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=This Week’s Agenda = =May 2 – 6, 2011 = = = =__Essential question:__ What are the advantages and disadvantages of sameness? = =__Reading Instructional Focus:__ Literary Analysis = =__Objectives__: = =1) Determine the meaning of words with multiple meanings in context = =2) Locate and analyze elements of characterization, plot, theme, and other literary elements = =3) Analyze literary devices: mood, tone, figurative language = =__Word of the Week:__ terse (adj.) brief and unfriendly often conveying annoyance = =__Quote of the Week:__ “Conscience is that still small voice that is sometimes too loud for comfort.” = =- Bert Murray - = =__Monday__: = =**WARM UP – Journal:** Vocabulary Unit 6. = =1) Journal and planner = =2) Code Black Procedures = =3) Write context sentences using the first 6 vocabulary words: conviction, petulantly, benign, exuberant, indolence, meticulously = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4) Independent reading: The Giver Chapters 10 – 12 = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a. Make notes etc for Literature Circles on Thursday = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b. Think about It: Imagine a world without color. Which color would you miss most? Why? = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">__Homework__: “Your Perfect World” Project Due May 13 = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">__Tuesday__ = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">**WARM UP – Journal:** Vocabulary Unit 7 = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Journal and planner = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Read Aloud: My Name excerpt from __The House on Mango Street__ by Sandra Cisneros = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) Autobiography writing: My name = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4) Independent reading and literature circles preparation = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;">__Homework__: “Your Perfect World” Project Due May 13 = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">__Wednesday__ = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">**WARM UP – Journal:** Vocabulary Unit 8 = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Journal and planner = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Work on Autobiography = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) Literature Circles Prep/Make up Work = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4) Independent Reading = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">__Thursday__ = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">**WARM UP – Journal:** Vocabulary Unit 9 = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Journal and planner = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Literature Circles = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">__Homework__: “Your Perfect World” Project Due May 13 = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">__Friday__ = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">**WARM UP – Journal:** Vocabulary Unit 10 = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0in;">1) Journal and planner = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0in;">2) Reassign Literature Circles roles = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%; margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0in;">3) The Giver – Chapters 7 – 15 test = =<span style="color: #621162; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">__Homework__: “Your Perfect World” Project Due May 13 =