Today's Agenda

SA: Do you think you would be brave enough to go up against a corrupt and deadly government to stand up for your rights? Why or why not?

1. Background search: In the Time of the Butterflies
2. Time to compose research PowerPoints

Homework: Write a response using your group's research to see how all the information you learned today might fit together in a story (about 1 page)

Today's Agenda

-Schema: What are the characteristics/traits of a leader (good or bad)
-PPT on sentence structure and practice in groups
-PPT on CAPT testing question #1 and practice with a short story

HW: 1. Complete CAPT question #1 (1 page)
2. Agree/disagree sheet on leadership and response

Today's Agenda

SA: What do you think is the purpose of non-fiction writing? Where do you see these articles?

1. Discuss the parts of a non-fiction article
2. Reading and reverse-outlining a nonfiction article
3. Discuss the findings
4. Continue LOF film

Today's Agenda

SA: Look up the definitions to democracy and tyranny - how do they relate to the text?

1. VFA - completing chapter 3
2. Quiz on chapters 9 and 10
3. Discussion of chapters 10 and 11
4. Discussion of plotting conflict
5. Symbolism update handout

Homework

1. Read chapter 12; complete plotting conflict
2. One page reaction to the final chapter

Today's Agenda

SA: Briefly describe the scene in which Simon is killed. In your description, use 2 of the VFA words and discuss how this marks an important development in the boys' movement from civility to savagery.

1. Discussion of the schema / chapter
2. Savagery and reading for information
3. Violence in the world - reading nonfiction sources
4. Exit slip: discuss the death of Simon in relation to the articles we read in class today

Homework
1. Read chapters 10 and 11 with plotting conflict
2. Be ready for a quiz in the next few days!

Today's Agenda

SA: What is the difference between a main idea and a suopporting idea? How do you know? Give some examples...

1. VFA - lesson three, activity one
2. Minilesson: colons
3. Colon practice and conversation
4. Nonficition Analysis: the thin line between savagery and civility

Homework
1. Read chapter 9
2. Complete plotting conflict
3. Be ready for a quiz!
4. Complete nonfiction analysis

Today's Agenda

SA: What kind of a boy is Simon? Use text evidence to support your characterizations...

1. Discussion of Simon and characterizations
2. Quotations and evidence: boys behaving savagely
3. Film viewing (approximately 20 minutes)

Homework: NONE! Have a great weekend. If you are not caught up on your reading, be sure to read through chapter 8.

Today's Agenda

SA: What are your fears? How do you react to them?

1. Discussion of last night's rule homework
2. Discusison of fear
3. Viewing scenes from Signs - how do we create fear?
4. Fear chart and LOF

Homework
Read chapter 8; complete plotting conflict

Today's Agenda

SA: If we didn't have rules in society, what would it be like?

1. Quiz - chapters 4-7
2. Discussion of the quiz
3. Good and Evil: LOF and real life
4. Feral children - who are they and how do they connect to the boys in LOF?

Homework
Choose 1 rule we have in society (not a school rule) and explain why it exists (about 1 page)