Transcript Book Club Meeting 1 (The Summer of the Swans)

The Summer of the Swans
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Set the Purpose
Vocabulary Development
Visualize
Use Background Knowledge
Interpret Graphic Sources of Information
(pictures, graphs, charts)
(writing practice)
Book Club Meeting 1
(The Summer of the Swans)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To find
out what Sara discovers is important in life
TODAY’S READING: The Summer of the
Swans, Chapters 1-3
TODAY’S PURPOSE: To find out who Sara is
and who is in her family
STRATEGY: Use Background Knowledge
VOCABULARY: abruptly, concerned, wearily,
grubby, emphatically
Book Club Meeting 2
(The Summer of the Swans)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To find
out what Sara discovers is important in life
TODAY’S READING: The Summer of the
Swans, Chapters 4-6
TODAY’S PURPOSE: To find out what Sara
thinks is the most important in life
STRATEGY: Use Background Knowledge
VOCABULARY: uneventful, staggered,
conversation, continuous, clamoring
Book Club Meeting 3
(The Summer of the Swans)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To find
out what Sara discovers is important in life
TODAY’S READING: The Summer of the
Swans, Chapters 7-9
TODAY’S PURPOSE: To learn what Charlie
thinks of the swans-and what this leads to
STRATEGY: Visualize
VOCABULARY: evenness, envy, discontent,
dedication, vacant
Book Club Meeting 4
(The Summer of the Swans)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To find
out what Sara discovers is important in life
TODAY’S READING: The Summer of the
Swans, Chapters 10-11
TODAY’S PURPOSE: To find out more about
Charlie’s search and his family’s reaction
STRATEGY: Visualize
VOCABULARY: scanned, frayed,
hopelessness, unhinged
Book Club Meeting 5
(The Summer of the Swans)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To find
out what Sara discovers is important in life
TODAY’S READING: The Summer of the
Swans, Chapters 12-13
TODAY’S PURPOSE: To learn who Aunt Willie
calls about Charlie and what Sara thinks of it
STRATEGY: Use Background Knowledge
VOCABULARY: grudgingly, elongated,
remoteness, grooves
Book Club Meeting 6
(The Summer of the Swans)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To find
out what Sara discovers is important in life
TODAY’S READING: The Summer of the
Swans, Chapters 14-15
TODAY’S PURPOSE: To find out what Sara
learns about Joe Melby
STRATEGY: Use Background Knowledge
VOCABULARY: accusation, casually, triumph
Book Club Meeting 7
(The Summer of the Swans)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To find out
what Sara discovers is important in life
TODAY’S READING: The Summer of the Swans,
Chapters 16-18
TODAY’S PURPOSE: To find out who helps Sara on
her search and what she learns from this
STRATEGY: Use Background Knowledge
VOCABULARY: posse, cicadas, thrashed, ravine,
impetuous
Book Club Meeting 8
(The Summer of the Swans)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To find
out what Sara discovers is important in life
TODAY’S READING: The Summer of the
Swans, Chapters 19-21
TODAY’S PURPOSE: To learn what Sara and
Joe discover on their search
STRATEGY: Visualize
VOCABULARY: engulf, valley, sinking, scuffed,
cascade
Book Club Meeting 9
(The Summer of the Swans)
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PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To find
out what Sara discovers is important in life
TODAY’S READING: The Summer of the
Swans, Chapters 22-23
TODAY’S PURPOSE: To learn about Charlie’s
homecoming and what Sara learns about life
STRATEGY: Review
VOCABULARY: shuffling, outstretched, urgent
Book Club Meeting 10
(The Summer of the Swans)
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TODAY’S READING: Pictures and tables on
bird watching.
TODAY’S PURPOSE: To find out more about
bird watching
STRATEGY: Interpreting Graphic Sources of
Information