1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet from the tan bin.
Place your homework on your desk.
Read the following sentence:
In Guatemala, her husband had deserted her for another woman, leaving the family in poverty. Some days she had nothing to feed her kids.
Choose either of the two words 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 “deserted” or “poverty”?
What do you think the word “deserted” or “poverty” means?

2. Copy the following term and its definition on your paper.
Term: DESERT
Definition: to leave someone and
not go back to them
Term: POVERTY
Definition: a state of being poor

3. to leave someone and not go back to them a state of being poor Term:
 Desert
Story:
Picture
to leave someone and
not go back to them
Reminding Word:
Term:
 Poverty
Story:
Picture
a state of being poor
Reminding Word:

4. Agenda
Objective: To determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text. Essential Question: Gr. 7: How does the author of “A Dream for Many” convey the central idea? Warm-Up: Persecute (comparison to other vocabulary words) Vocabulary: Persecute (LINCS strategy) Whole Group: Class discussion about chapter one- Book-Mind-Heart Stations: 1. On the Record- BMH (Chapter 2) 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

5. Obtain: to get something (to come in to possession of something)
Ultimate: the final or best
Intense: exciting and scary
Corrupt: bad; not doing the right thing
Destination: a place one is going to
Migrant: Someone who goes to one country to live from another country
Panting: Breathing very heavily
Refugee: Someone who leaves one country for another in order to be safe.
Persecute: to treat someone terribly (especially because of religion, race, gender, etc.)
10. Desert: to leave someone and not go back to them
11. Poverty: a state of being poor
How might poverty and persecute be related?

15. You can write a SUMMARY statement.
I Do…
You can write a SUMMARY statement.
Two boys who lived rough lives were given a chance at a better life.

16. Or, you can write a good WONDERING QUESTION.
I Do…
Or, you can write a good WONDERING QUESTION.
How were the two boys able to go to Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men (UPCAYM)?

17. SUMMARY STATEMENT or a good WONDERING QUESTION.
We Do…
Urban Prep is Chicago’s only public all-male, all-African-American high school. The school has a big goal: helping every one of its students get accepted into college. To some, the school’s mission seems bold. Urban Prep’s students come from some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. Many of the students grew up around gangs. Most of the teens struggle with school and family problems.
SUMMARY STATEMENT or a good WONDERING QUESTION.

18. SUMMARY STATEMENT or a good WONDERING QUESTION.
“I wanted to create a school that was going to put black boys in a different place,” said Tim King. King started Urban Prep. “In my mind, that different place needed to be college.
In order to achieve that goal, students at Urban Prep must follow strict rules. They must wear a uniform that includes a jacket and tie. The school day is longer by two hours. Students attend two English classes daily. Students must complete 20 minutes of reading each day, with reading tests every six weeks.
You Do…
SUMMARY STATEMENT or a good WONDERING QUESTION.

19. Continue the Strategy Sheet
You must write at least five comments total.
You must write your answer to the Thought Question on the back.
Fill out your score.

20. 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
Reporting Live, Chapter 2
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

21. Higher Order Thinking Questions: Chapter 1
How does Nazario retrace Enrique’s steps?
What happens that lets us know that the boys like Nazario?
Why do you think so many boys are trying to go to America?

22. Higher Order Thinking Questions: Chapter 2
What events led to Nazario wanting to be a reporter?
What effect did Carmen’s story have on Nazario?
Was Carmen’s decision to leave her children in Guatemala a good one or a bad one? Explain and support your answer with evidence from the text.

23. Closing
How might desert and refugee be related?