1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Copy the following word on your paper and chunk it apart:
D I S C O U R A G E M E N T S

2. Behind them was the dark forest they had passed safely through, although they had suffered many discouragements; but before them was a lovely, sunny country that seemed to beckon them on to the Emerald City.
Read the excerpt above.
Write down any context clues you see from the excerpt that help you determine the meaning of the word “discouragements.”
Write your own definition for the word “discouragements.”

3. Behind them was the dark forest they had passed safely through, although they had suffered many discouragements; but before them was a lovely, sunny country that seemed to beckon them on to the Emerald City.
Based on the use of the word “discouragements” above, which of the following best matches its meaning?
Bad things that happened.
Cheerful things that happened.
A lack of bravery with things.
A number of good and bad things.

4. DISCOURAGEMENTS
;  late Middle English discoragen < Middle French descorager, OldFrench descoragier. See dis-1, courage
; Middle English corage < Old French, equivalent to cuer heart(< Latin cor; see heart ) + -age -age
before 900; Middle English herte, Old English heorte; cognate with Dutchhart, German Herz, Old Norse hjarta, Gothic hairtō; akin to Latin cor (seecordial, courage ), Greek kardía (see cardio- ); 
So, by definition, does the Lion, actually, lack a heart?
And, the Tin Woodman does things to show he is courageous- so, does he, truly, by definition, have a heart?
Lion lacks courage.
Courage comes from the Latin word meaning heart.
The Tin Woodman thought he lacked a heart.

5. Agenda
Read aloud chapter eight.
Students read chapter nine.
Complete Character Reflection Sheet.
Achieve 3000.

6. stork

7. A stork without brains

8. A crocodile who can’t catch a stork without brains

9. The myth: the stork brings the baby

10. The myth: the stork brings the baby

14. Closing
What discouragements did Dorothy have to deal with so far?