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Vocab Quiz 7B - Friday
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Thought for the Day:

2. Independent Reading Vocab 7B practice

3. Persepolis – p
Features of graphic novel – add to definitions chart/identify in sample panel (terms and definitions p. 142 – put them on your green definition chart)
As you read, mark the following – we will discuss questions from text after:
Narrative elements (setting, character, point of view, sequence of events, theme)
Complete the chart #8 – p. 151
Also, the ones we’ve been looking at previously – is there any...
Figurative language, dialogue, pacing, etc.
Circle unknown words
Mark the defining moment, the response to the moment, and the reflection on that moment.

4. Persepolis discussion questions
What is the purpose of the graphic novel? How do the words and format of the graphic novel relate to that purpose?
Look at the panel on page 146 in which the narrator is pressed between her mother and grandmother. What can you infer from the art that is not stated directly in the text? What clues can you use to make this inference?
Why does the narrator compare the wait for her father to come home to “the same silence as before a storm”?
What do you notice about the dominance of black or white in each illustration on page 147? How do the illustrations support the text of the story?
Why does the grandmother say, “If I die now at least I’ll be a martyr! Grandma martyr!”

5. #1 – Alex, Preston, Max, Maddie
#2 – Miah, Kelvin, Cameron, Brenda / Zarion, Colin, Austin T.
#3 – Jacinda, BK, Luke, Breyah / Mackenzie, Javier, Khalil
#4 – Anna, Nicole, Derwin, Meli / Kennedy, Sebastian, Tyler, Austin K.
#5 – Langston, Alysha, JoJo, Pooya
#6 – Whole class

6. Work on synthesis chart