Week+4+~+September+8+-+12,+2014

__Anchor Text__: My Favorite Chaperone" by Jean Davies Okimoto
==A story that allows students to explore how people develop their own identity within a new country. ==

[|Cesar Chavez]
= __Extra Credit Assignment:__ Due on or before September 15, 2014 = == Identify 5 important facts from Cesar Chavez's life. Which of these facts do you feel made the most impact on how the world viewed him? Explain your answer using information from the link above and cite any additional source(s) you used. ==

__Lesson 2 Vocabulary__

 * 1) ===Pyrrhic Victory - a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost===
 * 2) ===Sisyphean - a task that is seemingly or actually endless or impossible to complete===
 * 3) ===Quixotic - idealistic, impractical and unrealistic===
 * 4) ===jovial - full of good cheer===
 * 5) ===galvanize - to spur into action===
 * 6) ===Saturnine - sullen and melancholy===
 * 7) ===nemesis - an opponent or rival that a person cannot best or overcome===
 * 8) ===atlas - a collection of maps===
 * 9) ===epicure - a person who has fine taste in food or drink===
 * 10) ===solecism - non-standard or improper use of language in a formal setting===

__Agenda__

 * 1) ===Complete Day 10 Warm up===
 * 2) ===Lesson 2 Vocabulary Context Sentences===
 * 3) ===Record Vocabulary words and denotations===
 * 4) ===Analyze Characters from "My Favorite Chaperone"===

__Agenda__

 * 1) ===Complete Day 11 Warm Up===
 * 2) ===Cursive Practice===
 * 3) ===Lesson 2 Vocabulary Practice===
 * 4) ===Close Read - Pages 3 - 15===

__Agenda__

 * 1) ===Complete Day 12 Activity===
 * 2) ===Close Read - Pages 16 - 26===

__Agenda__

 * 1) ===Complete Day 13 Warm Up===
 * 2) ===Lesson 2 Vocabulary Practice===
 * 3) ===Summarizing and Paraphrasing (Examples and Non-examples)===
 * 4) ===Summarize: My Favorite Chaperone (Plot Structure/Story Map to Identify and record Main Ideas)===

__Agenda__

 * 1) ===Complete Day 14 Warm Up===
 * 2) ===Check and Collect Weekly Warm Ups===
 * 3) ===Lesson 2 Vocabulary Test===
 * 4) ===Cursive Test===