1. 1. 3. 2. Warm-Up: Take a ½ sheet from the tan bin.
Place your homework on your desk. Place “Teens and Tattoos” on your desk.
Number your paper 1-3. Look at each of the pictures below. Choose a word that most closely relates with each picture. Write that word and how it relates on your ¼ sheet.
Compel:
Persistent:
Implement:
Segregate:
Insight:
Undermine:
Aspire:
Abound:
Fragile:
Gavel:
Portable:
Redeemed: 1. 3. 2.

2. Vocabulary, Sheets 7 and 8
7A: Compel: force or pressure (someone) to do something
7B: Persistent: Does not give up. Continues to try.
7C: Implement: To put into action.
7D: Segregate: To separate one person or group from another.
7E: Insight: The ability to gain a deep understanding of a person or thing.
7F: Undermine: To damage or weaken.
8A: Aspire: To hope for or go after something.
8B: Abound: To be plentiful (to have lots of).
8C: Fragile: Easily broken or damaged.
8D: Gavel: A wooden hammer used in a court by a judge to keep order.
8E: Portable: Able to be easily carried or moved, especially because of being a lighter and smaller version than usual.
8F: Redeemed: To exchange for money or goods.

3. Vocabulary, Sheets 5 and 6
5A: Posture: The way you hold your body when you stand or sit.
5B: Resolve: To settle or find a solution to something.
5C: Physique: The shape and size of a person’s body.
5D: Institution: A place to care for people with mental conditions.
5E: Sacrifice: The act of giving up one thing to save another.
5F: Isolation: Separation from others.
6A: Meditate: To sit quiet and still in order to think deeply.
6B: Competitive: Having or displaying a strong desire to be more successful than others.
6C: Matter-of-factly: To say something without emotion, naturally, and quietly.
6D: Curriculum: Subjects taught in school.
6E: Resent: To feel anger for someone or something.
6F: Vacant: Empty

4. Vocabulary, Sheets 3 and 4
3A: Summoning: Calling upon someone to do something.
3B: Potential: Showing the ability to become or develop into something in the future.
3C: Restriction: Being limited or controlled.
3D: Self-Perception: The way a person sees him/herself.
3E: Demeanor: Behavior, manner, attitude.
3F: Modesty: The attitude you have when you don’t think you are too great. Not full of pride.
4A: Tolerance: The strength and patience to put up with something that is bad.
4B: Invest: To give your money to a company so they can use it to make more money for you and them.
4C: Indescribably: So strange you can’t explain it.
4D: Optimistic: Having a positive view of what will happen in the future.

5. Sheet One
Aghast: horrified
Stupefied: confused
Goad: to whip or annoy into doing something
In Vain: with no purpose
Spontaneously: suddenly
Navigate: to find the correct path from one spot to another
Sheet Two
Empower: To give power or strength to.
Timid: Being scared or being unsure of yourself.
Philanthropy: A desire to help people, especially through charity.
Advocate: To speak or write in favor of something.
Amend: To make minor changes in something to make it more fair.
Peer: A person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background and social status.

6. Agenda (Wednesday, 2/13)
Essential Question: Using dialogue and actions from the text as evidence, how are we aware that Maleeka is beginning to change? Standard: LAFS.8.RL.1.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. LAFS.8.RL.1.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Objective: Students will use essential details of a text to determine how aspects of a character are being revealed. Warm-Up: Vocabulary Review Whole Group: Vocabulary Test sheets 7 and 8 RATA: Chapter 27 Discuss using better elaboration for HOTQ. Discuss using vocabulary words with HOTQ. Work Period: Vocabulary Review (with LINCS sheets) for vocabulary that goes with: Technology: Achieve 3000, fill out yellow sheet and answer Activity Questions (“Pay Up!”). Independent Work: Grade 7: Read Chapter 25 & 26 of The Skin I’m In and complete BMH questions and HOTQ. Independent Reading: Choose a book from the class library. Read quietly. Focus on any new vocabulary you can find. Teacher-Led: See “teacher-led” grouping sheet.

7. Clark Kent
2 1/22
The Skin I’m In
25-26

9. Reread page 44. How has Maleeka’s self esteem changed between that page and chapters 25 and 26?

10. High Order Thinking Question, Chapter 27
What sort of things happen in the chapter that infer that Momma might be blaming herself for what Maleeka did? Begin with a complete topic sentence that answers the question. Cite your evidence. Include evidence from the book that supports your topic sentence. Use at least two pieces of evidence to support your answer. Include at least one elaboration/ explanation sentence with each piece of evidence that shows how your evidence supports your topic sentence. Finish with a concluding sentence.

11. High Order Thinking Question, Chapter 27
NON-EXAMPLE OF ELABORATION What sort of things happen in the chapter that infer that Momma might be blaming herself for what Maleeka did? Begin with a complete topic sentence that answers the question. Cite your evidence. Include evidence from the book that supports your topic sentence. Use at least two pieces of evidence to support your answer. Include at least one elaboration/ explanation sentence with each piece of evidence that shows how your evidence supports your topic sentence. Finish with a concluding sentence. Momma might be blaming herself for what Maleeka did. On page 147 of The Skin I’m In, we are told that Momma offers her tea to Maleeka and pushes it towards her, then they start crying together. When Momma does this she shows that she might be blaming herself for what Maleeka did. Also, on page…

12. High Order Thinking Question, Chapter 27
EXAMPLE OF ELABORATION What sort of things happen in the chapter that infer that Momma might be blaming herself for what Maleeka did? Begin with a complete topic sentence that answers the question. Cite your evidence. Include evidence from the book that supports your topic sentence. Use at least two pieces of evidence to support your answer. Include at least one elaboration/ explanation sentence with each piece of evidence that shows how your evidence supports your topic sentence. Finish with a concluding sentence. Momma might be blaming herself for what Maleeka did. On page 147 of The Skin I’m In, we are told that Momma offers her tea to Maleeka and pushes it towards her, then they start crying together. When Momma does this she is showing that she cares for Maleeka and isn’t just going to yell and yell at her. When she offers her tea to Maleeka, it might indicate that she feels guilty for the fact that Maleeka goes without nice clothes and things like that and blames herself for the way Maleeka has acted out. Also, on page…

13. Sir Wilson-Washington
Iron Man WR A
Zachariah Scott D
Jalen Perryman
 Black Widow WM B
David Corley
Wayne Le
 Thor
Fluency A
Tyrone Summerall H
Sir Wilson-Washington
 Captain America
SRC Army Code Talkers (Common Lit)
Aylah Bell B
Julianna Gagliardo D
Jacob Hall E
Amer Karincic F
Blaine Ross
Jarren Sherman

14. Thor Captain America Iron Man A Jeremiah Perryman B Caitlin Berrios DWR A
Jeremiah Perryman B
Caitlin Berrios D
Chris Taylor F
Wileyah Williams
 Black Widow
Fluency
Eric Sassaman
Abigail Sorrell
De’Ziya Upshaw
Julianna Vorn H
Isaac Whigham E
Cori Young
 Thor
SRC Lazy Anansi (Common Lit) A
Zakary King C
Xavier Wright D
Marianne Salem F
Gabrielle Wims H
Lavon Small E
Rivers Willis
 Captain America
SRC Army Code Talkers (Common Lit)
Kyler Scott
Hannah Schmidt
Julius Papalia

15. Socratic Seminar 2 Book-Mind-Heart Questions
1 Version of the High Order Thinking Question
What makes Maleeka “Char’s fool?”
What is the biggest difference between Char and Maleeka in these two chapters?
What are the first ten words Miss Saunders will say to Maleeka when she finds out that Maleeka and her friends have damaged her classroom?

16. Closing
Define the following two words:
Undermine
Gavel