1. How would you characterize the second paragraph? Why? (Having trouble? Read it aloud.) How would you characterize the second paragraph? Why? (Having trouble? Read it aloud.) What can be done to make one of the sentences more readable? What can be done to make one of the sentences more readable? Share your changes with a partner. Record his/her changes, and evaluate those changes. Share your changes with a partner. Record his/her changes, and evaluate those changes. How would you characterize the second paragraph? Why? (Having trouble? Read it aloud.) How would you characterize the second paragraph? Why? (Having trouble? Read it aloud.) What can be done to make one of the sentences more readable? What can be done to make one of the sentences more readable? Share your changes with a partner. Record his/her changes, and evaluate those changes. Share your changes with a partner. Record his/her changes, and evaluate those changes.

2. Read “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” Read “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” – Understand characterization. – Understand historical context and make connections to current events. Read “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” Read “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” – Understand characterization. – Understand historical context and make connections to current events.

3. What do you think? How do life- threatening situations form who we are? What do you think? How do life- threatening situations form who we are? QuickTalk: In the Vietnam War, many young American men were sent overseas to fight in a war they knew little about. Get together in a small group, and talk about how you think those soldiers might have felt.

4. Read the Literary Focus and Reading Focus on p. 129. Read the Literary Focus and Reading Focus on p. 129. Read the Vocabulary on p. 129. Read the Vocabulary on p. 129. Read Build Background and Read with a Purpose on p. 131. Read Build Background and Read with a Purpose on p. 131. Read the Literary Focus and Reading Focus on p. 129. Read the Literary Focus and Reading Focus on p. 129. Read the Vocabulary on p. 129. Read the Vocabulary on p. 129. Read Build Background and Read with a Purpose on p. 131. Read Build Background and Read with a Purpose on p. 131.

5. Read “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” Read “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” As you read answer the following questions: A, B, C, H, I, J, and K. As you read answer the following questions: A, B, C, H, I, J, and K. Put your answers in your Brown book above the vocabulary box on p. 23. Put your answers in your Brown book above the vocabulary box on p. 23. Read “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” Read “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” As you read answer the following questions: A, B, C, H, I, J, and K. As you read answer the following questions: A, B, C, H, I, J, and K. Put your answers in your Brown book above the vocabulary box on p. 23. Put your answers in your Brown book above the vocabulary box on p. 23.

6. Complete the summary section in your Brown book. Complete the summary section in your Brown book. Answer questions 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 (p. 139) on regular notebook paper. Answer questions 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 (p. 139) on regular notebook paper. Complete the vocabulary practice. Complete the vocabulary practice. Complete the summary section in your Brown book. Complete the summary section in your Brown book. Answer questions 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 (p. 139) on regular notebook paper. Answer questions 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 (p. 139) on regular notebook paper. Complete the vocabulary practice. Complete the vocabulary practice.

7. Week 10, Countdown for Testing, due Mon., Nov. 1. Week 10, Countdown for Testing, due Mon., Nov. 1. Complete all work for “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” Complete all work for “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?”