Learning Target:  Students will participate in a small group and then a whole group discussion over the text.   Groups will review important plot information, significant quotes, and thoughts, questions and epiphanies had by the group members. 

Bell Work: What character do you dislike the most? Why do you dislike the character so much? Include at least two quotations and discuss how they reveal what is so despicable about the character. 

Assignment: Chapters 13-18  Lit Circle and TQE Discussion #3  

Learning Target: Students will take note of and analyze the use of types of foreshadowing in "Float" and in "Streetcars". 

Bell Work: What do you think is going to happen next? Explain carefully how you drew your conclusion. Record and explain at least two quotations which helped you to reach your conclusion.

Assignment: Foreshadowing Lesson and Group Analysis/ Watch and identify types of foreshadowing in "Float" and in "Streetcars". Read 19-24.   

Learning Target: Students will analyze the use of choices made by the author within the novel. 

Bell Work: How does the setting affect the character's thoughts, actions, and choices? Include at least two quotations which describe the setting and explain how and why the setting influences the character. 

Assignment: Discuss Author's Choices and complete analysis worksheet.  Read 19-24.   

Learning Target: Students and read and comprehend the text. 

Bell Work: Choose one character, tell how they behaved/what they were like in the beginning, how they behaved/what they were like at the end (or at this point in your novel), and how they changed. Record at least two quotations for support.

Assignment: Reading Day (Chapters 19-24)  

Learning Target:  Students will participate in a small group and then a whole group discussion over the text. Groups will review important plot information, significant quotes, and thoughts, questions and epiphanies had by the group members. 

Bell Work: Friday Questions 

Assignment: Chapters 19-24 Lit Circle and TQE Discussion #4. Create your own book cover. Read Chapters 25-30.