Literacy Planning

The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle(6-8 weeks)

Concept Question: What does it mean for people to navigate the world on their own terms? How can perception affect that journey?

Week 6: 10/24 to 10/28

10/24 - Goal: YWBAT explore how an author develops the point of view of a character in a text.

Success Criteria: YWBAT explain Janet Taylor Lisle’s development of Abel.

  • Library 8-8:45
  • Warm up: Do you think that Abel should have stepped into the flames and ended his own life? What should he have done instead?
  • Discuss
  • Frontload this week’s vocabulary
  • Took

10/25 - Goal: YWBAT analyze text and draw inferences.

Success Criteria: YWBAT use evidence from the text to support analysis.

  • Warm up: Review this week’s vocabulary. Do you have any background knowledge to help you determine the meaning of any of the words?
  • Discuss
  • Chapter 13 as a class
  • Vocabulary chart
  • Questioning(collect)
  • Mrs. Gonzalez’s Class Market 8:50 – 9:10
  • What is a war bond?
  • Comprehension questions
  • 1. Re-read the argument that Grandpa and Elliot get into beginning on page 209. Pretend you are Robert and stick up for Elliot. What would you say to him concerning Elliot’s navigation through life?
  • 2. Re-read the last two paragraphs of page 210. What was the general reaction of the people of Sachem’s head toward Abel’s death? Why do you think they reacted this way?
  • 3. Re-read pages 215-217. Do you agree with Robert or Robert’s mother regarding the celebration of Ken’s wild survival? Why?
  • 4.What really happen to Ken’s leg? Do you believe Grandpa that it was an accident? Do you believe Grandma that she didn't hear it?

10/26- Goal: YWBAT analyze text and draw inferences.

Success Criteria: YWBAT use evidence from the text to support analysis.

  • Warm up: Finish chapter 13 questions
  • Discuss
  • Look up definitions from yesterday’s vocabulary
  • Chapter 14
  • Vocabulary chart
  • Questioning (collect)
  • Comprehension Questions
  • 1. Re-read pages 234-235. Robert’s father says,“that kind offorgetfulnesswas something he’d seen in human nature before.” What is“that kind of forgetfulness”?
  • 2. Re-read the second paragraph on page 238. What does Robert mean when he says that Elliot is no longer leaving himself out of his paintings? Is Elliot really in the paintings?
  • 3. On page 241, when Robert is older, he thinks about mistakes made by members of his family. He is struck by "how your enemy can be someone who lives close to you, where you're most vulnerable, not just on the other side of an ocean." What does Robert mean by that?
  • 4. What is Elliot’s art of keeping cool? Hint: Re-read pages 241 and 242.

10/27 - Goal: YWBAT analyze text and draw inferences.

Success Criteria: YWBAT use evidence from the text to support analysis.

  • Warm up: look up yesterday’s words
  • Discuss chapter 14 comprehension questions
  • Read Author’s note
  • What questions do you have for Janet Taylor Lisle?
  • Reading buddies

10/28 - Goal: YWBATprovide synonyms, antonyms and correctly use vocabulary words in sentences.

Success Criteria: YWBATrock the vocabulary test!

  • Warm-up: Vocabulary dice (15 minutes) Rules: 1 = define, 2 = antonym, 3 = synonym, 4 = draw, 5 = act, 6 = use in a sentence.
  • Vocabulary test
  • Halloween parade
  • Took

Week 6 spelling and vocabulary list: This week we will study the following vocabulary words in class and there will be a test on Friday. Students must know the spelling and meaning of each word.

For use from 10/24 to 10/28

Word: / Page / Definition:
war bond / 210 / n. a document in which a government promises to pay back the money plus interest for financially supporting the war
ransacking / 211 / v. to search for something in a way that causes disorder
attributed / 211 / v. to have thought that something is made by someone
bolstered / 211 / v. to have made something stronger or to have given support
ferried / 216 / v. to have been carried or moved on a vehicle for a short distance between two places
ally / 221 / n. a person or group that gives help to another person or group
aviators / 221 / n. person who flies airplanes or helicopters
profile / 226 / n. the shape of a head or face that is seen or drawn from the side
opposed / 229 / adj. in disagreement
disintegration / 230 / n. the breaking down
ruinations / 231 / n. the act or process of destroying something
tourniquet / 231 / n. a bandage or strip of cloth tied tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop or slow bleeding
extracted / 233 / v. to have removed something
emphasis / 238 / n. a special importance or attention given to something