Thursday, December 5, 2013

Learning Objectives:
I can…

• analyze a character's development
• use compare/contrast organizational structure in writing

Opening:

1. Small groups discussions

• Mini-Seminar: Questions, Connections, and Interpretations of Chapter 20

2. Journal Quickwrite:

• What is one distinct way in which Jonas has changed since the beginning of the book?

Work Period:

3. Return to Page 70 (Activity 1.19) and review your responses to the analysis you did of Jonas in after reading through Chapter 5, then complete the graphic organizer on page 78.

• Textual Evidence
• Analysis (What do you infer about Jonas from your evidence?)

4. Jonas as a hero?  Respond on page 78.

Closing:

5. Respond to the writing prompt in your journal.

• Use the textual evidence from the beginning and the middle of the novel.
• Use compare/contrast structures discussed and practiced throughout this unit.
• Subject by Subject
• Feature by Feature
• Use appropriate transitions between subjects and features