Week+7+~+Sep+29+-+Oct+3,+2014

__**RIF**:__ Reading Literature (Characterization) **__Close Read__**: The Golden Glass by Alma Luz Villanueva __** Extra Credit Assignment: **__ Everyone says seventh graders change drastically over the summer. How did you change over the summer?
 * __ SWBAT: __**
 * Cite textual evidence
 * Draw inferences about characters’ traits and motivations based on clues in the text
 * Analyze how dialogue or story incidents reveal aspects of a character
 * __Essential Question__: **

**__Word of the Week__**: brain drain: (noun) the loss of trained personnel to another company, nation etc that offers greater opportunity "Our culture, our traditions, our language are the foundations upon which we build our identity." Ana Flores & Roxana Soto (from their book, __Bilingual is Better__)
 * __ Quote of the Week: __**
 * [|Advantages of Being Bilingual] **

Extra Credit: Click on the above link. Read the article and summarize it highlighting the main advantages of being bilingual. (15 Points)
Day 24 Activities Review for Lesson 3 Vocabulary Test Review Citing Evidence (Texting) Summarizing and paraphrasing (use Personal Dictionary articles)
 * __ Monday __**
 * __ Warm Up: __**

__** Tuesday **__ __** Warm Up: **__ Day 25 Cite Text Evidence to answer open-response questions from "Bonne Annee" Use R-A-C-E to develop elements of the paragraph Use MLA citation to cite textual evidence (Handout for folder)

Day 26 Lesson 3 Vocabulary Test Cursive Practice
 * __ Wednesday __**
 * __ Warm Up: __**

__** Warm Up: **__ Day 27 Read and Discuss "Golden Glass" by Alma Luz Villanueva
 * __ Thursday __**

__**Warm Up:**__ Day 28 Use S-T-E-A-L to analyze the main characters from "The Golden Glass" Cite text evidence to support character traits
 * __ Friday __**