February 21/22

EQ: What was similar and what was different in the Watsons book and movie?

Agenda:
BRAINSTORM!

Homework
1. Decide how you want to organize your Compare / Contrast essay:
By Topic:  Paragraphs are about themes/topics and you compare/contrast about each topic you choose
By Similarity/Differences - A paragraph ALL about similarities and a paragraph ALL about differences.
2. Complete graphic organizer for essay (just the "chart" side of the purple handout).  NOTE: It's possible your essay organization won't exactly "fit" the chart.  Just use the columns YOU need to get your essay ideas down.
You will have next class period AND next week's classtime to work on your essay.  Email if you have questions.

February 15/16

EQ: How can I be sure I'm fully responding to my reading questions?

Agenda:
RACE response method
Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite evidence
Explain the evidence

Homework
Read chapters 13-15
Answer questions

February 13/14

EQ: How is setting important to a novel?  How is important to you (does your mood/behavior/attitude change depending on  your setting?)

Agenda:
Review questions from chapters 9/10.
Allusions in Watsons (A blast from the past!)
New vocabulary
Read aloud

Homework
Creative Writing
Complete reading packet to turn in

February 9/10

EQ: How are literary devices used to make a novel more interesting?

Agenda:
Review questions from chapters 7/8
Find examples of similes, metaphor, and hyperbole in the story

Homework
Read chapters 9-10
Answer questions in packet

February 7/8

EQ: How does conflict contribute to a novel?

Agenda:
Review questions from chapters 7-8.
Discuss conflict so far in the novel
Find examples of conflict in the story

Homework
Read chapters 9-10
Answer questions in packet

February 2 / 6

EQ: How can I question a novel to better understand it?

Agenda:
Review questions from chapters 5-6.
Higher Level Questions lesson
Read chapter 7 aloud

Homework
Read chapters 7-8
Answer questions 3-5

January 31/Feb 1

EQ: How does an author use point of view to tell the story and to help us empathize with characters?

Agenda:
Review questions from chapters 1-4.
Point of View lesson
Task:  Rewrite scene from another point of view

Homework
New reading packet

• Define vocabulary
• Read chapters 5-6 
• Answer questions 1&2