1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Read the following paragraph and then, write its central idea:
The ruler of the Nazi party believed he was better than another race of people, and he wanted to become the most powerful person in the world. He set out to kill everyone who he thought was weaker than he was. He began with the Jewish people. This resulted in an event of history called the Holocaust. He arranged the killing of about 6,000,000 Jewish people in Europe. Before he was stopped, millions of Jewish people had been murdered by the Nazis.

2. Paragraph 9 The ruler of the Nazi party believed he was better than another race of people, and he wanted to become the most powerful person in the world. He set out to kill everyone who he thought was weaker than he was. He began with the Jewish people. This resulted in an event of history called the Holocaust. He arranged the killing of about 6,000,000 Jewish people in Europe. Before he was stopped, millions of Jewish people had been murdered by the Nazis.
Central Idea: Millions of people died due to one man who believed he was better than others.
Choose three of the following details that support the central idea? A. He set out to kill everyone who he thought was weaker than he was.
B. He wanted to become the most powerful person in the world.
C. The ruler of the Nazi party believed he was better than another race of people.
D. The Holocaust was an event in history.
E. Europe allowed the killing of millions of Jewish people.

3. Agenda:
Warm-Up: Central Idea
Mini-Lesson: Central Idea and Questioning
Fluency Check: Part C of Busting Up Bullying
Work Period:
Grade 6: Chapters 9 and 10
Strategies Sheet: Summaries, Connections, Questions, Visualizations, Word Finder
Close Reading Strategy Sheet
Grade 7: Chapters 10 and 11
Grade 8: Chapters 11, 12, and 13
Closing: Goals?

4. I don’t quit! Be better than EVERYONE else!
Choose ONE and write it on your paper:
Never complain…
Be better than EVERYONE else!
I don’t quit!

5. Black Widow Activity… What is your GOAL? Examples:
I will complete at least 5 strong wondering questions.
I will keep myself focused for all of the chapters today.
I will make myself learn something about life from the book today.

6. Fluency Check Part C (Busting Up Bullying) 2 x’s Pace Expression
Accuracy

7. Questioner Review -Why did… -How is this… like this…
-What would happen if…
-Who is… and why is he/she…
-Do you think that…
-What was the purpose of _____ happening?
-When did you realize that ______ was about to happen?
-How did _______ happen?
-What if…
-Is there a reason the author told us ______?

8. Questioner Review Remember, good “wondering questions”:
1. are not “yes” or “no” questions
2. require more than a one-word answer
3. require a person to really think in order to answer them

9. I do 8
We do 9

10. You do 11

12. Black Widow Grade 6: Chapters 9 and 10 Strategies Sheet: Questioning
Achieve 3000
Grade 7: Chapters 10 and 11
Grade 8: Chapters 11, 12, and 13

13. Closing
Did you reach your goal? What did you do?