1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet from the tan bin.
Place any late homework on your desk.
Copy the following words. Try to write their definitions on your paper without looking at your LINCS strategy sheets.
On the verge
Prestigious
Multiple
Reflect
Gravitate

2. On the verge Prestigious Multiple Reflect Gravitate All-Consuming
Choose two words from the blue list.
Then, decide which word or words from the red list is most closely related to each of the blue words.
On the verge
Prestigious
Multiple
Reflect
Gravitate
All-Consuming
Reflect
Harsh
Defiant
Detained

3. Term:
Story:
Picture
Definition:
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
13. Gravitate: To move towards something
14. Juvenile: something made for teens or young people
15. Convicted: found guilty of a crime
16. Suburb: An area surrounding the city where lots of people might live.
17. Rural: In the country.

5. Homework

6. Homework

7. Homework

8. 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: Vocabulary Review (Context clues) Vocabulary: Review (LINCS strategy) Whole Group: Discuss Homework Share Book-Mind-Heart Answers Discuss Sequence-of-Events in the stories of the two Wes Moores Stations: There will be one rotation today 1. On the Record- BMH (Chapters 6 and 7) 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, 100 Years of Happy, Keeping Kids in School, Slam Dunk Success ) 4. Teacher-led: Monitoring Station Work, answering questions and concerns; DAR test Closing: Vocabulary Review

9. Whole Group Discussion: Chapter 3
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?

10. Whole Group Discussion: Chapter 3
Mind:
What surprised you?
What connections did you make?
What images were most important to you?
What lines created the surprise or connection?

11. Whole Group Discussion: Chapter 3
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?

12. 2. On the Record- Book- Mind- Heart Strategy
Station Rotations:
Technology: Achieve 3000
College, Here We Come; Chicago School Sends Everyone to College; 100 Years of Happy, Keeping Kids in School
2. On the Record- Book- Mind- Heart Strategy
Life and Death: Part 1, Chapters 4 and 5
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

13. Higher Order Thinking Questions (Chapters 4 and 5)
(College) Wes Moore’s dad passed away early in his life. What effect did this have, eventually, on Wes Moore?
What did Wes Moore (prison) do to try to improve his life? Why do you think this didn’t work?
What differences in the two Wes Moore’s lives led one to prison and one to college? Use information from only chapters 4 and 5 in your answer.

14. He decided selling drugs was an easier way to get $.
Sequence of Events: What did Wes Moore (prison) do to try to improve his life? Why do you think this didn’t work?
Answer: Wes Moore joined the Job Corps to try to improve his life. He got his GED and found some work. But, the work wasn’t steady enough. Alicia, Cheryl, and his mother all needed money and were pressuring him. So, he decided it was easier to sell drugs to earn money.
He decided selling drugs was an easier way to get $.
Wes joins Job Corps.
He got his GED.
He couldn’t find steady work.
Alicia, Cheryl, and his mother all needed money.

15. Sequence of Events Mom says, “Its time to stop running.” Dad dies
(College) Wes Moore’s dad passed away early in his life. What effect did this have, eventually, on Wes Moore?
Mom says, “Its time to stop running.”
Dad dies

16. Sequence of Events I Do Mom says, “Its time to stop running.” Dad dies
(College) Wes Moore’s dad passed away early in his life. What effect did this have, eventually, on Wes Moore?
Mom says, “Its time to stop running.”
Dad dies
I Do
Wes moved with his family to his grandparents.

17. Sequence of Events We Do Mom says, “Its time to stop running.”
(College) Wes Moore’s dad passed away early in his life. What effect did this have on Wes Moore?
Mom says, “Its time to stop running.”
Dad dies
We Do
Wes moved with his family to his grandparents.

18. Sequence of Events You Do Mom says, “Its time to stop running.”
(College) Wes Moore’s dad passed away early in his life. What effect did this have, eventually, on Wes Moore?
Mom says, “Its time to stop running.”
Dad dies
You Do
Wes moved with his family to his grandparents.

19. Higher Order Questions (Chapters 6 and 7)
Wes Moore (college) states, “So little separates us from another life altogether.” What do you think he means by this? Use information from the text in your answer.
Why do you think the Wes Moore in prison agreed to having the book written about him?

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