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Hook, Housekeeping
& Homework
Monday
If you have not read through page 148 and recorded 5 new
entries in your ARG, start reading quietly now!
The rest of you, see the next slide…
Hook
Monday
With a shoulder partner…
• Examine the plot chart
• List the most important incidents and plot developments of The
Glass Castle
• Talk about the importance of each of the incidents & plot
developments you put
down in terms of
character and theme.
• Write in your notebook
about what you feel to
be the most important
key passage in the
section of the book
we read recently (54-148)
Past, Present, Future
• MAP Testing
• The Glass Castle – read through page 148
• The Glass Castle – reading & analysis
• Read through page 241 by next week!
• Writing Conferences
• The Glass Castle – Fishbowl Discussion #2
Monday
Lessons From the Past
Envisioning My Future
Monday
Colorado Academic Standards
2 Reading for All Purposes
Literary and historical influences determine the meaning of traditional and contemporary literary texts
3 Writing and Composition
Organizational writing patterns inform or persuade an audience
Objectives
You will be able to read a range of literature to understand important universal themes and the human
experience.
You will be able to write effective literary and informational compositions.
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence
Analyze how literary components affect meaning
Enduring Understandings/Relevance
If you understand how the circumstances of peoples’ lives can positively propel them into their futures or
hinder their progress and hold them back, then you will be able to envision and create your own future.
Essential Questions
What can learn from another’s experiences?
How can the circumstances of my life and what I’m surrounded by drive me forward or hold me back?
What should I do now in my life to have the kind of future I would like?
Activities
Monday
Purpose/Objective: you will be able to closely read key passages
for comparisons/contrasts and analyze their significance in
terms of content/plot.
• While I am running Writing Conferences, take care of the
following tasks:
1. Two Tales of Christmas: In your comp notebook, create a
Venn Diagram to compare two Christmas stories in the
memoir: Christmas in the desert (pp.39-41) and Christmas in
Phoenix (pp. 114-115)
2. Question: What do the comparisons/contrasts suggest
about the trajectory (course, path, route) of Jeannette and
her siblings’ lives?
3. Read silently pages 149-162
Lessons From the Past
Envisioning My Future
Monday
Colorado Academic Standards
2 Reading for All Purposes
Literary and historical influences determine the meaning of traditional and contemporary literary texts
3 Writing and Composition
Organizational writing patterns inform or persuade an audience
Objectives
You will be able to read a range of literature to understand important universal themes and the human experience.
You will be able to write effective literary and informational compositions.
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence
Analyze how literary components affect meaning
Enduring Understandings/Relevance
If you understand how the circumstances of peoples’ lives can positively propel them into their futures or hinder their
progress and hold them back, then you will be able to envision and create your own future.
Essential Questions
What can learn from another’s experiences?
How can the circumstances of my life and what I’m surrounded by drive me forward or hold me back?
What should I do now in my life to have the kind of future I would like?
Hook, Housekeeping
& Homework
Tuesday
If you have not read through page 162 and recorded new entries
in your ARG, start reading quietly now!
The rest of you, open up you comp notebooks and do the
following Quick Write
QW: Write about a time you learned a valuable lesson from a
hard experience. Make sure to include the who, what, when,
where, why and, of course, what you learned from the
experience.
Past, Present, Future
Tuesday
• The Glass Castle – reading & ARG entries
• Two Tales of Christmas
• Venn Diagram of Christmas in the desert (pp.39-41) &Christmas in Phoenix
(pp. 114-115)
• Question: What do the comparisons/contrasts suggest about the trajectory
(course, path, route) of Jeannette and her siblings’ lives?
• The Glass Castle – Key Passage Analysis Practice
• Writing Conferences
• The Glass Castle – Fishbowl Discussion #2
• Read through page 241 by next week!
Lessons From the Past
Envisioning My Future Tuesday
Colorado Academic Standards
2 Reading for All Purposes
Literary and historical influences determine the meaning of traditional and contemporary literary texts
3 Writing and Composition
Organizational writing patterns inform or persuade an audience
Objectives
You will be able to read a range of literature to understand important universal themes and the human experience.
You will be able to write effective literary and informational compositions.
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence
Analyze how literary components affect meaning
Enduring Understandings/Relevance
If you understand how the circumstances of peoples’ lives can positively propel them into their futures or hinder their
progress and hold them back, then you will be able to envision and create your own future.
Essential Questions
What can learn from another’s experiences?
How can the circumstances of my life and what I’m surrounded by drive me forward or hold me back?
What should I do now in my life to have the kind of future I would like?
Activities
Tuesday
Purpose/Objective: You will be able to read closely to determine what a key passage says
explicitly (content) and make logical inferences (craft & conclusions) from it, citing
specific evidence to support conclusions.
While I am running Writing Conferences, take care of the following tasks:
KEY PASSAGE PRACTICE – Small Group (approx. 30 min.)
1. Read aloud the ARG entry to the key passage “fire in the lab” (see handout)
2. Re-read the key passage “learning to swim at the hot pocket” (pp. 65-66)
3. In your comp notebook, create an ARG analysis (2 columns: Content &
Craft/Conclusions/Inferences) for the key passage (using the “fire in the lab” as a
model)
4. Read aloud the key passage analysis for “fire in the lab” (see handout)
5. line 4 typo = danger of
6. In your comp notebook, write a paragraph analysis for “learning to swim at the hot
pocket” (pp. 65-66) using the “fire in the lab” as a model
READING TIME– Individual (approx. 15 min.)
• Prepare for your graded fishbowl discussion
• ARG entries and ideas you want to share?
• Questions you want to ask?
Lessons From the Past
Envisioning My Future Tuesday
Colorado Academic Standards
2 Reading for All Purposes
Literary and historical influences determine the meaning of traditional and contemporary literary texts
3 Writing and Composition
Organizational writing patterns inform or persuade an audience
Objectives
You will be able to read a range of literature to understand important universal themes and the human experience.
You will be able to write effective literary and informational compositions.
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence
Analyze how literary components affect meaning
Enduring Understandings/Relevance
If you understand how the circumstances of peoples’ lives can positively propel them into their futures or hinder their
progress and hold them back, then you will be able to envision and create your own future.
Essential Questions
What can learn from another’s experiences?
How can the circumstances of my life and what I’m surrounded by drive me forward or hold me back?
What should I do now in my life to have the kind of future I would like?
No School
Wednesday
ACT Testing for Juniors
Hook, Housekeeping
& Homework
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Thursday
Regular 7 Period Schedule
Have out your copy of the memoir, your ARG, and other
handouts/notes
Form desks into a “fishbowl” (like we did last week)
If you were in the first round discussion last week, you will
be on the outside observation to start today
Make sure you receive you observation form from last week
from me. If you were not here, and don’t know how to fill it
out, talk to your partner.
Homework:
• Read 30 at least pages over the weekend!
• Read through page 221 by next Tuesday & 241 by ELP!
Past, Present, Future
Thursday
• The Glass Castle – Key Passage Analysis Practice
• Writing Conferences
• The Glass Castle – Fishbowl Discussion #2
• Read 30 at least pages over the weekend!
• Read through page 221 by next Tuesday & 241 by ELP!
• The Glass Castle & ARG
• Writing Conferences
Lessons From the Past
Thursday
Colorado Academic Standards
1. Oral Expression and Listening
1. Content that is gathered carefully and organized well successfully influences an audience
2. Effectively operating in small and large groups to accomplish a goal requires active listening
2. Reading For All Purposes
Objectives
You will be able to listen actively, pose thoughtful questions, and contribute findings &
supporting information about The Glass Castle.
Enduring Understandings/Relevance
If you understand how the circumstances of peoples’ lives can positively propel them into their
futures or hinder their progress and hold them back, then you will be able to envision and
create your own future.
Essential Questions
What can I learn from another’s experiences?
Instruction: Obtain
Thursday
What criteria will be used to measure the effectiveness of a group?
• Everyone contributes
• Nothing to contribute, ask a question
• Prepared – novel, notes, paper etc.
• Know what you’re talking about
• Stay on topic
• Respect each other
• No bashing
• Let others finish thought
• No side tracks, side conversations
• Academic vocabulary
How will you be assessed?
• Not just the number of times you participate (speak) but what you have to say
• Analysis of literary devices and theme
• Textual references followed by analysis (inferences)
• Furthering a point of another student
• If you don’t speak, the highest score you can receive for actively listening today is a “C.”
(Standard1)
• Keep in mind part of your grade is show your close reading of the text; you’ll need to speak to do
this! Refer to your ARG notes. (Standard 2)
Those who have a #2 assigned question within our page range of 1-162 are expected to facilitate
the discussion.
Instruction: Obtain
Thursday
Purpose: to practice our large group discussion skills by listening actively, posing
thoughtful questions, and contributing findings & supporting information in order
to come to a better understanding of The Glass Castle.
Tasks:
1. Observer – use the Observation Form to document how often your partner is
on or off task with the discussion and record reflection notes
2. Speaker – participate in the conversation by posing and responding (with
supporting evidence)
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2.
3.
4.
3.
Use your ARG entries (scavenger hunt, key passage analysis)
Use your #2 assigned question
REFER TO THE TEXT WHEN RESPONDING
Focus on pages 35 – 162!
Turn in the completed Observation Form at the end of the discussions
Outcome: a better understanding of the memoir and of the expectations for large
group discussions
Lessons From the Past
Thursday
Colorado Academic Standards
1. Oral Expression and Listening
1. Content that is gathered carefully and organized well successfully influences an audience
2. Effectively operating in small and large groups to accomplish a goal requires active listening
2. Reading For All Purposes
Objectives
You will be able to listen actively, pose thoughtful questions, and contribute findings & supporting
information about The Glass Castle.
Enduring Understandings/Relevance
If you understand how the circumstances of peoples’ lives can positively propel them into their
futures or hinder their progress and hold them back, then you will be able to envision and create
your own future.
Essential Questions
What can I learn from another’s experiences?
How can the circumstances of my life and what I’m surrounded by drive me forward or hold me
back?
What should I do now in my life to have the kind of future I would like?
Read 30 at least pages over the weekend!
Read through page 221 by next Tuesday & 241 by ELP!
No School!
• District Work/Assessment Day
Friday
10th Standards
1. Oral Expression and Listening
1. Content that is gathered carefully and organized well successfully influences an audience
2. Effectively operating in small and large groups to accomplish a goal requires active listening
2. Reading for All Purposes
1. Literary and historical influences determine the meaning of traditional and contemporary
literary texts
2. The development of new ideas and concepts within informational and persuasive
manuscripts
3. Context, parts of speech, grammar, and word choice influence the understanding of literary,
persuasive, and informational texts
3. Writing and Composition
1. Literary or narrative genres feature a variety of stylistic devices to engage or entertain an
audience
2. Organizational writing patterns inform or persuade an audience
3. Grammar, language usage, mechanics, and clarity are the basis of ongoing refinements and
revisions within the writing process
4.Research and Reasoning
1. Collect, analyze, and evaluate information obtained from multiple sources to answer a
question, propose solutions, or share findings and conclusions
2. An author’s reasoning is the essence of legitimate writing and requires evaluating text for
validity and accuracy