1. December 8th, 2016 Aim: What does it mean to “Read Closely”?
Do Now:
On the handout, respond to the question.
“Did you ever do something wrong and try to cover up what you did? Have you ever told a lie to cover it up? Did you tell another lie to cover that lie up? How did that make you feel?” Explain the time and your feeling.

2. Vocabulary (in SIMPLE terms)
Foregone Conclusion: Emblem: Reputation: Jeopardy:
Inevitable result Symbol How people perceive you Harms way/at risk/hazard

3. Vocabulary Continued Limp Ashamed Obvious
Weak Embarrassed by feelings of guilt Something in front of your face, something you should know

4. CLOSE READERS Do These Things
Read the text slowly at least twice
Gets the gist of what the text is about
Circle words you aren’t sure of and try to use context clues to figure them out
Reread, annotate, and underline key vocabulary words
Use the text to answer questions
Gather evidence from the text
Discuss with others what you think it means
Read again to summarize or answer specific questions

5. “Here’s Another Ending” Written by Diane Williams
About the author
Born in 1946
Lives in NYC
Nominations:
James Tiptree Jr. Award (an annual literary prize for works of science fiction or fantasy)

6. December 9th, 2016 Aim: What does it mean to “Read Closely”?
Do Now:
Holiday Cards

7. Close Reading Analysis
Group 1
Setting: narrator is stating facts of the story
Takes place in a neighborhood
Houses are close together
The dog is roaming the neighborhood when it should not be
Doberman stereotyped as cruel
Religion reference = morals and values to come?
Group 2
Dog returns to its owners carrying the dead rabbit
Owners want to keep the dogs reputation in good standing
They believe the dog killed the rabbit
They clean it up and put it back in its cage (cover up)

8. Group 3
The morning after, the owners of the rabbit shriek and the owners of the dog hear them
Rabbit owners are surprised b/c the rabbit was buried two days ago
The dog owners are silent

9. Questions Who is the speaker? What is the main conflict?
How is the problem solved?
A neighbor
Neighbors dead rabbit brought home by the dog (Doberman.)
Neighbor cleans up the rabbit and acts like nothing happened.

10. Questions Continued What is the outcome?
Do you think the decision the dog’s owners made was the best outcome?
What is the theme?
The rabbit was never killed by the dog (irony) it was already dead. Opinion People should be honest and upfront with others.