1. AdVENTURE Language Arts Novel Studies
Week of March 21
AdVENTURE Language Arts Novel Studies

2. Vocabulary
March 21, 2011

3. Please add this strategy to your novel studies journal
Good Readers…. Do
use context clues to understand challenging or difficult words
Use the dictionary to check the meaning
Don’t
Guess or skip over difficult words
Please add this strategy to your novel studies journal

4. Vocabulary – setting up your paper
Word (page in book)
What I think it means (context clues)
What the dictionary says it means

5. Bud, Not Buddy Vocabulary Chapters 4-7
Fumbling
Privilege
Drowsy
Torturing
Spigots
Gait
Retrieve

6. The Giver Vocabulary Chapters 3-5
Chastisement
Conviction
Infraction
Petulantly
Tabulated
Remorse
Bewildered

7. The Outsiders, Vocabulary Chapter 3
Gallantly
Buckskin
Dumbfounded
Passionately
Reputation
Aloofness
Ornery
Resignedly
Frustration
Impersonally
Elite
Bleak
Reeling
Winced

8. Analyzing the Characters
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

9. Good Readers Do
Understand the character(s), their relationships and their motivations
Use evidence from the text to support their ideas and thoughts

10. Character list Character’s Name Relations / Role in the Story
Physical Traits
Personality Traits
As we read, complete the Character List graphic organizer that I give you. It will help keep the characters clear in your mind, and you will use this chart to create to character poster in a few chapters. Take good notes!

11. The Characters in our Novel
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

12. Knowledge Questions – record the answers in your novel study journal
Who are our characters?
How would you describe the main character? Secondary characters?
How would you compare and contrast this character to other characters you’ve read about?
What ideas, words, phrases show us the relationship between the characters?

13. Character Activity
Thursday, March 24, 2011

14. Character Poster Group Project
You will work with 3-4 other students to create a character poster. Groups will be assigned a specific character from the book.
It will include information about the personality and appearance of your character, his/her relationship with other characters in the story, his/her wants and desires.
As a group you will also create a poem about your character.

15. Assessment
Friday, March 25, 2011

16. Friday quiz
Your assessment this week will be to complete your group poster demonstrating your understanding of your character from the book.