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September 26, 2007 (Wednesday)

What are we going to learn today?
1. Identify parts of speech (Where and how)

2. Have an accountable talk about analyzing character traits, motivation and changes
3. Make connections between text and audio/visual representations
4. Determine theme of selections based on textual evidence
5. Use Accountable talk stems in class discussion

I think that .... is a .... because.....



BELL RINGER
1. Choose 3 nouns in the story and explain the reasons for your choices.
I think that a crocodile is a noun because it is a name of an animal.
Nouns

2. Choose 3 verbs in the story and explain the reasons for your choices
I think that wrestle is a verb because it shows what he's doing.
3. Choose 3 adjectives in the story and explain the reasons for you choices
I think that great is an adjective because it describes the noun bravado.



MAIN ACTIVITY:



PART 1: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION USING
AN ACCOUNTABLE TALK STEM:

Question: Why is analyzing characters important?

Direction: Use the following stem in your answers:
Analyzing character is important because_______________________
___, and I can use it when _________________.

Sample responses:
Analyzing characters is important because you can't jugde a book by a cover and I can use
it when I am trying to know who a person really is before I jugde him or her. (Shyta )

Analyzing characters is important because it helps me know when my friends or other
people need my help, and I can use it when my friends or other people need me to listen
to them.(Stephanie)
Analizing characters is important because i want to graduate and i can use it when i detirmine who to study and prepare with.

PART 2: ANNOTATE THE TEXT AND EVALUATE THE VIDEO
AND USE ACCOUNTABLE TALK STEM IN ANSWERING THE
5 QUESTIONS:
Directions: (Clear Expectations)
Step 1: Remember your number
Step 2: Form groups with five members each
Step 3: Answer the question that corresponds to your number on a note card
Step 4: Copy the answers of your group mates on a piece of paper
Step 5: Choose a captain who will report to the class all of your answers



5 questions to answer:
Direction:(Use the following stem in answering the five questions: I
think that ... because in the text on page ... it says that .....)

1. What did the person do?
For example: I think that he risked his life because in the text on page 1, paragraph 3, it says
that "He For decades, he had taken calculated risks with all sorts of wildlife."
2. What did the person say?
3. What did the person think about?
4. What happened to the person?
I think that the person died because in the text on page1 paragraph2 it says that he died after a stingray pierced his chest.
I think that he died doing what he loves because in the text on page1 paragraph 2, it says
that he died after a stingray pieced his chest?????????????
5. How did his actions/words/thoughts/ contribute to what happened to him?
















September 27, 2007 (Thursday)
Objectives: What are we doing today?
1. Write on learning logs.
1. Analyze character traits, motivation and change using graphic organizer and text and lyrics.
2. Utilize Accountable talk and practice rigorous thinking
3. Compare and contrast texts and provide textual evidence to responses.
4. Create rubric/criteria chart and use these to evaluate effectiveness of character analyses.
5. Determine the themes of the text and lyrics of songs.
6. Reflect on concepts and skills learned, and tools and strategies used to learn the concepts
and skills.
7. Write narrative essays

Accountable Talk on (Theme)
Learning the lesson is important because...., and I can use it when....
If you know it you wont commit the same mistake over and over.



I can use it when I'm in a position like that.
...
Bell Ringer:
1.Watch the video
2. Analyze Bart Simpson's character trait/s by using this Accountable Talk Stem
(I think that Bart Simpson is (trait) because in the (what part) of
the video, (evidence from the video).

3. Analyze Bart Simpson's motivation for doing what he did by using
this Accountable Talk stem:
( I think that Bart (did this:action) because in the (what part of the
video), (evidence)



1. What kind of a person is he?



Answer Stem:
I think that he is this kind of person....because in the text on page....it says that.. .

 2. What did he do, say, think?


Answer Stem:
I think that he did/said/thought about this because in the text on page.. it says that....
 3. Why did he do/say this or think about this in the story?

Answer Stem:
I think that he did/said this or think about this in the story because...... and in the text on page ...... it says that....

 4. How did he deal with other people/animals?

Answer Stem:
I think that he did this with people/animals because in the text on page... it says that...
 5. How did an event or experience in the story change him and/or others?


Answer Stem:
I think that this event or experience changed him (in what way) because in the text on page... it says that...


PART 4: CREATE A RUBRIC OR CRITERIA CHART BY ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Character Analysis part 2 (Cooksey) - Edison Class
1. What is the most and least effective way to analyze a character's trait/s?
2. What is the most effective and least effective way to analyze a character's motivation/s?
3. What is the most effective way to analyze a character's change/s?



PART 5
A: LISTEN TO THE TWO SONGS AND FIND A LESSON/S (THEMES) THAT THE SONGS ARE TEACHING YOU.Support your lessons with textual evidence.




B: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: How do the themes of the songs relate to the text you read and the video clips you viewed?
Direction: Use this Accountable Talk stem in your answers;
I think that ....(theme) because ....and in the text it says ..(pages and paragraph #s), it says ....



PART 6: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. What are the themes that connect the text, the video images
and the song?

2. How do the themes in the text, video clip and songs relate
to your life experiences? Write a journal entry about one of the
them discussed by class member/s.

PART 8: Write a narrative Narrative Essay that connect to one of the
THEMES. (See video clip at the bottom of the page)






PART 9: REFLECTION:
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Directions: Use the following Accountable Talk stem in your
answers:
This week, I learned about.... (concept) and how to.... (skill)
by.... (learning strategy)


A: Three things I learned these last thre days
























B: How did I learn what I learned today and yesterday?





















C: One thing we did today that we need to continue doing and why


D: One thing we did today that we need to change and why


Tomorrow:(September 27, 2007 (Thursday)
Write an essay in response to one of the themes from the text, video clips and songs we discussed in class.
The Writing Process


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