1. Literature: Friday, January 18, 2019
Handouts: * K-W-L chart
Homework: * Read AR book minutes daily & record progress * K-W-L Chart (in class)
Assignments Due: * Independent Reading Chart for Jan. 14 – 20

2. Today’s Goal: Learn about Abraham Lincoln and biographical material as we analyze “The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln (PDF online).
Outcomes:
Define the term “metaphor” and identify examples from “The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln.”
Apply the skill of previewing before delving into today’s biographical excerpt.
Activate “prior knowledge” as you preview today’s reading.
Demonstrate your ability to use a K-W-L chart while reading biographical material.
Identify clues from the text that reveal Lincoln’s character qualities.
Define “colloquialism” and cite examples of dialect that reveal how Lincoln spoke.

3. Starter #1: Turn to your K-W-L chart. What does K-W-L stand for?
Column 1: What I KNOW already
Column 2: What I WANT TO KNOW
Column 3: What I LEARNED from what I just read
To do a K-W-L chart correctly, the first two columns must be done before you begin reading. This is also a timed activity.
I’m going to place a word on the screen. When I say, “Go,” write as many things as you can in column one, then stop. Remember that column indicates what you know for sure already. Wait till I show you the word AND say, “Go.”
The word is . . .
Abraham Lincoln
[Discuss responses]

4. Starter #2: This next step is also timed.
Look at column 2 on your chart, the middle column. You may use each box for only one question. When I say, “Go,” fill as many boxes as you can with questions that you have about Abraham Lincoln, things you would like to know about him.
Go!
[Discuss responses]

5. Starter #3:
Do we have any photography buffs (experts/hobbyists) in this class?
Abraham Lincoln is one of the earliest Presidents for which we have actual photographs. Does anyone know what famous photographer was credited with most of the Lincoln photos we have?
Matthew Brady, who was also famous for his Civil War photography. Before Matthew Brady, there were two Frenchmen who are credited with the earliest form of photography. Painter Louis Daguerre and scientist Joseph Niepce invented the daguerreotype, a process for taking photos that required the subject to remain perfectly still for several minutes.
Today’s excerpt comes from a book that is an award-winning “photo-biography.” Check it out!
Open your Chrome book to “The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln” PDF.

6. Starter #3: Turn to your K-W-L chart. This is another timed activity.
When I say go, write down on your chart six things you learned about Lincoln that you didn’t know before.
Go!