Week+25+~+Feb+24+-+28,+2014

=__Selection:__ The Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers page 334.= =[|Text Version of Treasure of Lemon Brown]=

==" The Treasure of Lemon Brown'" is a short story written by Walter Dean Myers. The story takes place in a tenement, which is an old, abandoned, run down apartment building. Its theme is that everybody has a treasure. A man's treasure may not seem like much to somebody else but it is still worth a lot to him. == =__RIF:__= =__Literary Analysis__= =__Reading Application__= =Vocabulary= =__Essential Question__= __** Remember to use RACE in your response. (10 extra credit points) Due Friday **__ =__Word of the Week:__= =__Quote of the Week:__=
 * =Characterization=
 * =Point of View and Perspective=
 * =Main Idea and Supporting Details=
 * // An important theme in The Treasure  of Lemon Brown involves the meaning of the word “treasure”. Greg learns from Lemon Brown that the value of something is highly personal; only its owner can ever appreciate its real worth and pass it on to others. Do you agree or disagree with this claim? Support your claim by tracing Greg’s  discovery  of what “treasure” really means. Compose an argument that is one page or more in length. Support your claims with valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence from the text, including direct quotes and  page numbers  . //**

=__Monday__= =__Warm Up:__ Main Idea (Stated and Implied)= =__Agenda__= =Lemon Brown Vocabulary= =Characterization review and notes (STEAL) and Types of characters=

=__Tuesday__= =Periods 1 and 2 FCAT Writing Test=

=Shared Reading: Lemon Brown= =Review vocabulary in context Antonyms and Synonyms= =Character Analysis: Lemon Brown, Greg Ridley=

=__Wednesday__= =__Warm Up:__ Main Idea - Stated and Implied= =__Agenda__= =Homelessness in America (The Michael Ohr Story)= =Characterization=

=__Thursday__= =__Warm Up__= =Main Idea - Stated and Implied= =__Agenda__= =Stamina Practice #5 Review=

=__Friday__= =Review Weekly Warm Ups= =Selection Assessment= =Vocabulary Test=