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= This Week’s Agenda = = April 18 – 22, 2011 = = Featured Reading Selection: __The Giver__ by Lois Lowry = = Chapters 1 - 8 = = **__Word of the Week:__** ebullient (adj.) enthusiastic; exhilarated = = **__Essential question:__** If you could get rid of all of society’s laws except one, which law would you keep? Explain = = **__Quote of the Week:__** “Our lives begin to end the day we remain silent about things that matter.” Martin Luther King, Jr. = = **__Monday__**: = = **WARM UP – Journal:** What would make a perfect world? = = 1) Journal and planner = = 2) Build Background – Vocabulary preview, survey = = 3) Concept of definition: Utopia = = 4) Student Project (Your Perfect World) Assigned = = **a.** Discuss project = = **b.** Explain Rubric = = **c.** Due Friday, May 13, 2011 = = **__Tuesday__** = = **WARM UP – Journal: Why is our society not perfect?** = = 1) Journal and planner = = 2) Set up Literature Circles – assign roles, responsibilities and rules = = 3) Independent reading: Chapters 1- 2 =

= **__Wednesday__** = = **WARM UP – Journal:** Do you think things work better when you’re told what to do or when you have choices? Explain. = = 1) Journal and planner = = 2) Vocabulary Chp 1 - 2 = = 3) Independent Reading Chapters 3 - 4 = = 4) Concept of Definition: euthanasia = = **__Thursday__** = = **__WARM UP – Journal:__** What are the benefits and drawbacks of not being responsible for yourself? Explain. = = 1) Journal and planner = = 2) Character Sketch: Jonas = = 3) Literary Analysis: Hook, Cliffhanger, euphemism, symbolism = = 4) The status of women in our society vs. The Giver = = 5) Independent reading Chapters 5 - 6 =

= = = **__Friday – No School__** =