1. Do-Now Finish Pre-Assessments! Take TEN MINUTES and finish whatever you didn’t get to yesterday This is SWT—No Talking!

2. Author’s Purpose WHY did the author write a particular essay, passage, novel, etc.? How does the author use literary elements to create an overall message or feeling? How does the language of a text tell you how to FEEL, THINK, BELIEVE, or what to DO?

3. How do YOU work through difficult vocabulary in a text? In your groups, TALK about how you work through difficult words in a text; how do you determine their meanings?! Choose the BEST techniques from each group member and create a STRATEGY for defining words in context Choose a group member to share your strategy with the class Thinking Question: How do we maneuver through a difficult text?!

4. FILM CLIP: Analyzing Author’s Purpose THINKING QUESTION: What is DRIVING or motivating the author?!

5. ANNOTATE THE TEXT! Underline the most important lines or any lines that stand out to you ? = areas of confusion Circle words that you don’t understand Jot down connections, questions, and thoughts VOCABULARY WORDS: Dung Nimble Headlong Simultaneously

6. VOCABULARY STUDY: America: Land of Loners?

7. Exit Slip In your own words, define AUTHOR’S PURPOSE!