1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet of paper.
Open your computer and begin logging on. Log on to iLit.
Copy the following word on your paper. Circle its vowel sounds and slash any prefixes and suffixes
G E L A T I N O U S
Once you are logged on, go to:
Interactive Reading

2. Student Objectives:
How to question text.
How to monitor for understanding using paraphrasing.

4. Unit: Media and Technology
Agenda
Time
(min.’s)
Unit: Media and Technology
Essential Question: How do you know it’s for real? 10
Interactive Reading 5
Vocabulary (Gelatinous) 15
Read Aloud Think Aloud The Virtual War Chapter 14 (question and paraphrase)
Classroom Conversation
Whole Group (Vocabulary Review) 35
Work Time (Reading Check 1.20; Vocabulary Quiz Review; Strategies Review Quiz)
Wrap-Up

5. Assemble: to put together the parts or pieces of something
After Jason destroyed the ___________, he tried to assemble another one.
Subtle: not immediately understood or obvious
Lakayla’s answer to ___________ was very subtle.
Grueling: Very difficult physically; tiring
The _____________ was very grueling.

6. Lessons Words
1.16:
Incentive: something that encourages action or greater effort
Carnage: the violent killing of many people
1.17:
Assemble: to put together the parts or pieces of something
1.18:
Subtle: not immediately understood or obvious
Grueling: Very difficult physically; tiring
1.19
Pallor: a pale coloring of the face that makes a person look sick or unhealthy
Disputes: arguments or disagreements
1.21:
Fluid: a substance that flows; liquid.
Gelatinous: thick and almost liquid in form, like jelly

7. Vocabulary 11-15
Industrious: busy, hard-working Urgent: needing to do or deal with something immediately Depressions: areas that are lower than the parts around it Recreate: to make or copy something that existed in the past Scoffed: expressed disgust for someone or something Agile: able to move quickly, lightly, and easily Squirmed: twisted one’s body because one is nervous or uncomfortable Pact: a formal agreement between two or more people, group or countries

8. Malfunction: when something doesn’t work properly
Vocabulary (Lessons 1-5):
Arc: a curved path
Maternal: motherly
Malfunction: when something doesn’t work properly
Indulgent: when someone gives another everything they want
Diameter: a measurement across a circle
Strategist: one who makes plans
Occupied: filled or used space
Perplexed: confused

9. Unit 1, Lessons 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 Vocabulary
Conscientious: Taking cared to do something right. Rebuked: Scolded for doing something wrong. Spindly: long, thin and weak looking Prickly: easily annoyed or offended Flawless: without any mistakes or bad features Pleaded: asked for something in a very serious way; begged Transport: A system used for moving people or things from one place to another Sprint: the act of running or moving very fast for a short distance

10. Industrious Pact Rebuked Indulgent Conscientious
The _______________ boy finished mowing the yard, fixing the fence and painting the side of the house before noon.
The elephant tried to escape from the crocodile, but he wasn’t ___________ enough to make it across the river and in to the forest before the croc captured him.
There are many ______________ on the face of the moon, which means it has been hit by stuff from outer space.
The two boys had to sign a ___________ with the teacher, saying they agreed to behave for a substitute teacher.
A child’s _______________ parents are likely to just spoil him before he is old enough to learn to want to do things on his own.
The man’s quick and difficult answer just left me feeling ________________.
The football player threw the ball in an ______, allowing the receiver enough time to get under it and catch it.
The teacher said she wanted _______________ students who took their time and did good work.
The baby giraffe stood up on its ___________ legs and then stumbled next to its mother.
Disrespectful people often find themselves being ______________ by people in charge.
No one could find the _________________ the boy needed to get him to clean the toilets in the boys’ locker room.
Marsha’s face was marked with ________________ when she heard the horrible news.
Industrious Pact Rebuked Indulgent Conscientious
Agile Spindly Perplexed Pallor Arc Depressions Incentive

11. RATA
I read lessons from Chapter 14 (Lesson 1.21) (Questioning/ Paraphrasing)

12. Work Time:
Students will be working independently on the following:
Reading Check 1.20
Study Vocabulary Words from Word Bank
Then,
1) Work on the Interactive Reader assignment sent to them (in Assignments).
2) Go to the Library. Click My Level. Choose a book to begin reading.

13. Conversation Starter Questions
1.16
Corgan refuses Sharla’s offer to cheat for him. For what reasons do you think he would be correct for refusing to allow Sharla to cheat for him?
Mendor says, “there are reasons,” why the Virtual War has scenes of carnage. What do you think those reasons might be?
1.18
3. At the start of the chapter, a Council member says Corgan prefers the look of reality. Why does Corgan prefer reality over a virtual reality?
4. Do you think it’s possible that our world could end up like Corgan’s world sometime in the future? Why or why not?
1.19
5. Corgan seemed surprised to learn that Sharla had not cheated during the War. What clues in the text might lead a reader to suspect that Sharla had cheated.

14. Work Time:
Students will be working in small groups with Mr. Kern:
Silent Reading Comprehension Strategies

15. Wrap-Up:
Do you think the ideas presented in The Virtual War are realistic?
Continue working on your assignments as homework.