1. Do Now: Choose a simple object that you can draw, such as a cat, a hat, or a book. On your Do Now paper, sketch that object from two different points of view, such as from the top and from the side, or from the front and from the back Share your drawings with your elbow partner and discuss which points of view you each chose to use.

2. Why do people act the way they do?

3. Point of View What do we mean in reading and writing when we use the term “point of view”? Each chapter in Seedfolks is written from a different point of view.

4. Motive What do we mean in reading and writing when we use the term “motive”? Each character in Seedfolks has a different motive for becoming involved in the garden. Turn and have an authentic discussion with your elbow partner about each character we have met so far and what motives each person has for planting seeds in the garden: Kim Ana Wendal Gonzalo Leona Sam

5. DEJ: Seedfolks: “Virgil” Today you will read silently, stopping to write in your journal as often as it doesn’t interrupt the flow of the story. Remember to ask deep questions, look for character traits and the clues that helped you identify them, search for motives and point of view, make personal connections, inferences, and predictions

6. Turn and Talk What is Virgil’s father’s motive for planting in the garden? What are Virgil’s motives for helping him (look for both surface motives and deeper motives)? Predict: Will these two characters accomplish their goals? What other significant ideas did you write about in your journal today?

7. When was there a time when your motives for a particular task was different from your parents’ motive for the same task. Explain what each of your motives were and the outcome of the task.