1. September 15, 2014 SWBAT identify evidence from Call Me Maria and show how the setting of the story affects the narrator’s feelings and actions.
Initial activity: What is one way the weather in the barrio affects maria? Make a list in your notebook.

2. Word of the day
Dramatic – sudden and striking.
Example – the dancer performed a dramatic jump across the stage.

3. How do we identify evidence?
Setting evidence: the words, phrases, or sentences from the story that describe the setting. They are always direct quotes.
Page: the place where you found the details in the story.
Characters: the narrator or characters that are affected by the setting in the quote.
Explanation: an explanation of how the character is affected by the setting, within the context of the larger themes of the story.
Example:
Setting Evidence
Page
Characters
Explanation
“It is a beautiful day even in this barrio, and today I am almost not unhappy.” 11
Maria, the narrator
Because of the weather, Maria feels fairly well, even though she lives in the barrio instead of the island where she grew up. (descriptive language)

4. Description: helps readers to picture individuals, events, and ideas
Description: helps readers to picture individuals, events, and ideas. To create descriptions, writers often use sensory details – sight, smell, hearing, touch, or taste. They may also use simile or metaphor.
Identify the descriptive language:
“The smell of rain is a promise of a cooler night for my neighbors and for me. The rain, la lluvia, is a blessing on the long hot nights of this barrio.”
Which senses do these details evoke?
What impression do they give the reader?

5. Work period
In pairs you will fill in the evidence chart.
Cite the page number, the characters, and an explanation of how the evidence introduces, illustrates, or elaborates individuals, events and ideas.

6. Summary
Today we learned about identifying evidence. By using your red, yellow and green index cards, who feels they have a full understanding of the task we did today? (Hold up green card)
Who feels they understand it, but they could use more work with the skills? (Hold up Yellow card)
Who did not understand today’s task? (Hold up red card)

7. homework
Hand in writing prompt for this week:
I can show good character by…
Please cut out the scroll on the sheet with your writing.