1. Number your paper 1-3, then:
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Choose one of the pictures below. Pick the vocabulary word from your list of words that is most closely represented by that picture.
Number your paper 1-3, then:
1) Write the letter of the picture you chose,
2) Write the word that it represents,
3) Explain how the word is represented by the picture.
Vocabulary 6:
Contiguous, Sanction, Intervene, Witness, Influence, Inquisitive, Intrepid, and Persistent B D A C

2. Number your paper 1-3, then:
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Choose one of the pictures below. Pick the vocabulary word from your list of words that is most closely represented by that picture.
Number your paper 1-3, then:
1) Write the letter of the picture you chose,
2) Write the word that it represents,
3) Explain how the word is represented by the picture.
Vocabulary 7:
introspective, perceptive, eloquent, intentions, heritage, discrimination, refuge, memoir B D A C

3. Number your paper 1-3, then:
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Choose one of the pictures below. Pick the vocabulary word from your list of words that is most closely represented by that picture.
Number your paper 1-3, then:
1) Write the letter of the picture you chose,
2) Write the word that it represents,
3) Explain how the word is represented by the picture.
Vocabulary 8:
resilient, resolute, resourceful, defiant, triumph, tactic, prestigious, alien B D A C

4. Agenda
Warm-Up: Vocabulary (10) Mini-Lesson: Purpose of Reflection (looking at essential questions) (10) Work Period: Reflection -Vocabulary (20) (Mr. Kern- DAR) -Questioning (20) (Mr. Kern- DAR) Individual: Answer the essential question (choose one) (20) (Mr. Kern- DAR) Closing: What are the three criteria of good questions?

5. Mini-Lesson: The Purpose of Reflection
Grade 6
1) How might the two contrasting labels "Train of Death" and "Iron Hope" tell us about the changing outlook of immigration?  
2) How does the first chapter teach us something about how humans care for other humans?

6. Mini-Lesson: The Purpose of Reflection
Grade 7
How does Obama's story in the first chapter help shape his life?  Use details from the text to support your answer.
Why do the actions of people older than us cause us to act in a certain way? Use examples from the first chapter to help support your answer.

7. Mini-Lesson: The Purpose of Reflection
Grade 8
Why does “getting caught” change the lives of some, while it does not change the lives of others?  Use examples from the text to support your answer.
What are the main differences between the two Wes Moore’s in chapter one? How might those differences affect them later in life? Use examples from the first chapter to help support your answer.

8. Vocabulary Reflection (20 minutes)
Group of four:
Compare the chunking of the words.
Decide how to say the words.
Share definitions for all 8 words. Add the additional 3 words to your paper. Include their definitions and illustrations.
Quiz each other on the meanings of the words.

9. Questioning Reflection (20 minutes)
Group of four:
Each person share all four questions with the rest of the group.
The group votes on the one best question written by each member. (Draw a large star by that question.)
Trade the question sheets with one other group.
Choose two of the starred questions (try to choose the best two).
Each member try to write an answer to each question on a ½ sheet of paper. (Use the books to help you answer the questions). (Silently)
Discuss the answers you have come up with inside of your group.
Hand the questions back to the original groups.

10. Essential Question Reflection (10 minutes) (Gr. 6)
Essential Questions:
1) How might the two contrasting labels "Train of Death" and "Iron Hope" tell us about the changing outlook of immigration?  
2) How does the first chapter teach us something about how humans care for other humans?

11. Essential Question Reflection (10 minutes) (Gr. 7)
Essential Questions:
How does Obama's story in the first chapter help shape his life?  Use details from the text to support your answer.
Why do the actions of people older than us cause us to act in a certain way? Use examples from the first chapter to help support your answer.

12. Essential Question Reflection (10 minutes) (Gr. 8)
Essential Questions:
Why does “getting caught” change the lives of some, while it does not change the lives of others?  Use examples from the text to support your answer.
What are the main differences between the two Wes Moore’s in chapter one? How might those differences affect them later in life? Use examples from the first chapter to help support your answer.

13. Closing
Closing: What are the three criteria of good questions?