Thursday-Friday,+September+30-October+1

=[|Spanish Version]= =Bell Ringer =
 * Think about your novel and look back through your journal entries.
 * Share a Layer 2 and Layer 3 question about your novel by replying to last class's discussion board. Be sure to post them in the right discussion thread!

=Mini-Lesson = As we read, good readers make connections. We ask ourselves those "layer 3" questions, and we connect those "big picture" ideas to the world around us.

=Text to TEXT = How does this compare to other texts you have read? Anything with a similar mood or tone? Anything set in the same time period? Anything that you have read that is the same genre? What about the same "big picture" ideas? =Text to SELF = What connections can you make to your own life? Have you ever been in a similar situation? Do you see similarities between a character and yourself? What would you do? How would you feel? =Text to WORLD = Remember those "layer 3" questions??? Does anything like this ever happen in society? Have you seen anything that reminds you of this on the news? Do you see similar situations or themes in your school? Your town? Your country?

=Modeling = Watch the __Charlie St. Cloud__ preview. media type="youtube" key="MzgOvvMi8Lg?fs=1" height="385" width="640"

What connections can we make? Text to Text? Text to Self? Text to World? =Read Aloud = Draw 3 circles on your paper. Label them "Text," "Self," and "World."

Read Aloud from Such a Pretty Girl


 * Write connections in each circle.
 * Group sharing- choose 1 for each circle to write on a sticky note
 * Post sticky notes on wall signs.
 * Gallery Walk

=Quick Assessment = Read the passage from Gym Candy (pg. 3-6) On your card, write a connection for at least 2 of the 3 areas (Text, Self, or World). = = = = =Independent Reading = As you read today, look for connections that you can make with your novel. Make sure to talk about one in a journal entry.

=Share = Let's here some of your great connections!