1. Bell Ringer Hold onto your Ponyboy Chart. You’ll need it for today’s lesson and tonight’s home learning. Get your comp. book. Review the inferences you made about “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes. On the next blank page in your comp. book, write down 1-3 sentences explaining what Hughes wants the reader to walk away with after reading the story (i.e. the theme.)

2. Housekeeping Announcements: Next Make-Up Monday is 9/14. Home Learning: –Read through Ch. 4 of The Outsiders and continue to complete an inference chart to characterize Ponyboy. –Highlight 10 key details on that chart that would be significant to include in a scrapbook (more info later in class) Paper Pass Back

3. I Do We are NOT yet doing this, but I share the directions, only so you may begin to prepare for the mid-unit assessment. Directions: Begin creating a scrap book for Ponyboy, cutting out pictures from magazines or drawing mementos. You will add to the scrapbook throughout the quarter as you continue reading the novel and learning more about Ponyboy.

4. We Do What messages are there about life or human nature in “Thank You, Ma’am”? These are the text’s themes.

5. We Do (In Groups) On this second-read of “Thank You, Ma’am”: 1.confirm if the theme(s) we came up with in the Bell Ringer are accurate. If they’re not, be prepared to explain your reasoning and determine a correct theme. 2.On a post-it note, write details that support the theme your group believes is correct & post-it next to the theme you believe is correct. –If the table cannot reach a consensus, you may include more than one post-it. –Please post them as soon as you’re finished

6. We Do (Whole Group) Check marks = is a theme Crossed out = NOT a theme

7. You Do Directions: Read Ch. 2-3 of The Outsiders and… Only add significant details to your Ponyboy chart as you continue reading. Your primary focus in class is to create a mind map that begins to track the theme of The Outsiders. Example: Theme Sentence for possible theme Detail with page number Your theme analysis/explanation Detail with page number Your theme analysis/explanation Sentence for possible theme Detail with page number

8. Closing Share out your charts & answers to the question: what does the author want us to walk away with? Write this at the bottom of your T-chart in you haven’t done so already. Does our cart look how it started?

9. Closing On a post-it note, Write a summary that reflects what you understand about The Outsiders based on what you have just read. Place the post-it in the class inbox as you exit class today. Reminders: Home Learning: Finish Ch. 2-4 of The Outsiders & complete the Ponyboy Inference T-Chart, if not finished in class. Highlight 10 key details to include in a scrapbook of Ponyboy. Due Monday.