1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Copy the following word on your paper. Then, circle the vowel sounds and chunk the word in to its parts.
J U V E N I L E 8

2. 7
He would spend the next six months in juvenile hall for attempted murder. While he was locked up, another girlfriend, Alicia, gave birth to a baby boy. At 16, Wes was both a father and a convicted criminal.
Use context clues and word part meanings to write a definition of the bold word above.

3. Homicide (killing someone)8
He would spend the next six months in juvenile hall for attempted murder. While he was locked up, another girlfriend, Alicia, gave birth to a baby boy. At 16, Wes was both a father and a convicted criminal.
Which of the following most clearly defines the word juvenile as it is used in the paragraph?
Young/ teenager
Educational
Military
Homicide (killing someone)

4. Agenda:
Objective: To learn strategies for answering context clues questions.
Warm-Up: Word syllabication (chunking)
Mini-Lesson: Context Clues
RATA: Context Clues-
Work Period: Hulk and Black Widow Groups
Closing: Meaning of the mini-lesson word.

5. Homework

7. Hulk:
Complete the Achieve 3000 articles from the list.
Black Widow:
Grade 6: Chapter 5 (3 questions and content question)
Grade 7: Chapter 5 (3 questions and content question)
Grade 8: Chapter 7 (3 questions and content question)

8. Content Questions:
Grade 6: (Chapter 5) Why did the 100-year-old woman make a big impression on Nazario?
Grade 7: (Chapter 5) Describe how Obama’s father and grandfather were “trapped between two worlds.”
Grade 8: (Chapter 7) Wes Moore the author says that “other people hold on to your dreams until you’re ready to take them on yourself.” Who in Wes’s life held on to his dreams for him? In what way? Did the other Wes have anyone doing the same for him?

9. Closing
What is the definition of… juvenile