1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet from the tan bin.
Place any late homework on your desk.
Read the following sentence:
The neighborhood was plagued by drugs and violence
during the years Wes Moore was growing up. The harsh
conditions were very difficult in which to grow up.
Choose either of the two underlined words above. (Choose one that you know the least about or maybe don’t know the definition of.)
What words or phrases in the sentence might be context clues that help you determine the meaning of “plagued” or “harsh?”
What do you think the word “plagued” or “harsh” means?

2. Copy the following term and its definition on your paper.
Term: Plague (verb)
Definition: to bother or annoy
Term: Harsh
Definition: uncomfortable or
unpleasant

3. Plague Harsh To bother or annoy Uncomfortable or unpleasant Term:
 Plague
Story:
Picture
Definition:
To bother or annoy
Reminding Word:
Term:
 Harsh
Story:
Picture
Definition:
Uncomfortable or unpleasant
Reminding Word:

4. 1. Multiple: many different types
2. Tuition: money used to pay for private school
3. On the verge: almost, on the edge of doing something
4. Expelled: kicked out of
5. Lecture: a speech, a “talking to”
6. Defiant: won’t do something you are supposed to do
7. Detained: Held against your will (arrested)
8. Prestigious: Something that has a great reputation and is well-respected.
9. All-Consuming: when something takes up all of your time and energy
10. Reflect: to think back on something
11. Plague (verb): to annoy or bother
12. Harsh: unpleasant or uncomfortable
In the book, how might All-Consuming and Reflect be related?

5. Agenda
Objective: To determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text. To understand how to use the Achieve strategy sheet with summarizing and questioning. Essential Question: How were the lives of the two Wes Moores shaped by the decisions they made? What does this suggest about the impact our choices have on our adult lives? Warm-Up: Plague or Harsh (Context Clues) Vocabulary: Plague or Harsh (LINCS strategy) Whole Group: Whole group discussion: Chapter 2 of “Life and Death” using Book-Mind-Heart Stations: (55 minutes) 1. On the Record- BMH (Chapter 3) 2. Independent reading (fill out a “book” for books you have finished reading) 3. Technology: Achieve 3000 (College, Here We Come; Chicago School Sends Everyone to College ) 3. Teacher-led: Monitoring Station Work, answering questions and concerns; DAR test Closing: Vocabulary Review

6. Homework

9. Whole Group Discussion: Chapter 2

10. Whole Group Discussion: Chapter 2
Book:
Who is telling the story?
What does the author want you to know?
What did you notice about how the author told this story?

11. Whole Group Discussion: Chapter 2
Mind:
What surprised you?
What connections did you make?
What images were most important to you?
What lines created the surprise or connection?

12. Whole Group Discussion: Chapter 2
Heart:
What did you discover about yourself?
What matters most to you in this text or in your conversation?
What did you take to heart?

13. Higher Order Thinking Questions (Chapter 2)
How does the Wes Moore who went to college show that he appreciated the life he ended up with? Provide evidence from the text.
If you were the Wes Moore in prison, how would you have reacted to the letters the other Wes Moore sent to you?

14. College, Here We Come; Chicago School Sends Everyone to College
Whole Group:
Intro to stations:
Technology: Achieve 3000
College, Here We Come; Chicago School Sends Everyone to College
2. On the Record- Book- Mind- Heart Strategy
Life and Death: Part 1, Chapter 3
3. Independent reading- find a book
Search quietly for a book to read independently here or at home. You may check the book out. Write name on list. Write your name on Post-It note. Place Post-It in book. Place book on shelf or take it with you.
4. Teacher-led: DAR test

19. Higher Order Thinking Questions (Chapter 3)
How might the mother of the Wes Moore that went to jail be to blame or NOT be to blame for his fate?
What happens in the chapter to show that maybe the Wes Moore who went to jail never had a chance in life?

20. Closing
How might “plague” and “harsh” be similar?