1. Language Arts - The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
Chapter 5
3/27/18

2. Warm-up, 3/27
Which sentence contains an error involving a dangling modifier? A)
To take a photograph, you must first focus the lens. B)
Of the two pairs of scissors, this one is the sharper. C)
Isaiah is the smartest person in the entire high school. D)
During yesterday's nature walk, deer grazed in an open field.

3. Agenda, 3/27 Learning Target: Formulating questions while reading
1. Warm-up
2. Chap. 5 discussion
Read & Discuss
Comprehension questions (turn-in)
3. Membean
Learning Target:
Formulating questions while reading
Analyzing characters and plot development

4. Ch. 5 "Prison" - comprehension check
FINISH READING THE CHAPTER FIRST. DO NOT copy the questions. DO write THOROUGH answers. If you need to use complete sentences in order to answer thoroughly, do so. If you can answer thoroughly with just a phrase or two, that’s fine.
What is the “this” Rosa is referring to when she shrieks, “You’re responsible for this!” at Matt? 
What does Rosa do to manage the smell and filth in Matt’s room?
How does Matt entertain himself in “prison”?
What object has come to be a comfort to Matt, and what does it represent?
Matt does not speak and does not seem happy when Celia and María find him in the room.  The author writes: “Matt was frankly relieved to see them go.  They were an unwelcome intrusion in the orderly world he had created.”  Explain why Matt is reacting this way.
When you finish, please do NOT go on to the next chapter. Please use your extra time for Membean, independent reading, or work for another class.