1. Do Now 10/30 Do Now: Progress Monitoring Books Get library book out.
DLO: SWBAT analyze the gains in their skills through progress monitoring.

2. 10/30 Agenda Do Now: Progress Monitor Library Day
Conference about grades/Reading Counts
DLO: SWBAT analyze the gains in their skills through progress monitoring.

3. Happy Halloween 10/31 Review test
Complete crossword puzzle as a class.
Conference about grades and missing assignments
DLO: SWBAT successfully complete a crossword puzzle using context clues.

4. Do Now 11/01
Do Now: Create a sentence using one of the vocabulary terms from “The Latehomecomers.”
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

5. 11/01 Agenda Do Now: Vocab in a sentence Teachable Moment on bullying
Figurative Language Level-up
Independent Reading
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

6. Do Now 11/02
Do Now: Create a sentence using one of the vocabulary terms from “The Latehomecomers.”
**Pick a different one from yesterday!
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

7. 11/02 Agenda Do Now: Vocab in a sentence Imagery Level-up
Read pages 53-55
Answer questions about imagery through text evidence and explanation.
Identify the challenges and opportunities of the Yang family.
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

8. Chart as you read Opportunities Challenges
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

9. Examples of Imagery p.53
Read page 53. Explain the imagery (sense of sight) in Yang’s description. AC(2-3)E, 5 lines. The description appeals to the sense of sight: (list 2-3 examples of imagery). The imagery emphasizes…
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

10. Examples of Imagery p.53
The description appeals to the sense of sight: colors chipping, sloping porches, a small patch of green. The description emphasizes the family’s economic situation: They have been looking for a house for six months, yet a house in this condition appeals to them.
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

11. Do Now 11/03
Do Now: Write the definition of Allusion from R64 in the text.
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

12. 11/03 Agenda Do Now: Allusion R64 Read pages 56-61
Answer questions about allusion through text evidence and explanation.
Identify the challenges and opportunities of the Yang family.
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

13. Chart as you read Opportunities Challenges
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

14. Examples of Allusion p.54 Read page 54 reread lines 16-25.
Yang’s memoir is the true story of her life with a focus on her personal experiences and observations.
Allusion: an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work.
*Examine Yang’s comparison of her family situation to that of a pioneer family. What does the comparison reveal about her? (3 lines)
The comparison of her family situation to a pioneer family reveals…
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

15. Examples of Allusion p.54
*Examine Yang’s comparison of her family situation to that of a pioneer family. What does the comparison reveal about her? The comparison of her family situation to a pioneer family reveals she is excited about living in a house, “that belonged to storybooks.” Yang is probably an avid reader which is why she was able to make that connection.
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

16. Examples of Imagery p.61
*Reread lines and note the imagery Yang uses to describe her aunt and uncle’s studying. What impression of them does Yang create? Yang uses words such as….
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.

17. Examples of Imagery p.61
*Reread lines and note the imagery Yang uses to describe her aunt and uncle’s studying. What impression of them does Yang create? Yang uses words such as “hovered,” “French accent,” and “thick reading glasses” to describe the sights and sounds of their studying process. The image she creates shows the intensity and urgency of their studying.
DLO: SWBAT analyze the text and identify examples of imagery.