
What questions do you have about the photos? What do you wonder, question, or want to know?
GALLERY WALK

6. Discussion: What questions did you have
Discussion: What questions did you have? What inference can you make about the state of homelessness around the World?
GALLERY WALK

7. How can we help our school community, & people around the world?
Essential Question K-W-L Chart

8. “I was homeless” & “I lived in a Truck” Vocabulary Sort
Write each word on your vocabulary sort & use each word in a sentence.
eviction
minimum wage
belittling
renovated
daunting
dehumanizing
Share you sentences with your partner.

9. What does it Mean to be homeless?
Writing Prompt

10. Video & Written Discussion
“I Lived in A Truck”
Video & Written Discussion

11. “I Lived in a truck” discussion
Rows 1 & 6 – Describe Arielle. What does her attitude about her experience reveal about her personality?
Rows 2 & 4 – What challenges did Arielle and her family face while living in the truck? How did they overcome these challenges?
Row 3 & 5 – Consider the style of the video. How does hearing from Arielle directly affect your understanding of the story? How would the video be different if the narrator spoke the whole time?

12. Reflection
Revisit your response to the question, what does it mean/look like to be homeless. Think about Arielle’s experience being homelessness and discuss the similarities and differences between your expectations/generalizations of homelessness and the experiences of Arielle and the her family.
Cite evidence from the video and your writing to support your response.

13. Exit Ticket
Write 3 to 5 behavioral goals that they plan to meet during the 2nd 9 weeks.