1. Writing Day Two: Seventh Grade

2. DO Now: 5 minutes
Pick Up:
1. Seventh Grade by Gary Soto
2. Closing Writing Prompt (small sheet)
Begin Working:
In your journals, restate and answer ONE of the following writing prompts:
a. Why is Fortnite the best game to play on the Xbox?
b. Why should students have a longer lunch at Cooper Middle School?
*Hint: Look at your Cornell Notes from yesterday 
*Hint: What time did you wake up this morning? Think about how to respond.

3. What are we learning today?
Essential Question:
1. How can I cite textual evidence that supports my analysis of a text?
Learning Targets:
1. I will be able to cite textual evidence to support my analysis of a text.
2. I will make inferences after reading and analyzing a text.

4. Let’s Read  Questions to Consider
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto
Questions to Consider
How do you think Victor feels towards Teresa?
2. Does Mr. Bueller know Victor is pretending?
3. How does Michael act around girls?

5. Closing:15 minutes
The story ends with Victor sprinting to the public library and borrowing three French textbooks. Write a constructed response citing text evidence from the story that explains why Victor runs to the library.