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

January 27/30

EQ: Who are the characters in Watsons?

Agenda:
Review quiz
Discuss questions 1-4 in reading packet
Complete Character Analysis chart

Homework
Read to page 63
Answer questions 5-6 in reading packet

January 25/26

EQ:  Who are the characters in Watsons Go to Birmingham?

Agenda:
Grammar Quiz
Begin Character Analysis chart for Watsons Characters


Homework
Define vocab in packet
Read Watsons chapters 1-2
Answer questions 1-4