Objective: Students will continue reading and complete Choice Board Day 4 activities to deepen understanding of character development and emerging themes.

Bell Work: The publisher of your book is looking for student readers to participate in an advertising campaign. Your job is to help persuade other students to read your book. Describe how you would accomplish this goal.

Agenda: Choice Board Day 4/ Reading Time

Objective: Students will complete Dialectical Journal #4 in class, demonstrating growth in textual analysis and evidence-based commentary.

Bell Work: A travel agent is looking for recommendations about vacation spots for their clients. Should they recommend the setting of your book? Why or why not?

Agenda: Formative Assessment #4/ DJ #4

Objective: Students will meet in book clubs to discuss character development and refine their evidence trackers in preparation for theme analysis.

Bell Work: What makes a text “literature”? What are the characteristics of “literature,” and has your book achieved this status? Why or why not?

Agenda: Book Club Meeting #4: Work on evidence trackers/ Anlayze Character Development/ Go over discussion questions

Objective: Students will comprehend and analyze their book through continued group discussion and independent reading. 

Bell Work: What year was your book written? How does the year of publication affect the action of your story?

Agenda: Finish up group work/ Reading Day

Objective: Students will read the supplemental text “Water for Flint” and evaluate how real-world events shape and demand individual and collective voices.

Bell Work: When does your book take place—what year, era, or time period? How does the chronological setting of your book affect the action of the story?

Agenda: Supplemental: Water for Flint