1. Bellwork Monday, October 17, 2016 Name, date, and class period!
Read your study guide pages 8 and 9 and selectively highlight each section for key ideas about:
Kristallnacht
What was it?
When did it happen?
What effect did it have on Jews?
Concentration camps
Where did the name come from?
What purpose did they serve?

2. Topic/Objective Monday, October 17, 2016
Understand the historical implications and motives in Maus and connect this knowledge to current world events and political agendas.

3. Monday, October 17, 2016 In-Class Writing:
Look at pages 6-9 of your study guide and write down the words/phrases that you highlighted on a piece of paper. Use these words/phrases to answer the following writing prompt:
Define the mission of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. How did they carry out this mission? Please write at least two complete paragraphs including evidence from both Maus and the informational text in your study guide.
When you are finished writing, please compete the reading (Chapter 6) and answer the study guide questions. Get a sticker when you are finished. Tomorrow, we will finish our discussion of Maus.

4. In Class Writing:
Define the mission of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. How did they carry out this mission? Please write at least two complete paragraphs including evidence from both Maus and the informational text in your study guide.

5. Bellwork Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Name, date, and class period!
Try to think of a synonym for the following words:
identify= _________
draw = _________
context = _________
illustrate = ____________
recognize = ____________
summarize = ____________

6. Bellwork Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Name, date, and class period!
Try to think of a synonym for the following words:
identify= find; point out
draw = take out
context = background information
illustrate = provide a visual; demonstrate
recognize = identify; remember; find familiar
summarize = sum up; digest; abstract

7. Topic/Objective Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Correctly identify and define Tier 2 words.
Demonstrate their knowledge of the plot and characters in Maus.
Understand the historical implications and motives in Maus and connect this knowledge to current world events and political agendas.

8. Classwork Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Share out answers to Chapter 6 Study Questions.
Look at the After Reading Questions… Individually, write short responses to #2, 6, 10, and 11.
Discuss your answers with your small group. Choose the best answers for each question to share out with the class.
Up and At It! Share out answers on chart paper around the room.

9. Bellwork Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Name, date, and class period!
Rate Maus on a scale of 1-10 (10 is the best, 1 is the worst)
What was your favorite thing about this novel?
What was your least favorite thing?
Do you think all sophomores should read it? Why or why not?

10. Classwork Thursday, October 20, 2016
Up and At It! Write out answers to #2, 6, 10, and 11 on chart paper around the room.
Carousel and respond. Put a star next to your favorite answer or a question mark next to a response that you would like to bring up because you have a question about it or disagree with it.
Grab your sentence Fluency Packets. Make sure you have attempted to complete pp. 5-7.

11. Share out answers to Sentence Fluency Packet p. 5.
1. R 2. S 3. CS 4. S 5. CS
6. R 7. S 8. R 9. S 10. S
11. F 12. CS 13. F 14. R 15. F
16. S 17. F 18. R 19. CS 20. F
Complete the assignment at the bottom of p. 5 as a class.

12. Share out answers to Sentence Fluency Packet p. 6-7.
a. R b. S c. F d. S e. F
f. CS g. S h. F i. S j. R
k. F l. R m. CS n. S o. F
p. S q. F r. R s. CS t. F
u. F v. R w. F x. F y. S
z. F
Complete the assignment at the bottom of p. 7 as a class.

13. Depth of Knowledge Thursday, October 20, 2016
Please begin a new Cornell Note sheet by completing the top portion along with the Topic/Objectives written below…
Students will be able to:
Identify questions and tasks at each of the DOK levels.
Articulate why the use of higher DOK levels is more beneficial to learning and application in the real world of college and career.

14. Classwork Thursday, October 20, 2016 Watch video…
Level 1: Recall and Reproduction
Recall a fact, perform a routine procedure, memorizing
Level 2: Basic Application of Skills
Inferring, two or more steps, interpreting data, acting on the information in some way, relationships
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
Developing a plan, abstract, more than one possible answer, reasoning, non routine question, text-to-text connections, textual evidence, justify thinking
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Investigation and application to the real world, presentations, multiple contexts

15. Sort the following questions by DOK Levels:
What kind of relationship does Art Spiegelman and his father Vladek have?
What happens when Vladek and Anja return from the sanitarium in Czechslovakia? What are they afraid of?
Why did Vladek throw away Art’s coat? Which of Vladek’s personality traits do you think are a result of his experience? Explain.
Who are the Jewish police? Why is Art surprised to hear about the Jewish police?
Mala says that Vladek is more attached to things than people. Why might she say this? Do you agree with her? Cite textual evidence for your judgment.

16. Sort the following questions by DOK Levels:
What is “Prisoner on the Hell Planet”? How is it different from Maus? How is it similar?
Why does Art Spiegelman portray the paths as a swastika (p. 125)? What literary device does he employ? Is his purpose successful? Cite textual evidence in your response.
What happens to people who live under a terror regime for a long period of time? Research at least two other examples of terror regimes besides the Nazis and provide thorough evidence and examples in your paper.
State a theme of Maus and provide an analysis which includes at least three examples of this theme as it plays out in the novel.
How does Janina, the governess, react when Vladek and Anja come to her for help? Why?

17. Review answers to DOK sort…
Question #
DOK 1
2, 10
DOK 2
3, 4, 6
DOK 3
1, 5, 7, 9
DOK 4 8
DOK 1: recall, one right answer
DOK 2: Putting together two steps, relationships, inference
DOK 3: Explain or justify thinking, more than one possible solution or answer
DOK 4: Requires time to think, plan, and reason, connections across content areas, research

18. Practicing questioning skills…
How do you know that you deeply understand a piece of literature? What can you talk about and do with regard to the content?
Write 3-4 Questions for each DOK level…
Use a piece of paper folded into four quadrants.
Clearly label and write your questions.
Be sure to include your name, date, and class period on the assignment.
Submit this assignment to the basket.

19. Friday, October 21, 2016 Final Maus Quiz Chapters 4-6
Please staple together your answers for Chapters 4, 5, and 6 study guide questions.
Make sure your name is on your work.
Submit to the basket.
All you need for the quiz is a pencil. Please put everything else away.
Good Luck! 