WARM UP 1

Nick, Jonah, Antoine, Jordan: Take notes from back table. Read the text below and tell the genre and author's purpose (inform, persuade, or narrate) in a complete sentence. Be ready to explain why. Check your answer with another scholar who's answering this question.

Steve slowly opened the heavy, cold, wooden door. "CREEEK!" He slid past the door,tip-toeing into the unknown darkness. He didn't know why, but something didn't feel quite right.

Alda, Amanda, Edwin, Jonathin, Luis Christian, Teddy, David: Take notes from back table. Choose the correct sentence below. Then explain why your answer is correct. Check your answer with another scholar who's answering this question.a) Carl Sagan, was a distinguished scientist and educator who was trained in astronomy.b) Carl Sagan, was a distinguished scientist, and educator, who was trained in astronomy.c) Carl Sagan, was a distinguished scientist and educator, who was trained in astronomy.d) Carl Sagan, a distinguished scientist and educator, was trained in astronomy.

TAKE OUT BOXES!

UNIT/MAIN IDEA OF CYCLE 5: Test sophistication.NATIONAL STANDARD: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Lesson Goal: We will be able to respond to literature by beginning our cycle 5 reading project.

IMPORTANCE?

To help your grade Mr. Loeb will be collecting your Smartboard notes each day. Each day, you will earn a 0% or a 100% on your note-taking. If you take all the notes with the class, you will get a guaranteed 100%. At the end of the week, he will give you one class work grade for your note-taking for the week.

PROPS to Antoine, Jordan,Nick, and Jonah! (this is whythey worked on the first question)

XRIGHT PAGE

1) Book 16 out of 252) Title: Don’t Know Much About History3) Author: Kenneth C. Davis4) Start Date: March 14, 2011

End Date:5) Reading letter level: Z6) Number of total pages in book: 6307) Genre: Non-fiction

LEFT PAGE

LEFT PAGE

March 14, 2011Page 15“Back in the early 1960s,

when I was growing up, there was a silly pop song called “What Did Washington Say When He Crossed the Delaware?” Sung to the tarantella beat of an Italian wedding song, the answer went something like “Martha, Martha, there’ll be no pizza tonight.”

Of course, these lyrics were absurd; everybody knew Washington ate only cherry pie.

On that December night in 1776, George might have told himself that this raid on an enemy camp in Trenton, New Jersey, better work.”

RIGHT PAGE

Text-to-World ConnectionThis passage reminds me

of George Washington’s troops’ famous boat ride across the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776. It was a risky maneuver during the Revolutionary War. In that war, the former colonies of Britain declared independence from Britain, sparking a war. The ride across the Delaware was commemorated by artist Emanuel Leutze’s painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware.” While the painting has inaccuracies, it did make Washington look like a true hero.

Keep in mind that you should have, on average, four responses per book. If you do this for your five books for cycle 5, you will have written all 20 responses. Mr. Loeb will collect your journal each Friday to make sure you are on track with yourresponses - he is looking for four responses per week, starting this week!

Once you are finished with the book ...

Newsfeed: My book, Don't Know Much About History, walks the reader through time and space. The book brings history alive with facts and stories about real people that you didn't know. For example, it tells the story of Rosa Parks and how her arrest on a public bus in Alabama helped change civil rights in America. The book makes you think about the world around you.

Like or Dislike: This is a fascinating book that I recommend everyone reads, however, it shouldn't be read from front to back like a typical book. It should be read like a dictionary - you should find the particular passages which you find most interesting.

Friending:

STEPS FOR INDEPENDENT READING1. Select an independent reading book.

2. Complete cover page for book.

3. Read independently and silently.

4. Complete a left and a right entry.

Lesson Goal: We will be able to monitor our progress toward our class work, final, homework, and behavior goals.

IMPORTANCE?

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