1. DAY 1

2. Welcome work
Check the assignments board for the materials that you will need today and take them out.
Put away your backpack quickly and quietly.
Read silently for 15 minutes.

3. “Sound of Summer Running”
Symbolism
“Eleven” (p. 149)
“Sound of Summer Running”
Symbol
Descriptive words from the story
Details
The symbol represents

4. Exit Ticket
Write a summary of “The Sound of Summer Running,” and include the theme of the story.

5. Day 2

6. Welcome work
Check the assignments board for the materials that you will need today and take them out.
Put away your backpack quickly and quietly.
Read silently for 15 minutes.

7. “Sound of Summer Running”
“Eleven” (p. 149)
“Sound of Summer Running”
Symbol
Red sweater
Descriptive words from the story
ugly, all raggedy and old (p. 150)
“red plastic buttons and a collar and sleeves all stretched out like you could use it for a jump rope” (p. 150)
Details
“Today I wish I was one-hundred- and two instead of eleven…I’d have known what to say when Mrs. Price put the red sweater on my desk.” (p. 150)
“…I’m feeling sick inside, like the part of me that’s three wants to come out…try to remember today I am eleven, eleven” (p. 150)
The symbol represents
Rachel’s inability to defend herself
Her not feeling more mature
Barriers to growing up

8. Exit Ticket
Based on Douglas’s short response to his dad, what can you infer is the reason he can’t express his thoughts to his father?

9. Technology Day

10. Welcome work
Check the assignments board for the materials that you will need today and take them out.
Put away your backpack quickly and quietly.
Read silently for 15 minutes.

11. KidBlog
Log into KidBlog and create a new post in response to the following question.
Was Douglas justified in obtaining new shoes in spite of his father’s protest? Use evidence to support your claim.

12. Book Club Day

13. Welcome work
Check the assignments board for the materials that you will need today and take them out.
Put away your backpack quickly and quietly.
Read silently for 15 minutes.

14. Book Club
Continue reading your book club novels. (70 minutes)
Meet with your group to discuss what you read.
Decide which chapter you will illustrate. Be sure to show what your character is like and how your character changes throughout the course of the book.
Illustrate your chapter into comic strips.