11.22.13

1.  Launch
2.  Chapter 7 -- reading with annotation
3.  Chapter 7 PLP
4.  Exit Ticket

11.21.13

1.  Launch
2.  Chapter 6
     2a.  Focus on Imagery!
     2b.  Active Reading PLP
3.  Exit Ticket: Comprehension Quiz

If you finish early...Real Life Disney Story.

11.20.13

1.  Launch
2.  Chapter 5
     2a.  Planned Language Production sentence frames
3.  Comparative Analysis
     3a.  What Society Got Us Thinking
4.  Exit Ticket

11.19.13

1.  Launch

11.18.13

1.  Launch
2.  Submit Reading Journal
3.  Reviewing Chapter 2: Character Map
4.  Chapter 3
     4a.  Checks for understanding
     4b.  Finding evidence for claims
     4c.  Sentence frames for discussion -- planned language production
5. Evaluating Sources in Research Activity
6. Submit Activity

Looking ahead:  Template: Group Research Document

11.15.13

1.  Launch
2.  Reviewing Chapter 1: Character Map
3.  Chapter 2
     3a.  Checks for understanding
     3b.  Finding evidence for claims
4.  Looking ahead to our tasks:  Reading Journal
     4a.  Whole-class exemplar with sentence frames
     4b.  Students understand that their first journal entry is due Monday!
5. Evaluating Sources in Research Activity
6. Exit ticket: Comprehension quiz

11.14.13

1.  Launch:
     1a.  Reading Schedule (look at this link)
     1b.  Response Form (write your answers here)
2.  Read Chapter 1 of Things Fall Apart
     2a.  Independent Reading Log
     2b.  Quotes about Okonkwo's personality
     2c.  Quotes about the personality of his father, Unoka
3.  Reviewing our Research project
     3a.  Igbo Research Tactics
     3b.  Evaluating Sources in Research Activity
4.  Exit Ticket


Homework:

Read Chapter 2 of Things Fall Apart and write two entries in your Independent Reading Log.  Be prepared for a comprehension quiz tomorrow.