Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Thursday, March 3, Notes from a Bottle

Objective: By the end of class, students will analyze short fiction in order to improve reading comprehension.

DO NOW

Reread the first three sentences of journal entry 4pm on page 375 - (right hand column). Now infer, how widespread was this flood? How do you know?

Direct Instruction

Review questions / answers from yesterday.

Inferencing

MOOD

Guided

Read pages 376 -377

Independent

Finish your questions from yesterday if you have not done so. Then complete questions below. 

11. Why do the people begin to quietly leave the narrator's apartment?
12. The narrator makes suggests one possible cause for the flood. What is it? 
13. How does the mood of the people in the apartment start to change on March 24 - 3pm? List some words from March 23 - 4pm that imply mood and then list some words from March 24- 3 pm and 5 pm that suggest mood to show how it changed.
14. Why do you think Langford's behavior changes so much in this journal entry (3 pm)?
14. Identify the Allusion on page 377 and explain its significance. 
15. Different types of people react differently in life or death situations (as we saw on Mt Everest and the Titanic). Describe how Langford behaved compared to the narrator and others on the rooftop.
16. What happens at the end?
17. What are the "notes" in the bottle?

Check for Understanding

Individual and group student checks during independent work

Closure

Review answers.

Exit Pass

How might you have behaved if you were on that rooftop?

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