1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet. Read the slogans and answer the two questions.
12/9, 10
1. If I continue doing what I
always do, I will just get
what I always got.
2. Time to start being something!
3. Stop chasing the wrong things.
Answer the following questions:
Which quote do you think applies to you the most?
Is Max changing? Has he decided it is “time to start being something”?
Begin working on Interactive Reading/ iPractices/ Independent Reading.

2. Do NOT Begin Logging on to the Computer Take a copy of the green sheet from the tan bin.
After the first two minutes of class, we will be going straight to the media center for the guest speaker.
Look at the green sheet you took as you came in the room. Read the directions. This will count as a grade.
ONLY appropriate behavior will be tolerated. Only those who sit up, listen, behave and participate appropriately will be allowed to stay in the media center.

3. Mr. Kern Morning Detention
8:15-9:05 on assigned date. (You will have two options. Will carry over in to next school year.)
Class 2 referral if you miss detention
Detention slip must be signed by parent/ guardian
Criteria
Inappropriate language (cursing, disrespectful language, anything near the curse word…)
Disrespect to adult (teacher)
Saying “no” or something like it when directed to do something (such as move desks, remove earbuds, hand me phone, etc.)
Pds 2 and 6: returning from lunch later than the class.

4. Schedule
Pd 5:
Class: 9:30-9:45; Guest Speaker: 9:45-10:30; Class: 10:30-10:55
Pd 6:
4 minutes class, then, Guest Speaker: 11:05-11:50; 15 minutes class, then Lunch: 12:05- 12:39; class 12:39-1:12
Pd 7:
Class 1:20-2:00; Guest Speaker 2:05-2:43

7. Freelance Illustrator
Jonny Jimison
Author/Artist of The Dragon Lord Saga series of Graphic Novels
Freelance Illustrator
from Jacksonville, Florida
Grew up reading newspaper comics and comic books and now draws his own humor/adventure comic book stories

8. Michael Regina - Creator of Adamsville - Biography
Became obsessed with stories when I saw the movie JAWS at the age of 3.
Started creating my first comics in the 3rd grade.
Studied fine art at the University of North Florida.
Worked in television for First Coast News.
Worked on the Amulet graphic novel series from Scholastic and learned much about making my own books.
Adamsville is my first graphic novel series and will end with the third book, coming out this year.

9. Agenda Time (min.’s) Unit: Survival
Essential Question: What does it take to survive? 15
Slogan Warm-Up/ Interactive Reading/ iPractice 10
Notes Sheet (GRAPHIC NOVELS)
Complete packet on Immigration (Borders) 20
(How to Draw a Superhero) 45
Author Visit 5

10. 4.01
Asylum: protection often given by a government to people who have left another country to escape danger or harm.
Sweden gave asylum to those people escaping the _________ in their own country.
Residency: legal permission to live in a country.
After Giovanni had lived in ___________, he was finally able to establish residency.
4.02
Deported: forced to leave a country.
After the moon people discovered Garfield didn’t _______, they deported him from the moon .
Register: to have one’s name put on an official list.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tried to register themselves as the world’s greatest ________________.
4.03
Detention: the state of being held in prison; the state of being held in a place where people are waiting for trial or action by a court
After Tweety Bird ______________, she was placed in detention.
Authorities: people in charge, especially in government
Captain Caveman had to convince the authorities to _____________.
4.04
Monsoon: a strong wind that occurs every summer in Southern Asia, bringing heavy rain
Superman was so angry at __________ that he created a monsoon with his super breath.
Agriculture: farming; raising crops and farm animals, such as chickens, horses and pigs
After __________________, Spiderman spent the rest of his days working in agriculture as a farmer.

11. 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 Illegal: not allowed by law
Little did the penguin-unicorn know that it was illegal to _________.
Policy: official set of rules and procedures
It is against official Ninja-Penguin policy to ____________ .
4.07
Supervisor: a person in charge of workers
After he ________________, The Josh became supervisor of all of the workers.
Annoyance: a feeling of slight anger; a feeling of being bothered or disturbed by someone or something
Although the ______was an annoyance, it was nothing to Iron Frank.
4.08
Application: a form or document used to make a request for something
The authorities made all of their minions fill out an application in order to ________________.
Competition: a desire or struggle to get or win something that someone else also wants
The farmer made it a competition to see how quickly he could register the chickens for ________________ .
4.09
Generation: the average time in years between the birth of parents and that of their children
The Digital Generation refers to anyone born after These people must really like ________________.
Relented: gave in, stopped resisting.
The child kept begging for ________________ and his mother finally made him happy and relented.

12. 4.11
Flagging: weakening; giving up
After chasing ____________, the Tasmanian Devil could feel his energy flagging.
Fund: an amount of money that is set aside for a particular purpose
John put his ___________ into a fund in hopes that he could buy a real Tasmanian Devil one day.
4.12
Tinge: a trace of something
A roan is a horse with a tinge of two different __________ in its coat.
Defy: to disobey authority; to resist boldly
Tigger chose to defy Eeyore, which caused ______________.
4.13
Facility: a building created to serve a particular function, such as a school, hotel, gym or hospital
When the school became ___________, a new facility was planned.
Ravenous: very hungry
There was never a bear more ravenous for ________ than Winnie the Pooh.

13. Wrap Up
Who is in charge of the character?