1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet of paper.
Open your computer and begin logging on.
Log on to iLit. (Remember, use the address bar at the top of the screen and type: learnilit.com )
Copy the following words on your paper and circle all of the vowel sounds in each of them.
D I A M E T E R S T R A T E G I S T
Once you are logged on, go to Assignments and work on Interactive Reader for ten minutes.

2. Agenda
Time
(min.’s)
Unit: Digital Reality
Essential Question: How do you know it’s for real? 10
Interactive Reader (cash in stamps)
Vocabulary (diameter and strategist) 15
Read Aloud Think Aloud The Virtual War (modelling predicting, visualizing and looking at vocabulary in context) 5
Classroom Conversation
Whole Group (making and modifying predictions) 35
Work Time (The Grade, Interactive Reader, Study Plan)
Wrap-Up

3. Standards:
7.W.3.9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
7.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
7.RL.2.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
LAFS.7.RL.1.3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).

4. Work Time:
Students will be working independently on the following:
Finishing “The Grade” assessment (in Assignments).
Work on iPractice 1.1: Ask Questions (in Assignments) and iPractice 1.2 What Happens Next? 1.3 Visualize.
3) Work on Grammar Study Plan.
4) Work on Extra Practice: Consonant Digraphs. (in Assignments).
5) Work on the Interactive Reader assignment sent to them (in Assignments).
6) Go to the Library. Click My Level. Choose a book to begin reading.

5. Work Time:
Students will be working in small groups with Mr. Kern:
-Silent Reading Comprehension
-Reviewing Interactive Reader Responses/ Discuss Short Responses

6. Wrap-Up:
Do you think Corgan and Sharla will get along?
What are the meanings of the following words: diameter, strategist, arc, maternal, malfunction and indulgent?
Continue working on your assignments as homework and, think of at least three more questions you might have about what we read today concerning the characters, the setting, or the plot.