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PERIOD 7
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR CLASS TODAY?
- Pen or Sharpened Pencil?
- Are There Materials on the materials table?
- Locker Bag?
- Start Your DO NOW?
DO NOW: Target Words
Entry Title: Vocabulary in Context
Select two vocabulary words from your composition notebook and use them in a sentence that show you understand the meaning of the word.
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TODAY'S AGENDA
- Do Now: Characters
- Reminder: Summer Reading due Monday!
- Learning Target: Today you will learn about characters and how you understand more about them as you read.
- Go over Do Now. Share your sentences for a raffle ticket.
- Understanding Characters
- Define character
- Whole Class Instruction
- Character Chart - HW: None
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PERIOD 9
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR CLASS TODAY?
- Pen or Sharpened Pencil?
- Are There Materials on the materials table?
- Locker Bag?
- Start Your DO NOW?
DO NOW: Target Words
Entry Title: Vocabulary in Context
Select two vocabulary words from your composition notebook and use them in a sentence that show you understand the meaning of the word.
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TODAY'S AGENDA
- Do Now: Characters
- Reminder: Summer Reading due Monday!
- Learning Target: Today you will learn about visualizations that can be connections, the parts of a Character Chart and know the relationships between the main characters and other characters in the story.
- Go over Do Now. Share your sentences for a raffle ticket.
- Class Conversation: Connections: Visualizations Chart
- Identify words that create pictures in your mind.
- What words triggered these pictures?
- Why do you think Joyce McDonald, the author included this cleaning scene at this point in the story?
- What do we learn about Jenna Ward in this section? - Understanding Characters
- Define character
- Whole Class Instruction
- Character Chart
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WORD FAMILY
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WORD
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DEFINITION
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Character
Characteristic
Characterization
Characterize
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A person in a story
A physical or personality trait in a real person or a character.
The way an author uses characteristics to make up a character.
Describing the characteristics of a real person or character.
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- HW: None
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