1. 11/11/14 B-Day Vocabulary 1-5 Formative Introduce Book Clubs
Wonder Formative Discussion Practice
Veterans Day Activity
Students will contribute to discussions about their Book Club books. Students will determine the meanings and pronunciations of unfamiliar words and phrases.

2. Warm-Up Grab your writer’s notebooks.
Do not touch the red, white, and blue papers--YET :)
Study first five words of vocabulary for a formative today.

3. Veteran’s Day: November 11, 2014
A day to honor those who have served, and are currently serving, in the military.
What is a Veteran?
a person who has fought for our country: Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard.
What do they do?
protect our country
fight for our Freedom!

4. Veteran’s Day: November 11, 2014
Character Traits of a Veteran:
protective
strong
respectful
brave
fearless
courageous
athletic
daring
trustworthy
prepared
persistent
adventurous
determined
smart
astute
useful
compliant
fighter
bold
generous
Can you think of any?

5. Veteran’s Day: November 11, 2014
On Veterans Day we honor all,
Who answered to a service call.
Soldiers young, and soldiers old,
Fought for freedom, brave and bold.
Some have lived, while others died,
And all of them deserve our pride.
We’re proud of all the soldiers who,
Kept thinking of red, white, and blue.
They fought for us and all our rights, They fought through many days and nights.
And though we may not know each name, We thank ALL veterans just the same.

6. Veteran’s Day: November 11, 2014
Create a card to thank our Veterans:
Do not put your name.
Welcome Home! Thank you for your service. Happy Veterans Day!
~7th Grade English at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School

7. Vocabulary Please complete the Vocabulary Checkpoint.
When you are done, please turn it face down and read quietly.

8. Book Club Ground Rules Be polite to everyone in your group.
Use kind words: Stars and Wishes!
It is helpful to always record your thoughts/notes as you go! Writer’s Notebook!

9. Three Different Questions in Book Clubs
Response Questions
Connection Questions
Analysis Questions

10. Response Questions
Ask a reader to think and talk about how he/she feels about aspects of a book.
Which part did you find the most interesting? Why?
What would you have done in that situation? Why?
feelings, reactions, and responses

11. Connection Questions
Asks readers to talk about things the book reminded them of – experiences they’ve had, other things they have read or seen, things that are going on in the wider world.
Does it remind you of anything in your life?

12. Analysis Questions
Asks the reader to think about and analyze the characters, theme, figurative language, structure, or genre of the book.
Character
Theme
Figurative Language
Structure & Genre

13. Analysis Examples
Character: Was there a defining moment for the main character?
Theme: What overall message do you believe the author was trying to convey
Figurative language: What kinds of details and figurative language did the author include to help you experience the book?
Structure & Genre: Is this book typical or atypical for the genre.

14. Book Club Procedures
Clear your desk except for your book, your questions, and something to write with.
Turn your desks and arrange your chairs so that everyone is included in the group.
Greet each other!
Everyone answers the icebreaker question.
Everyone answers the following question: What did you think of the book?

15. Book Club Procedures
Choose someone to go first. That person asks one of his/her questions--the most interesting, not necessarily the first!
Everyone in the group takes turns responding to the question.
If the asker has something to say, he/she should go last.

16. Book Club Procedures
When everyone has had a chance to respond, then the next person in the group asks a question.
Repeat the same procedure.
Be sure that everyone in the group has had a chance to ask a question before the first person goes again.

17. Book Club Procedures
It is okay to keep talking about the same question for a long time. Your goal is not to get through the questions--your goal is to have a discussion about the book.

18. Book Club Question Practice this question with your group members:
What genre & subgenre is your book?
Does it consist of the usual characteristics of that genre?

19. When you participate in discussion:
Eye Contact- make sure you look up when you speak.
Body Language- sit up straight and do not fidget.
Volume- speak up so everyone can hear you , but don’t yell.
Giving wait time- it is important to let people think about the question that you posed.

20. When you participate in discussion:
Balance of participation- do not take up the entire conversation.
Actively listening- engaging in the conversation do not just sit back in your chair and doodle.
Showing respect for differences- not everyone will see the same and that is okay.

21. When you participate in discussion:
Asking follow up questions- keep going, don’t just let a subject lie.
Prepared questions- have prepared questions when you come to the discussion.
Insightful responses- do not just say yes or no really think about your answers.

22. You will be assessed:
4- Student consistently demonstrates a well-developed knowledge and mastery of the skill.
3- Student demonstrates some well-developed knowledge and some mastery of the skill.
2- Student demonstrates some knowledge of the skill, but does not show mastery of the skill.
1- Student does not demonstrate knowledge or mastery of the skill.

23. Today we... Created Veterans Day cards for our troops.
Took Vocabulary Checkpoint 1-5.
Discussed 3 Types of Discussion Questions: Response, Connection, and Analysis.
Created questions to practice with our groups next class.
Summarized our novels for our groups.

24. Next class we will...
Use our six-star questions to practice a fishbowl on our books.
Create better and more in-depth questions to ask for the Summative Fishbowl Assessment on 11/18 A-day, and 11/19 B-day.