WARM UP "There" refers to a place. Examples: There is a library in the first building. It is over there. Hint: If you can use the word "here," you have it right! "They're" is a contraction of "they are" Example: They're not in this building. Hint: "They" is a pronoun and "are" is the verb. If you can substitute "We are" you have it right! "Their" is the posessive pronoun. Example: Their library is located on the next street. Hint: If you can substitute "our" you have it right! Practice: coming tonight. 2. Do you have books? 3. I always thought they were over No,....always placed on the table. 5. My friends said they weren't......

THE VELDT- BY RAY BRADBURY What is a veldt? It is an open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE – IN YOUR OWN BOOKS Look for a place where the characters interact with a setting. 1) Evidence: A line where they reflect on or react to this place 2) Reasoning/Analysis: What does this say about the problem or conflict that they’re experiencing? How does this inform a possible theme? 1) After the lions chase them, Lydia says, “Did you see? Did you feel? It’s too real.” 2) The parents are in disagreement about how the nursery should play a role in their children’s lives. Lydia wants it to be locked up and George doesn’t seem to be too concerned about it’s influence. The author hints at a theme because Lydia thinks that the technology is having a negative impact on their family and especially the children.

WARM UP 11/17 "There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part." (Shel Silverstein, Every Thing On It. HarperCollins, 2011) “There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.” (J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997) "We protect our children, our parents, and our friends by telling them the truth, but not always the full truth." (Frances Jacobson Harris, I Found It on the Internet: Coming of Age Online. ALA, 2011) "Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource." (President John F. Kennedy) 1. Where can we leave __coats? 2. Where_______ the toilets? 3. These will be ___ new offices. 4.______ we all here ? 5.______situation doesn't look too good.

THE CONFLICT AND THE ANTAGONIST An antagonist is a person or force working against the character (protagonist). Q) How does conflict lead us to interpret complex ideas? A) When we identify the conflict(s) in a story, we are able to look for themes.

CHARACTERS, CONFLICTS, AN D TONE Theme is an observation or argument that the author makes about life, society, and/or the world. One way to interpret theme is to look at how a setting makes a character feel about: Himself/herself (life) The people around them (society) The world in which they live (world)

SENTENCE STEMS TO GET YOU ST ARTED: 1.The character feels (tone) … o Guilty o Suspicious o Hopeful o Hopeless o Powerful o Powerless o Critical (judgmental) o Celebratoryo Appreciative (thankful) 2. and I know this because… o A particular word choice o A short line (or part of a line) o What someone sayso What someone thinks 3. Through the tone of _______ the author might be… o Exploring o Revealing o Arguing o Suggesting 4. the theme, _____________________________________.

WARM UP 11/18: THEN VS THAN: TAKE NOTES IF YOU WISH, THEN ANSWER QUESTIONS If my cat keeps clawing my furniture, ________ I will replace his paws with wheels. 2. Yes, cat, you will buy a new couch for me ______. 3. Five years ago, my ______ favorite kitty never clawed furniture. 4. Your cat is so much nicer _______ my cat. 5. My cat clawed my furniture, and ______ it threw up on my new rug. 6. I will buy wheels for my cat, and ______ carpet cleaner. Than Than is only used in sentences that are comparing one or more things to another. Here are some examples: Sally has more cookies than I. That space laser is stronger than any before it. Then Unlike than, there are many occasions when then is the correct word choice. Here’s a run-down: 1. As a point in time I ate too many cookies then 2. What happens next I ate too many cookies, and then I felt sick. 3. As another way to say also She asked me to fix her space laser, and then to bake cookies for her. 4. As another way to say therefore (“if/then” statement) If want to eat your cookies, then you’ll have to build the space laser first.

THE VELDT DAY 3

READY TO LEARN Get out your reader’s notebooks, a pencil, and your JR book. Put everything else away. Learning Target: Readers evaluate how the protagonist is changing by analyzing the way the main character and minor characters interact.

13B- THE ROLE OF MINOR CHARACTERS The author works hard to put us into the shoes of the main character, and as that person realizes something about the world, we are supposed to realize it, too. Characters are motivated to change as they discover complex ideas (themes) about life, society, or the world. If we notice how they change, we notice theme.

MINOR CHARACTERS HELP! Minor characters help the protagonist to think more deeply about an issue or idea. By analyzing the way that the main character and a minor character interact, we can evaluate how the protagonist is changing. Katniss: the main character

SHARED READING GUIDING QUESTIONS: DAVID MCCLEAN Who is David McClean? What does David McClean reveal about the room? (What he already knows is what we need to figure out as readers!) Through the interactions with David McClean, how does George change? What does he realize? Through this scene, what might the author be revealing about the role and impact of technology in our lives, society, or world?

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE – IN YOUR OWN BOOKS Look for a place where the main characters interacts with a minor one in an important way. 1) Evidence: A line from or about this minor character that shows the protagonist reacting. 2) Reasoning/Analysis: How does the protagonist react? What does it seem like they have learned or realized? Why is that important for us, as readers, to learn or realize, as well? 1) “They went to the fuse box together and threw the switch that killed the nursery.” 2) George was in disagreement with his wife about the nursery, but during the interaction with David McClean, he seems to share his wife’s fears as his own. After discovering his wife’s scarf in the Veldt, he immediately turns off the nursery, which shows that he has changed his mind. This interaction between George and David hints at a theme because George realizes what a negative effect the nursery has had on his children.