1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet from the tan bin.
Read the following sentences.
Then, answer the questions below.
Harsh sounds of chains and pulleys, like the workings of an ancient steel factory, echoed through the room, bouncing off the walls with a hollow, tinny, whine. The lightless elevator swayed back and forth as it ascended, turning the boy’s stomach sour with nausea.
1.What words or phrases in the sentences might be context clues that help determine the meaning of “ascended”?
2. What do you think the word “ascended” means?
3. Name things that ascend.

2. Ascend: to move upward
ascend
descend

3. Ascend To move upward.. Term: Story: Picture Definition:
 Ascend
Story:
Picture
Definition:
To move upward..
Reminding Word:

4. Obtain: to get something (to come in to possession of something)
Ultimate: the final or best
Intense: exciting and scary
Corrupt: bad; not doing the right thing
Destination: a place one is going to
Migrant: Someone who goes to one country to live from another country
Panting: Breathing very heavily
Refugee: Someone who leaves one country for another in order to be safe.
Persecute: to treat someone terribly (especially because of religion, race, gender, etc.)
10. Desert: to leave someone and not go back to them
11. Poverty: a state of being poor
12. Harbor: to hold someone for safety
13. Limitation: Something that keeps you from doing what you want to do
14. Resolve: to decide to do something; to determine that you will do something
15. Intervene: To get in the middle of; to come between two things
16. Meager: Lacking in amount or condition. Or, Lacking in quantity or quality.
17. Agonizing: Causing great mental pain.
18. Murky: Dark and gloomy.
19. Vulnerable: Weak and able to be attacked.

5. Residency: the right to be able to say you officially live in the U.S..
Artifact: an item of historical value.
Diversity: the state of having people of different backgrounds and cultures.
Intrude: to interfere or cut in.
Integrity: The quality of being an honest and strong moral person
Heritage: Your upbringing. Your traditions and culture.
Memoir: A diary, a biography, a record of events that someone writes about their life.
Banter: talking in a joking or teasing manner.
Condolences: words of sympathy or sorry for someone who is suffering
Ambitious: Puts forth a lot of effort to reach goals.
Complex: Complicated.
Resentful: Hateful
Vow: to promise
Economist: Someone who studies how much stuff is being sold or bought in a country so the country can make money.
Innovation: The act of creating or starting something new.
Prestigious: Something that has a great reputation and is well-respected
Pall: anything that covers with darkness or gloom
Impersonate: Pretend to be another person
Veil: A covering, normally over the face
Turbulent: Rough and destructive

6. Ascend: to move upward.

7. Agenda
Objective: Primary: I can analyze how particular elements of a story interact (RL.1.3). Secondary: I can cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text (RL.1.1). I can determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text (RL.1.2). Essential Question: How does the setting of The Maze Runner impact the main character’s mood in chapter one through nine? Warm-Up: Context Clues: ascended Vocabulary: ascended (LINCS Strategy) Whole Group: Discuss Data Chat Sheets. Discuss homework. Stations: 1. Achieve: Achieve 3000 (Pay Up!) 2. The Maze Runner, Chapters 1-2, Book-Mind-Heart, HOTQ 3. Independent reading (fill out a “book” for books you have finished reading) 4. Teacher-led: Monitoring Station Work, answering questions and concerns; DAR test Closing: Vocabulary Review

17. ?
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.    Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.    Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying: Remember. Survive. Run.

18. Station Groups Pd 5 TL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ivan Paige Jaden Aiden Jazmine
Jayden P.
Kefrain
Duncan
Joshua
Kayla
Xavier
Yahsir
Montana
Mercedes
Jatavia
Jonah
Kris

19. Whole Group Discussion:
Book:
Who is telling the story?
What does the author want you to know?
What did you notice about how the author told this story?

20. Whole Group Discussion:
Mind:
What surprised you?
What connections did you make?
What images were most important to you?
What lines created the surprise or connection?

21. Whole Group Discussion:
Heart:
What did you discover about yourself?
What matters most to you in this text or in your conversation?
What did you take to heart?

22. Higher Order Thinking Question (Chapters 1-3)
1. Ch. 1 - What feeling is evident in the first chapter? How does the setting contribute to this feeling? 2. Ch. 2 - What word does Thomas use to describe the boys (pg. 7)? Why does he describe them this way? Explain using text evidence.

23. Primary Conversation Topics from Book-Mind-Heart:
Student-Led Book Talk
Primary Conversation Topics from Book-Mind-Heart:
What does the author want you to know?
What surprised you?
Group Leader
Keep the conversation moving.
Ensure people are letting each other speak.
Ensure the conversation is civil.
A goal is to get everyone to talk.
Hot Seat
Evaluators
Speakers
Speakers
Evaluators

24. Socratic Seminar Norms
Don’t raise hands but use sensitivity to take turns and not interrupt others
Listen carefully
Address one another respectfully (Yes, sir/ma’am. No, sir/ma’am.) Use statements such as, “I understand what Joseph is saying, but…”)
Base any opinions on the text
Address comments to the group (no side conversations)
Be courageous in presenting your own thoughts and reasoning, but be flexible and willing to change your mind in the face of new and compelling evidence
If you are an observer, listen, understand, take notes, evaluate.
Hot Seat: If you are an observer/evaluator and you would like to make a comment, you may move to the “hot seat” to engage in the conversation.

25. Closing
How are turbulent and pall related?