DO NOW: Please take out your independent reading book
and begin reading!
Do Now: Why isn’t Juana angry with Kino for hitting and kicking her?
Vocabulary: divert – to send in a different direction; to distract
Read-Aloud: The Pearl Chapter 5 pp. 63-67
Discussion Questions: What has Kino lost because of the pearl? Why do Kino and his family pretend that they disappeared? Why can’t their neighbors know the truth? What does Kino mean when he says that “the pearl has become [his] soul”? Why doesn’t he just destroy the pearl?
Closing: Share out discussion questions in mesas and in whole groups.
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
DO NOW: Please collect your things to review expectations for our library trip today.
Library Trip: We will be choosing new independent reading books and completing independent reading in the library. This will take twenty minutes and then we will return to class.
You are expected to: be quiet, be respectful, act in accordance with library rules and regulations.
The Pearl Essay: Students will annotate and become familiar with the essay assigned for The Pearl, in which they will analyze the differences in Kino’s life from before and after finding the pearl based on the information they compiled during the previous day’s lesson (Assignment #24). They will write a 4-5 paragraph essay analyzing the changes in Kino’s life, using reasons and inferences supported by textual evidence. The format for the essay is as follows:
Close Reading Annotation Symbols
Symbol
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What this symbol represents...
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What to write as your annotation
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+
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I agree with what the text/author says here!
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Explain why you agree with the text/author.
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I disagree with what the text/author says here!
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Explain why you disagree with the text/author.
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underline
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Important information, key ideas/concepts
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Summarize or paraphrase the important information/ideas.
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?
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Information you are confused about or doesn’t make sense
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Compose a question to express what confuses you.
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=
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Information that reminds you of something you’ve read/heard/seen before
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Discuss the connection you are making between this information and previously read/heard/seen information
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Put a circle around words you are unfamiliar with
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Look up the word and write a brief definition in the margin.
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Paragraph #1 – introduction (includes summary and changes)
Paragraph #2 – explain first change (with textual evidence and
Paragraph #3 – explain second change (with textual evidence and
Paragraph #4 – explain third change (with textual evidence and
Paragraph #5 – conclusion (what does all this say about the pearl
importance/implication)
Group Session
Students will write the introduction paragraphs of their The Pearl essays. They will include the book’s title and author, as well as short summaries of the plot thus far. They will also state the changes in Kino’s life (without
explaining them) that they will discuss in their essays. These paragraphs should be 4-5 sentences.
Students will write the introduction paragraphs of their The Pearl essays. They will include the book’s title and author, as well as short summaries of the plot thus far. They will also state the changes in Kino’s life (without
explaining them) that they will discuss in their essays. These paragraphs should be 4-5 sentences.
Summary/Closing
Students will self-edit their introduction paragraphs using a checklist of questions to make sure they are ready for peer-editing when their first drafts are complete. They will then share their introduction paragraphs with their group members.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
Review The Pearl essay assignment (see above) and begin working on introductory paragraphs.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
Please take out your independent reading book and begin reading!
DO NOW: Take out your introductory paragraphs and read it to a mesa member. Mesa members will give one warm and one cool piece of feedback to their partner.
Objective Students will be able to:
Compare the main character from different points of time in The
Cite textual evidence to support their comparisons.
Draw conclusions about the importance and/or implications of these
Organize their thoughts and ideas in a coherent written format
Pearl.
9.RL.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with
9.W.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of
9.W.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the
multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a
text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or
develop the theme.
Whole Class
Review The Pearl essay. By now, everyone should be done with their introductory paragraphs and ready to move on to body paragraphs. We will use comparisons and textual evidence. Please reference assignment #24 as you write.
The suggested format for body paragraphs is:
Sentence #1 – introduce the change in Kino’s life
Sentence #2 – explain how this thing was before Kino found the pearl.
Sentence #3 – explain how this thing is after Kino found the pearl
Sentence #4 – provide textual evidence that shows this change? (quote and page number)
Sentence #5 – conclude with the importance of this change and what implication or impact it will have on Kino and his family
Group Session
Students will use the comparisons and textual evidence they compiled in their charts from Assignment #24 to begin writing their body paragraphs.
These paragraphs will analyze the changes in Kino’s life, show the importance and/or implication of them, and provide textual evidence (direct quotes from The Pearl) that show them in the book. Each paragraph should analyze one change only. These paragraphs should be at least five sentences.
Summary/Closing
Students will self-edit their body paragraphs using a checklist of questions to make sure they are ready for peer-editing when their first drafts are complete. They will then share their body paragraphs with their group members.
