Foundations+C+-+May+5+-+9

=Monday, May 5= = = =Tuesday, May 6= = = =Wednesday, May 7= = = =Thursday, May 8= = = =Friday, May 9=
 * study vocab
 * Quiz tomorrow!
 * ===Discuss characters===
 * ===TAKE OUT character sheet===
 * ===Where are Estevan and Esperanza from?===
 * ===TAKE OUT map of Mexico and Central America===
 * ===Label Guatemala===
 * ===Put Tucson on this map===
 * ===Peek at the other side to see where it goes===
 * What have they been through?
 * ===Side conversations in the story===
 * ===not always important to the plot===
 * ===people not part of our story===
 * but they show us something
 * maybe that the world is crazy
 * maybe that people don't all see things the same way
 * ===Lou Ann says, "I'll swan"===
 * ===it's her accent - no swans===
 * ==="I'm sworn" or "I swear"===
 * ===means, "goodness gracious"===
 * ===or "I do believe"===
 * Read together pp. 140 - 147
 * Questions for pp. 114 - 151
 * ===vocab quiz===
 * time to work on creative writing
 * needs to meet requirements
 * do you have examples of
 * direct characterization?
 * indirect characterization?
 * ===finish working on study questions===
 * ===vocab warm-up: Bean Trees Vocab #2===
 * START a new list on a big sheet of paper:
 * 1. propaganda, n. - information (pictures, posters, announcements) designed to change someone's political point of view.
 * 2. flotsam, n. - floating leftovers from a shipwreck; floating garbage on the ocean
 * 3. jetsam, n. - garbage in the ocean that was thrown off a ship on purpose
 * 4. parched, adj. - very thirsty, very dry
 * WRITE sentences using these words on a small piece of paper
 * Green sheet for close reading of pp. 153 - 154
 * TAKE NOTES on the green sheet
 * HOMEWORK:
 * ON THE BACK
 * WRITE A PARAGRAPH
 * about what you now know about Mattie from this view of her apartment
 * ===Vocab warm-up:===
 * ===ADD these words to your list:===
 * ===5. coerce, v. - to persuade someone by using force or threats===
 * ===6. dyslexia, n. - any disorder that makes it difficult to read, but is not related to intelligence===
 * ===7. hypothetical, adj. - involving or based on a suggested idea or theory.===
 * ===8. pungent, adj. - strong smelling or tasting===
 * ===DRAW a picture (with a caption - words to explain it) using these words.===
 * ===TURN IN paragraph on the back of (or stapled to) the description of Mattie's apartment.===
 * ===Study questions for pp.153 - 208===
 * =What is a notary public?=
 * =[|"Dynamite Kaboom"]=