Week+15+~+Nov+26+-+30,+2012

This Week's Feature: __Rules of the Game__ by Amy Tan

__Chapters 14 - 17 __ Greg goes to see Mtisha at Carver, his old school. He knows a lot of the students there. Carver is playing Trinity and Ice will be playing. He watches the game with Mtisha and she notices that he is very nervous. Greg is nervous about Brothers playing against Ice as he had played against Greg. He watches the play between Ice and Brothers. Carver beats Trinity. Greg takes Mtisha home after the game. In chapter sixteen, Derek is relieved that Greg was able to retrieve the camera. Greg tells the boy he can use the camera but he must be careful with it. At school, the students receive their P.S.A.T. scores. Greg doesn't open his until he is in the bathroom. He scored seven hundred forty. He thinks he might be able to receive a basketball scholarship.

1) use new vocabulary that is introduced and taught 2) understand the meaning of multiple meaning words in context 3) recognize the use of comparison and contrast 4) recognize cause and effect relationships 5) identify and uses the author’s purpose and point of view to construct meaning from text __**Quote of the Week: **__ "It's not the push from behind or the pull from in front - it's the drive from inside." – NCAA Coach, Dale Brown
 * __Objectives: __**
 * __Word of the Week: __** dubious: (adj) causing doubt; questionable; unsure

__Warm Up__: p. 75
1) Discuss Theme vs. Main Idea

3) Florida Achieves Deadline for completion Midnight tonight, November 26, 2012

 * __Tuesday: 11/27 __**

__Discussion Question: __
Mtisha says to Slam, “How come every time I talk to you I feel my mouth is too big?…And I got to watch what comes out?” (Pg. 197) What do you think Mtisha is afraid of saying to Slam?