Digital Agenda: Wednesday, 8/21!

Do Now (10 mins):
First, write your homework in your Agenda and leave it open.

Next, copy each question and answer in a complete sentence on page 6L of your Interactive Notebook.  

1. What subgenre of stories do you think Sandra Cisneros writes?
2. Why do you think she writes this subgenre based on what you learned about her from watching the video?

On the left side of your desk, make a pile of Agenda and your Pen Pal letter.  I will check this while you are writing.

Objectives:  Students will...

analyze the effect of the qualities of the character on the plot and the resolution by identifying direct and indirect characterization on a graphic organizer and annotating while reading.

Standards:

Reading 3.1 Structural Features of Literature: Identify the forms of fiction and describe the major characteristics of each form. 

Reading 3.5 Narrative Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text: Identify the speaker and recognize the difference between first- and third-person narration (e.g., autobiography compared with biography).

Direct Station (45 mins):

“Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros

Highlight and annotate text for questions and character clues while completing to the first reading of “Eleven” read aloud by the teacher.

Highlight narrator clue words

$2 summaries 

Independent (45 mins):

1. Click here to find your test keys http://www.odonovanacademy.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=327312&type=u&pREC_ID=444254  
2. Click on the document that says "Reading 3.1 Online Test Keys"
3. Find you name
4. Click on the box with your code
5. Press Command C to copy it
6. When you finish, follow this link to DataDirector to take you quiz  https://www98.achievedata.com/zoom/?OnlineTestStudentLogin
7. Click the box and press Command V to paste it in
8. Begin the quiz
9. Once you're finished, record your score for Reading 3.1 on your tracker

Exit Slip (5 mins):

Write a $2 summary of the paragraph on the screen.