1. Language Arts: Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Handouts: * Yesterday’s handout: Analyzing Best Christmas Pageant
Homework: * Study for Lit Test #5 on Informational Reading The test is this Wednesday * Study for Grammar Test #5 on Adjectives The test is this Thursday over Gr. Lessons #30 – 33
Assignments due: * Are you studying for your Lit test tomorrow?

2. Lesson Goal: Finish reading and analyzing a condensed version of the novella, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Outcomes: Be able to . . .
1. Describe the main characters in The Best Christmas Pageant.
2. Summarize the plot in The Best Christmas Pageant.
3. Cite the conflict or conflicts in The Best Christmas Pageant.
4. Explain which characters changed and in what ways.
5. State the theme of The Best Christmas Pageant and support your answer.

3. Here are the parts . . . Narrator (daughter of the director)
Mother (directing the pageant)
Charlie (director’s son)
Father (director’s husband)
The Herdmans—some tough cookies!
Ralph
Imogene
Leroy
Claude
Ollie
Gladys
Miss Philips (social worker)
Mrs. McCarthy (church lady)
Alice Wendleken (a girl)
Mrs. Wendleken (Alice’s mom)
Potential “shepherds” for the play:
Hobie Carmichael (Charlie’s friend)
Another Kid
Kid who was honest
Mr. Grady (SS Superintendent)
Lady on potluck committee
Reverend Hopkins (pastor)

4. Starter #1:
Today we will finish reading a condensed version of the novella, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. 
Please take out the sheet of notebook paper from yesterday. Take a few moments to fill out answers to each of those five questions. You will refer to those answers during our class discussion.