Week of March 30th, 2015

Monday, March 30th, 2015

DO NOW: Please take out your independent reading book 

and begin reading!

 

Do Now II: How do Kino and Juana disagree about what to do with the pearl?

Vocabulary: 


cozen - to deceive, cheat or trick


endanger – to expose to danger or harm; to threaten

vigor – physical or mental strength, energy, or force

Whole Class

Remember to consult the “Common Literary Elements” chart and your accompanying pamphlets as they read and work.

Read-Aloud: The Pearl Chapter 4 pp. 41-46

Discussion Questions: How is Kino stepping out of the trusted patterns of the town?  What kind of person do you think it takes to be a pearl buyer?  Why does Kino want to look serious and aggressive?  Why must the neighbors follow Kino and his family as they attempt to sell the pearl?

WHAT ARE TRANSITION WORDS?

They are words that help a piece of writing to read more smoothly and allow readers to flow more smoothly from one point to the next.  

Since the upcoming assignment is meant to show opposites, here is a list of words that contrast or show opposites: 

however

in contrast

but

on the contrary

on the other hand
instead
yet

Let's brainstorm different transition words that show a consequence or a concluding inference/thought:  

therefore 
thus 
hence
in conclusion
to conclude
overall
all in all 

Use these transition words as you complete the upcoming Assignment #21.

Group Session

Assignment #21: Students will work with their group members to complete charts comparing how characters in The Pearl want to be perceived versus how they really are.  Use your charts to write short answer responses in which they make inferences about the characters. 

In your responses, students must use transition words that they brainstormed during the whole class lesson.

Summary/Closing

Students will share their responses during a whole class 

discussion.  They will then draw conclusions about why

characters in The Pearl (and people in the real world) want 

to be perceived as something they are not.

Tuesday, March 31st, 2015

NO SCHOOL - HAPPY CESAR CHAVEZ DAY!!!




Wednesday, April 1st

DO NOW: Please take out your independent reading book 

and begin reading! Have homework out for me to come check in your notebooks!

 

Journal Response: Have you ever wanted to 

be perceived as something or someone you 

were not? For instance, explain a time when 

you acted, spoke or dressed in a way that 

didn't feel like the real or authentic you. Why 

did you do that and how did it make you feel? 

Explain?

REVIEW: Transition words and phrases. 

Work Period: Assignment #21 

Students will work with their group members to complete charts comparing how characters in The Pearl want to be perceived versus how they really are.  Use your charts to write short answer responses in which they make inferences about the characters. 

In your responses, students must use transition words that they brainstormed during the whole class lesson.

Closing: Shout Outs and Call Outs!

THURSDAY, APRIL 2nd, 2015

DO NOW: Please take out your independent reading book 

and begin reading! 

 

Prior Knowledge: Why does Kino wear his nice clothes to go to the pearl buyers?

Vocabulary: 

perplexed – puzzled or confused

collusion – a secret agreement (usually for illegal purposes)

Whole Class

Review Literary Elements Chart and 

expectations

Read-Aloud: The Pearl Chapter 4 pp. 46-52

Discussion Questions: How is Kino’s walk to the pearl buyers’ offices similar to his walk to the doctor’s house?  What is the first buyer’s reaction to seeing the pearl?  Why are all the buyers saying that the pearl is not that valuable?  Was Kino wise to turn down 1,500 pesos?  Why or why not?

Group Session

Assignment #22: We will choose one of the following scenarios and create appropriate advertisements:

1. Create an ad intended to help sell the pearl.  Pretend you are Kino and use descriptions from the text to attract buyers and sell your pearl for top price.
2. Create an ad intended to help buy the pearl.  Pretend you are a pearl buyer and advertise to get Kino to come to you to sell his pearl.

Regardless of which scenarios are chosen, you must include advertising slogans, information about their product/service, and illustrations.  They will plan their advertisements on the worksheet in draft form before committing them to paper as the final products.

Summary/Closing

Students will share their advertisements during a whole class discussion.  We will then discuss the importance of pearl buying/selling to both Kino’s way of life and to the economy and way of life of La Paz.

Friday, APRIL 3rd, 2015

DO NOW: Please take out your independent reading book 

and begin reading! 

 

Work Period:

You will have time today to work on your LITERARY

ELEMENTS PACKET and ASSIGNMENT #22! You may

use colored pencils or create your ads on white paper

if you prefer!