1. Copy the following list of words and write their definitions: Obstruct
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet from the tan bin.
Place any homework on your desk.
Copy the following list of words and write their definitions:
Obstruct
Prosecution
Assent
Impartial
Delegate
Empower
Timid
Philanthropy

2. Vocabulary Sheet 3 Obstruct: To interrupt or block.
Prosecution: Taking someone to court for committing a crime.
Assent: Acceptance, agreement, approval.
Impartial: Neutral, fair, on neither side.
Delegate: Assign something to a group of people to do.

3. Agenda (Wednesday, 9/26)
Essential Question: How do I find essential details in order to make conclusions about text? Standard: RL1 Finding key details Objective: Students will use essential details of a text to come to a conclusion based on a high order thinking question. Warm-Up: Vocabulary Review Whole Group: Station Rotation Review- Discuss how the BMH/HOTQ sheet relates to the Socratic Seminar Work Period: Technology: Achieve 3000, fill out yellow sheet and answer Activity Questions (Students Find Rhodes to Success) Independent Work: Grade 8: Read Chapter 7 of Life and Death and complete the 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: DAR Testing/ Data Chat/ Discuss their Independent Reading book.

4. Peter Parker
1 9/24
Life and Death
6 and 7

5. How might the expectations of others have affected the lives of each Wes Moore?

6. High Order Thinking Question, Chapters 6-7
How might the expectations of others have affected the lives of each Wes Moore? 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.

7. Achieve 3000 Yellow Sheet
“Students Find Rhodes to Success”

8. Socratic Seminar 2 Book-Mind-Heart Questions
1 Version of the High Order Thinking Question
Do people’s expectations of others have an effect on them? Why or why not?

9. Closing
Give an example of something people delegate.