1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet from the tan bin.
Place any late homework you owe me on your desk.
Read the following sentences:
Instead, Nazario searched for someone who had already made the trip. She called churches and shelters that harbored lost boys. But she knew her limitations. She knew she couldn’t travel that distance to find him.
Choose either of the two underlined words above. (Choose one that you know the least about or maybe don’t know the definition of.)
What words or phrases in the sentence might be context clues that help you determine the meaning of “harbored” or “limitations”?
What do you think the word “harbored” or “limitations” means?

2. Copy the following term and its definition on your paper.
Term: Harbor
Definition: to hold someone
for safety
Term: Limitation
Definition: something that keeps you from doing what you want to do

3. something that keeps you from doing what you want to do
Term:
 Harbor
Story:
Picture
to hold someone
for safety
Reminding Word:
Term:
 Limitation
Story:
Picture
something that keeps you from doing what you want to do
Reminding Word:

4. Agenda
Objective: To determine the central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text. Essential Question: Gr. 7: How does the author of “A Dream for Many” convey the central idea? Warm-Up: Harbor or Limitation (context clues) Vocabulary: Harbor or Limitation (LINCS strategy) Whole Group: Class discussion about chapter two- Book-Mind-Heart Stations: 1. On the Record- BMH (Chapter 3) 2. Independent reading (fill out a “book” for books you have finished reading) 3. Technology: Achieve 3000 (College, Here We Come; Chicago School Sends Everyone to College) 3. Teacher-led: Monitoring Station Work, answering questions and concerns; DAR test Closing: Vocabulary Review

5. Obtain: to get something (to come in to possession of something)
Ultimate: the final or best
Intense: exciting and scary
Corrupt: bad; not doing the right thing
Destination: a place one is going to
Migrant: Someone who goes to one country to live from another country
Panting: Breathing very heavily
Refugee: Someone who leaves one country for another in order to be safe.
Persecute: to treat someone terribly (especially because of religion, race, gender, etc.)
10. Desert: to leave someone and not go back to them
11. Poverty: a state of being poor
12. Harbor: to hold someone for safety
13. Limitation: Something that keeps you from doing what you want to do

6. Homework

7. 2. On the Record- Book- Mind- Heart Strategy
Whole Group:
Intro to stations:
Technology: Achieve 3000
College, Here We Come; Chicago School Sends Everyone to College; Not the News
2. On the Record- Book- Mind- Heart Strategy
Reporting Live, Chapter 3
3. Independent reading- find a book
Search quietly for a book to read independently here or at home. You may check the book out. Write name on list. Write your name on Post-It note. Place Post-It in book. Place book on shelf or take it with you.
4. Teacher-led: DAR test

14. You can write a SUMMARY statement.
I Do…
You can write a SUMMARY statement.
Two boys who lived rough lives were given a chance at a better life.

15. Or, you can write a good WONDERING QUESTION.
I Do…
Or, you can write a good WONDERING QUESTION.
How were the two boys able to go to Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men (UPCAYM)?

16. SUMMARY STATEMENT or a good WONDERING QUESTION.
We Do…
Urban Prep is Chicago’s only public all-male, all-African-American high school. The school has a big goal: helping every one of its students get accepted into college. To some, the school’s mission seems bold. Urban Prep’s students come from some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. Many of the students grew up around gangs. Most of the teens struggle with school and family problems.
SUMMARY STATEMENT or a good WONDERING QUESTION.

17. SUMMARY STATEMENT or a good WONDERING QUESTION.
“I wanted to create a school that was going to put black boys in a different place,” said Tim King. King started Urban Prep. “In my mind, that different place needed to be college.
In order to achieve that goal, students at Urban Prep must follow strict rules. They must wear a uniform that includes a jacket and tie. The school day is longer by two hours. Students attend two English classes daily. Students must complete 20 minutes of reading each day, with reading tests every six weeks.
You Do…
SUMMARY STATEMENT or a good WONDERING QUESTION.

18. Continue the Strategy Sheet
You must write at least five comments total.
You must write your answer to the Thought Question on the back.
Fill out your score.

19. Higher Order Thinking Questions (Chapter 3)
Why is it so important for Nazario to learn as much as she can about Enrique and his journey? Use evidence to support your answer.
Are the boys who keep trying to get to the U.S. bad people? Explain your answer using evidence from the text.

20. Closing
What do “obtain” and “limitation” have in common? How are they different? Obtain: to get something (to come in to possession of something) Limitation: Something that keeps you from doing what you want to do