EMPOWERED BY FICTION 91212 HAPPY WEDNESDAY 1 Copy

EMPOWERED BY FICTION 9/12/12

HAPPY WEDNESDAY! 1. Copy Homework Have outs: • Pen/pencil • Homework [plot line] in a pile at the center of your desk • Reading Mini-Lesson 15 • Writing Mini-Lesson 11 [given yesterday]

Leadership • Models appropriate behavior to classmates • SLANT

Reading Objective RWBAT define prediction and make predictions based on text evidence

Predictions are important because • It helps us to focus on what we are reading about. • It helps us make connections about what we already know to what we think we know. • It gets us excited about what we are reading.

Excerpts • We get jumped by the Socs. I’m not sure how you spell it, but it’s the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids. • We’re poorer than the Socs and the middle class. • “You really killed him, huh, Johnny? ” “Yea. ” His voice quavered slightly. “I had to. They were drowning you, Pony…” • Our gang had chased the Socs to their car and heaved rocks at them.

Make a prediction! [1 min. ] Read the excerpts 2. Fill in the boxes 1. I predict that I think this because

Guided Notes • A prediction is an educated guess about what will happen in the future based on evidence. • To make a good prediction, you must use evidence from the text!

Question Stem • From the passage, the reader can predict that________.

Model • The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton [p. 54] “It’s too late now, ” Johnny said. “Here they come. ” Five Socs were coming straight at us, and from the way they were staggering I figured they were reeling pickled. That scared me. A cool deadly bluff could sometimes shake them off, but not if they outnumbered you five to two and were drunk. Johnny’s hand went to his back pocket and I remembered his switchblade. I wished for that broken bottle. I’d sure show them I could use it if I had to. Johnny was scared to death. I mean it. He was as white as a ghost and his eyes were wild-looking, like the eyes of an animal in a trap. We backed against the fountain and the Socs surrounded us.

Model I predict that I think this because there’s going to be a fight. “Five Socs were coming straight at us” “Johnny’s hand went to his back pocket and I remembered his switchblade. I wished for that broken bottle. I’d sure show them I could use it if I had to. ” We backed against the fountain and the Socs surrounded us.

“She Flies” [Excerpt taken from Crazy Loco by David Rice] During my birthday party I walked up to the big parakeet cage with a cookie. I thought maybe I’d push the cookie under the cage door and see if the parakeets would eat it. Tia Mana had more colors in her big birdcage than there were in my biggest box of crayons. Some of the parakeets would fly back and forth really fast, hitting the cage with their bodies. Others would clutch the walls with their claws, and with their beaks they’d bite the cage wire. To me they looked as if they were trying to tear out of the cage. I think I felt sorry for them. Whenever I walked up to their cage, they turned their little heads and started at me, fluttering their wings hard against the cage. I turned around and looked at Tia Mana, who was watering her azaleas. She smiled at me but said nothing. I tried to push the cookie through the slit under the cage door, but it was too narrow. As I lifted the latch of the door, I heard my parents in the distance, telling me to stop. But I didn’t want to stop

Guided Practice [4 min. ] Read “She Flies” 2. Answer the questions on your mini-lesson: 1. From the passage, the reader can predict that____. a. the girl will eat her cookie b. the girl will get a smaller cookie to feed to the parakeets c. the girl will keep a parakeet as a pet d. the girl will set the parakeets free. I think this because

“The First Skateboard in the History of the World” pg. 510 Practice making predictions Focus on… 1. What happens to Betsy? [In 2 sentences…] 2. How would you describe Betsy and Bee’s friendship? 3. What would you have done if you were Betsy?

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“The First Skateboard in the History of the World” pg. 510 Focus on… 1. What happens to Betsy? [In 2 sentences…] 2. How would you describe Betsy and Bee’s friendship? 3. What would you have done if you were Betsy?

Writing Mini-Lesson #11 • Work on your outline • Write down ideas of what you would to include in your paragraphs • Example: • TOPIC: The time I went • bungee jumping Paragraph 2 (middle) • • How I got ready How it felt when I fell How did I feel What was going on in my mind

What we learned… • What is a prediction? • What do we use to make one? • Why is it important to make predictions?

Image Credits • http: //www. lrc. ky. gov/record/Moments 07 RS/24_roller- skates. jpg