Week+37+~+May+23+-+29

= = =__May 23 – 27, 2011__ =  = = =__Reading Selection: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry__ = =by Mildred D. Taylor =



= = =__Essential question:__ Is it fair to make a law applying to only one group of people? Explain. = =__Reading Instructional Focus:__ Literary Analysis = =__Objectives__: = =1) Determine the meaning of words with multiple meanings in context = =2) Locate and analyze literary elements: conflict/resolution, theme, setting, plot, characterization = =3) Analyze literary devices: mood, tone, figurative language, symbolism, personification, dramatic irony, simile, dialect = =**__Word of the Week:__** indomitable (adj.) brave, determined, and impossible to defeat or frighten = =**__Quote of the Week:__** "Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement." - Henry Ford - =

=__Monday__: = =**__WARM UP – Journal:__** Vocabulary Unit 21. = =1) Journal and planner = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Historical Background “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a. The Great Depression – Group 1 = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[] = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[] = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;"> i. What were some causes of the Great Depression? = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;"> ii. What were some effects of the Great Depression? = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b. Sharecropping – Group 2 = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[] = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[] = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[] = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;"> i. Why did the plan of sharecropping seem to be a good idea for both the landowners and sharecroppers? = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;"> ii. Why was it really disastrous for the sharecroppers? = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">c. Jim Crow Laws – Group 3 = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[] = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">[] = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> i. What is the origin of the term “Jim Crow”? = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;">ii. What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws? = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -0.5in;">iii. Give some examples of Jim Crow laws. = = = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">3. Jigsaw Activity to share findings =

=<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">__Tuesday__ = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**__WARM UP – Journal:__** Vocabulary Unit 22 = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Journal and planner = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Preview Vocabulary: sinewy, formidable, caravan, inaccessible, glowered, conspiratorially, transfixed = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) Chapters 1- 3 = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a. Identify conflict using a problem/solution chart = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b. Determine theme =

=<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">__Wednesday__ = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**WARM UP – Journal:** Vocabulary Unit 23 = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Journal and planner = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Vocabulary Chapters 1 – 3: Context sentences = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) Read Chapters 4 - 6 = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a. Work on characterization chart = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b. Continue work on Problem/solution chart =

=<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">__Thursday__ = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**WARM UP – Journal:** Vocabulary Unit 24 = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4) Journal and planner = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">5) Preview Vocabulary Chapters 4 - 6: discourse, wizened, riveting, languid, malevolent = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">6) Read Chapters 4 - 6 = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">a. Work on characterization chart = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">b. Continue work on Problem/solution chart =

=<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">__Friday__ = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">**WARM UP – Journal:** Vocabulary Unit 25 = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1.75in; text-indent: -1.5in;">1) Journal and planner = =<span style="color: #961010; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; margin-left: 1.75in; text-indent: -1.5in;">2) Test Chapters 1 - 6 = = = = = = =