1. Remember the definitions!!!
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Copy the following words on the ¼ sheet:
Quandary
Perils
Incomprehensible
Multiple
Tuition
On the verge
Expelled
Lecture
Defiant
Detained
Remember the definitions!!!

2. How GREAT is your VOCAB?!?!
Try to remember your reminding words for the following words. Do your best to write a short definition for each word.
Quandary
Perils
Incomprehensible
Multiple
Tuition
On the verge
Expelled
Lecture
Defiant
Detained

3. How GREAT is your VOCAB?!?!
Write the letter of the definition that matches each word.
Quandary
Perils
Incomprehensible
Multiple
Tuition
On the verge
Expelled
Lecture
Defiant
Detained
money used to pay for private school
won’t do something you are supposed to do
Things that are dangerous
Held against your will (arrested)
kicked out of
Hard to understand
many different types
a speech, a “talking to”
almost, on the edge of doing something
When you have to make a decision

4. How GREAT is your VOCAB?!?!
Write the letter of the definition that matches each word.
Quandary J
Perils C
Incomprehensible F
Multiple G
Tuition A
On the verge I
Expelled E
Lecture H
Defiant B
Detained D
money used to pay for private school
won’t do something you are supposed to do
Things that are dangerous
Held against your will (arrested)
kicked out of
Hard to understand
many different types
a speech, a “talking to”
almost, on the edge of doing something
When you have to make a decision

5. Balloon Vocabulary Game
Each row is a team.
Each row must write the list of vocabulary words and their definitions on a balloon, passing the balloon back and forth amongst the group.
Students must know the meanings of the words and (hopefully) learn the words they didn’t know by the end of the game.

6. Choose one of the following words and complete the LINCS strategy for it.
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)
Term:
Story:
Picture
Definition:
Reminding Word:

7. Agenda
Objective: To determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text. 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: Quote from Wes Moore Vocabulary: Review meanings of the vocabulary words Whole Group: Pass out the weekly homework Balloon Vocabulary Game Discuss problems with Book-Mind-Heart (questions B:3, M:3, H:2) Stations: 1. Answer Tarzan multiple choice questions (Independent reading if you are finished) 2. On the Record- BMH (Finish chapter one) 3. Independent reading- find a book 4. Teacher-led: DAR test Closing: Vocabulary Review

8. Answer Tarzan multiple choice questions
Whole Group:
Intro to stations:
Answer Tarzan multiple choice questions
Multiple choice questions will be provided to you. Find evidence and use your BMH sheet to help you determine the answers.
2. On the Record- BMH
Life and Death: Part 1, Moment of Truth: Wes Moore;
Chapter 1: Busted
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

9. Higher Order Thinking Questions
What evidence can you find in this chapter to suggest which Wes will go to college and which to prison?
Read the second paragraph. How is Shea defiant?
In Chapter 1, we are introduced to two boys named Wes Moore. How are the boys’ lives similar? How are they different? Cite evidence from the text that supports your observations.

10. Closing
What was the meaning of your vocabulary word?