1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet from the tan bin.
Place any late homework on your desk.
Copy the following words (you may write them on four lines on your paper):
1. On the Verge Reflect Convict Rural
Choose a picture that matches each of the words above. Just write the letter of the picture by the word on your paper. A B D C

2. Agenda
Objective: To review the meanings of vocabulary from Life and Death. To understand how to conduct Socratic Seminars and how to use the information they learn from it to write an essay. 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 Vocabulary: Vocabulary Review Whole Group: Discuss Book Mind Heart and Higher Order Questions for Chapters 6 and 7 Answer Socratic Seminar Questions (Prepare for Socratic Seminar) Stations: There will be one rotation today for period 7 and two and a half for period 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

3. Term:
Story:
Picture
Definition:
Reminding Word:

4. LINCS Strategy Sheets Pull all of your LINCS Strategy Sheets.
Check for all of the following words and definitions.
Add Terms and Definitions for any words you are missing.

5. Neutral (neither + nor -)
Word Sort
Look at each of your vocabulary words. Classify each word as a “negative word” (-), “neutral” (neither negative or positive), or “positive” (+). Copy the following chart on your paper and write the words in their correct columns. The columns will not have an even number of words.
(-)
Neutral (neither + nor -)
(+)

6. 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.
18. Embody: To put in the form of a body.

7. Negative Neutral Positive 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.
18. Embody: To put in the form of a body.
Negative
Neutral
Positive

8. Homework

9. Homework

10. Homework

11. 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?

12. 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?

13. 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?

14. 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 6 and 7
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

15. 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?

16. Socratic Seminar and Writing Activity
Is an individual’s destiny determined by fate, chance, or choice?
Fate: something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot
Chance: luck or fortune
Choice: an act or instance of choosing; selection
Mid- Unit Assessment Write an essay in which you take a position on whether or not an individual’s destiny is determined by fate, chance, or choice. Use the information presented in the passages we have read in class to support your points.

17. Socratic Seminar and Writing Activity
At the end of each unit, the class will engage in a Socratic Seminar. The class will use the information they learn from the Socratic Seminar and write a written response. Day 1- students work individually and in groups to prepare for the seminar Day 2- conduct the Socratic Seminar Day 3- complete writing assignment (after completing the Socratic Seminar, you will answer the essential question, which will serve as a writing assessment).

18. Preparation for Socratic Seminar
Organize your Book-Mind-Heart and Higher Order Thinking Questions. Then, choose at least five of the following questions to answer for the notes you will use for the Socratic Seminar. Write the page number and/or paragraph number of any information that you will have to cite in the Socratic Seminar and writing portion of the activity.
What are the texts mainly about?
Why did the authors write each of the texts?
If you were to put all texts together, what would be an appropriate title for them?
Write the most important quote or information provided by each piece of text.
What do these stories tell us about fate, chance or choice?
How might this story of Wes Moore be negative for someone to hear?
How might the story of Wes Moore be positive for someone to hear?
How important was “family” in these texts?
How does poverty affect fate, chance or choice?
What questions do you have about the text? What is unclear to you?

19. Socratic Seminar Norms
Don’t raise hands but use sensitivity to take turns and not interrupt others
Listen carefully
Address one another respectfully (Yes, sir/ma’am. No, sir/ma’am. Refer to each other by last name (Mr. Jones, Ms. Smith). Use statements such as, “I understand what Mr. Jones is saying, but…”)
Base any opinions on the text
Address comments to the group (no side conversations)
Wait for at least two other people to speak before you speak again
Be courageous in presenting your own thoughts and reasoning, but be flexible and willing to change your mind in the face of new and compelling evidence
If you are an observer, listen, understand, take notes, evaluate.

20. The Essential Question/ Writing Assessment
Write an essay in which you take a position on whether or not an individual’s destiny is determined by fate, chance, or choice. Use the information presented in the passages we have read in class to support your points. Directions: Write an essay of at least four paragraphs. The essay should include an introduction paragraph, two supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion paragraph. The two supporting paragraphs must include at least two quotes each (evidence) from the texts.

21. Socratic Seminar Beginning Point
What determines an individual’s destiny: fate, chance or choice?

22. Socratic Seminar Evaluation

23. Socratic Seminar Evaluation

24. Socratic Seminar Examples

25. Closing
What was the most effective part of the Socratic Seminar process today?