1. Monday: Warm-up What makes Casey’s experiences at bat humorous?
. When using RACES to answer text-dependent questions, we start by restating the question. Turn each of these sentences into a statement. This will serve as your topic sentence.
What makes Casey’s experiences at bat humorous?
What can you infer from King’s letter about the letter that he received?
“The Gettysburg Address” mentions the year According to Lincoln’s speech, why is this year significant to the events described in the speech?

3. RACES Writing
How did the author’s word choice influence the meaning of the text? Use RACE to answer this text dependent question.

4. Example of RACES writing
The author’s word choice influences the meaning of a text. Authors can use words that contain imagery; this helps the reader experience, through the five senses, what is happening. Maurier uses imagery in paragraph one when describing the gate. She explains that the rusted spokes of the gate made the lodge look uninhabited. When reading this sentence, one can visualize what Manderly looks like. Descriptive words paint a picture in the readers mind.

5. “30-Million-Year-Old Tick Full of Monkey Blood Found in Ancient Amber”
Read the article. Annotate as you read.
Use RACES to answer this text-dependent question:
What evidence led scientist to believe the tick was “plucked” purposely from a primate?

6. Annotate the Text + Something I knew ! Something that surprised me
= A connection I made
* An important part of fact
? Something that confused you
O Prediction or inference you are making
Use these symbols to annotate your text. Write notes about each annotation in the margins!

7. Monday: Wrap up
Use it or Lose it!

8. Tuesday: Warm-up
. When using RACES to answer text-dependent questions, we start by restating the question. Turn each of these sentences into a statement. This will serve as your topic sentence.
From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Why does Tom hesitate to allow Ben to paint the fence?
How does Twain construct his sentences to reflect hesitation?
What effect do Tom’s hesitations have on Ben?

9. Titanic Survivor’s Locket Found on Ocean Floor
Read the article. Annotate as you read.
Use RACES to answer this text-dependent question:
Based on inference, what is a likely reason so many passengers perished when the Titanic hit the iceberg? Cite from the text to support your claim.

10. Tuesday: Wrap up
Use it or Lose it!

11. Wednesday: Warm-up
. When using RACES to answer text-dependent questions, we start by restating the question. Turn each of these sentences into a statement. This will serve as your topic sentence.
How do the author’s words help develop sensory images?
How does the sequence of events develop the story?
How does the setting change throughout the story?

12. Assessment: How do Vaccines Work?
Read the article. Annotate as you read.
Use RACES to answer this text-dependent question:
How do vaccines not only protect against those who get vaccinated, but others as well?

13. Wednesday: Wrap up
Use it or Lose it!

14. Thursday: Warm-up Complete the following task:
Describe this picture in a paragraph using sentence patterns #8, 10, and 7. You can use these in any order you’d like.

15. Keith Polette's Sentences _
Noun
Rats peered from garbage cans.
Article + Noun
The rats peered from garbage cans.
Adjective. + Noun
Greedy rats peered from garbage cans.
Pronoun
They peered from garbage cans.
Adverb
Cautiously, rats peered from garbage cans.
Absolute Phrases
Eyes wide, ears twitching, rats peered from garbage cans.
Participle Phrases
Munching on stale cheese, rats peered from garbage cans.
Prepositional Phrases
Beneath the glow of a full moon, rats peered from garbage cans.
Infinitive Phrases
To watch for prowling cats, rats peered from garbage cans.
Adverbial Clause
As the half moon arose in the dingy sky like a hunk of rancid cheese, rats peered from garbage cans.
Implied Adjective Clause
Suspicious of their surroundings, rats peered from garbage cans.

16. Mohandas Gandhi
We are about to choral read a speech written by Mohandas Gandi.
First read the speech independently.
You will be broken into seven groups. Each group will be assigned a paragraph of the speech. Decide what is significant about your paragraph. How will you demonstrate this significance. As you read your paragraphs as a group, you can assign parts, use motions, movements, and volume changes. You must work as a group to construct a reading of your paragraph.

17. KWL Work with your Pizza partner.
Take 5 minutes and create a KWL chart that describes what you know and what you want to know about India. India is the setting for the short story we are about to read.
We will watch a short clip about British rule over India. This piece of history impacts the text we are about to read.
Our wrap-up will be what you learned about India today.

18. Thursday: Wrap up
Meet with your partners. Fill out the last part of the KWL chart. What did you learn about India?

19. Friday: Warm-up Complete the following task:
Describe this picture in a paragraph using sentence patterns #4, 6, and 1. You can use these in any order you’d like.

20. Keith Polette's Sentences _
Noun
Rats peered from garbage cans.
Article + Noun
The rats peered from garbage cans.
Adjective. + Noun
Greedy rats peered from garbage cans.
Pronoun
They peered from garbage cans.
Adverb
Cautiously, rats peered from garbage cans.
Absolute Phrases
Eyes wide, ears twitching, rats peered from garbage cans.
Participle Phrases
Munching on stale cheese, rats peered from garbage cans.
Prepositional Phrases
Beneath the glow of a full moon, rats peered from garbage cans.
Infinitive Phrases
To watch for prowling cats, rats peered from garbage cans.
Adverbial Clause
As the half moon arose in the dingy sky like a hunk of rancid cheese, rats peered from garbage cans.
Implied Adjective Clause
Suspicious of their surroundings, rats peered from garbage cans.

21. College Readiness List 1
You are receiving your first College Readiness List. You will receive a list every Friday and have a test on Thursday.
Make sure that you are studying. I will take time to learn the words and roots.
If you go to Quizlet.com and search Siegel 7 College Readiness List 1, you will find our list. They are found under the name Barker. Quizlet allows you to learn your words through games and flashcards.

22. Warm-up: Parts of the Plot Put the parts of a plot in your notes
Warm-up: Parts of the Plot Put the parts of a plot in your notes. Quick Write: How does one part of a plot affect another?
EXPOSITION: meet the characters; learn about the setting (time & place; where/when); conflict/problem is introduced
RISING ACTION: conflict(s) develop; suspense builds
CLIMAX: turning point; character faces conflict; main character's attitude changes
FALLING ACTION: loose ends are tied up; conflict(s) are being solved
RESOLUTION/DENOUMENT: reasonable ending; conflict is "resolved" (taken care of)

23. Rikki-tikki-tavi: Based on these photos, what do you predict the story will be about. Brain Break: Put your ideas on a post-it and place it on the board.

24. Rikki-tikki-tavi Written by Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard was born in Bombay, India.
He returned to England, at age 5, to receive his education.
India, however , would always be a powerful attraction for Kipling: he lived there again for a while as an adult, and many of his stories take place there.
Kipling wrote The Jungle Book and won a Nobel Prize in Literature.

25. Vocabulary In Context She made a valiant effort to overcome hardship.
She tried to revive the unconscious woman.
He cunningly outsmarted the other contestants.
Do not cower in scary situations.
The dog had a peculiar limping gait.
The fledgling made its first trip outside the nest.
We offered them consolation in their sorrow.
Be careful not to singe the hair on your arms.

26. Page 78
1. After reading page one, who is the main character and what do you already know about him? What perspective is this story being told from.

27. Friday Wrap-up
Make a prediction about the conflict of the story? What will the struggle be about and who will be involved?