Week+4+~++Sept.+10-+Sept.+14,+2012

= Novel Study: Slam! =

__ by Walter Dean ​ Myers __


== Greg "Slam" Harris is a seventeen-year-old who thinks he is all that on the court -- and he's not that far off. He can play point guard and slam dunk the ball, making him a tough combination for a defender to handle. The problem is that this year Slam is at a new school, and here his new coach and teammates don't give him the respect he thinks he deserves, and his teachers just won't get off his back about his grades. ==

__Essential Question:__ How do sports fit into our society?
= __ NOTE: Summer Reading Project due this Friday! __ =

= Instructional Focus: Reference and Research = = Students will be able to: =

1) use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught
= 2) identify and use various reference resources = = 3) determine the validity, reliability, and relevancy of information = = 4) evaluate how authors use word choice to impact characterization and plot =

__ Vocabulary Words To Know Unit 1 __

 * 1) == ambidextrous - able to use both hands equally well ==
 * 2) == augment - to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase ==
 * 3) == bereft - deprive and made desolate, especially by death ==
 * 4) == deploy - to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately ==
 * 5) == dour - sullen; gloomy; severe; stern ==
 * 6) == fortitude - mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously ==
 * 7) == gape - a wide opening; gap; a stare, as in astonishment or with the mouth wide open; yawn ==
 * 8) == gibe - to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer ==
 * 9) == adulterate - to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements ==
 * 10) == guise - assumed appearance or mere semblance ==

1) Read for about 30 minutes and complete the activities for Reading Log Day 1
=__ Tuesday __=

__Warm Up__: Vocabulary Practice 8
=__ Agenda __= = 1) Warm Up = = 2) Read Chapter 1 of Slam! = = 3) Answer discussion questions: =
 * 1) = What evidence can you find that Slam and his family are close? =
 * 2) = Slam seems to think he's a basketball phenomenon that any high school would be thrilled to have playing on its team. How do we know this? Give two examples from the text. =

1) Read for about 30 minutes and complete the activities for Reading Log Day 2
=__ Wednesday __=

__ Homework __
= 1) Read for about 30 minutes and complete the activities for Reading Log Day 3 =

=__ Thursday __= = Warm Up: Vocabulary Practice 10 = =__ Agenda __=

3) Work on Group Research Project
= 4) Media Center Visit =