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This Week’s Agenda December 3-7

This Week’s Agenda December 3-7. Among the Hidden. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA. Daily Activities. Pre Reading-Activities.

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This Week’s Agenda December 3-7

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  1. This Week’s AgendaDecember 3-7 Among the Hidden This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

  2. Daily Activities

  3. Pre Reading-Activities • Answer the following questions in your journal in the Among the Hidden section. Please write the day and date on the left side of the entry and draw a line under your completed work (exactly like our bell work activities).

  4. Journal Entry • What do you think the number of children families can have should be based on? Salary? Space in the home? Food or resources available? • Who should be in charge of making sure people follow the rules? • What should the penalty be for not following the rules? This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

  5. Directions for our next activity

  6. Continue the Pre- Activity • Each group will explain to the class what their scenario was and how each scholar answered their questions. How many agreed with each other and how many did not. Please explain your opinion. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

  7. Vocabulary Quiz The quiz is based on the vocabulary list and is fill in the blank

  8. Chapter One

  9. Chapter one continues

  10. Chapter Two • Read Chapter Two and answer the following questions in your journal. • 1. There was a law against kids like Luke. Describe it • 2. What was a woman supposed to do if the “things they did to a woman” did not work and they had a third child? • 3. Throughout the chapter, Luke is jealous of his brothers. What is one thing he is jealous of? • 4. What was “ running on the TV” that scared Luke’s mother? • RESEARCH QUESTION: Luke’s mother wanted to name her children Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Who is she naming her children after? What might this say about her?

  11. Chapter One and Two’sSetting • Constructive Response- Setting • Skill practice mood and tone of the story • The setting is the environment in which a story or event takes place. Setting can include specific information about time and place (e.g. Plainfield, Illinois, in 2018 or can simply be descriptive (eg. a lonely farmhouse on a dark night). • Complete the constructive Response

  12. Chapter One and Two • Quick comprehension check by answering 8 answers

  13. Chapter 3-4 • Vocabulary: Write the vocabulary words in your journal and complete the definitions. • Careen • Resolute

  14. Chapter 3-4 Journal Entry • “ Then, more to herself than to him, Mother added, “ And things could be worse.” What do you think Luke’s mother meant by this statement? • Think of one powerful word to explain how Luke must feel as a hidden child. Write the word down and explain your choice with both text evidence and your own schema ( background knowledge).

  15. Chapter 3-4 • Character trait of Luke • Complete the Differing Perspectives worksheet • STEAL • Google Classroom: you have three assignments assignments posted

  16. Chapter 5-6Vocabulary • Point of View. Among the Hidden is told entirely from the third person limited point of view of its main character, 12-year-old Luke Garner. • Reciprocity • Stupefy

  17. Chapter 5-6 • Point of View • Examples of Point of View. Point of view refers to who is telling or narrating a story. A story can be told in three different ways: first person, second person, and third person. Writers use point of view to express the personal emotions of either themselves or their characters • First person is someone telling you his or her story, • Secondperson is you being told how you should do something • Thirdperson is more like a camera recording events. A third person narrator can be highly subjective

  18. Point of View • First person point of view involves the use of either of the two pronouns “I” or “we.” • “I felt like I was getting drowned with shame and disgrace.” • Second person point of view employs the pronoun “you.” • “Sometimes you cannot clearly discern between anger and frustration.” • Third person point of view uses pronouns like “he,” “she,” “it,” “they,” or a name. • “ Stewart is a principled man. He acts by the book and never lets you deceive him easily.”

  19. What point of view is Among the Hidden written in? • Point of View. Among the Hidden is told entirely from the third person limited point of view of its main character, 12-year-old Luke Garner.

  20. Review Chapter 1 through 6 • Agenda: We are going to review the first six chapter of the book: Among the Hidden. • Everyone is going to pick a card which will have a chapter number on it. Everyone will reread the chapter that was provided on the card. After reading, you are going to summaries the chapter and then review your journal notes. • We are increasing our understanding of the book while increasing our fluency. • We know that we learned when we are able to have a discussion about the plot, characterization and setting.

  21. Chapters 1-3 Review • 1. Luke was outside for the last time because the government bought their land. The Government seems to have a strong hold on the people in this community. Luke is unknow to the outside world. • 2. There is a law against having a third child. Luke happens to be a third child. Luke has not been able to celebrate his birthday with friends or able to go to school. Luke’s Mother explains the law to Luke. Luke’s Grandam and Aunt do not know he exists. • 3. Luke longs to go outside. He pulls back the shade and gets caught by his Dad. His Dad is upset. Mark (brother) pretends he is the Population Police. Luke finds a vent and is able to see outside. He hides this from his Mother.

  22. Chapter 4-6 • 4. Luke cannot sit with his family at the kitchen table. The family cannot shut the shades because they are afraid that the construction workers would be suspicious and come to investigate. • 5. Luke resents having to sit on the bottom stair while eating. Luke is isolated even more from his family: he can not hear the conversations, see outside. The family receives a letter regarding that they can no longer raise and sell the pigs which is how they make money. Dad is now unemployed. • 6. The pigs were transported away. The tax bill came and it increased to three times the original amount. They family is upset. Mother is going to have to go to work. Luke is upset because he will be left home by himself.

  23. Journal Question • 1. Figuratively speaking: representing by means of a figure or likeness, as in drawing or sculpture. • I.e., I could eat a bus. • What did Luke mean when he said he would never get as old as Matthew and Mark? • What type of conflict does this story have (ie man vs man man vs society or man vs nature)? • Explain the relationship between Luke and his brothers? How do they feel about each other? • Resolutely: “Luke struck his fork in the pile of scramble eggs on his plant and took a bite.” Based on the context of this sentence, what does the word “ resolutely” mean? Page 22

  24. Chapter 7-8vocabulary Write the words and definitions in your vocabulary section in your journal. • Halfhearted • Zeal • baron

  25. Journal Entry • Which BEST describes the personalities of mother and father?

  26. Chapter 7-8 • Read chapter 7-8 • Journal entry: • How is the work Baron used in this book? What does it describe? Do you like the author’s choice of word? Why? • “ A face. A child's face. In a house where two boys already lived.” This is how the author chose to end this chapter. Why do you think she did that? What questions does this ending bring to mind?

  27. Chapter 9-10 • Vocabulary • 1. recover • 2. resigned • 3. convince • 4. irritable

  28. Chapter 9 • Why was Luke’s first response to his Mother not of anger but instead “that’s okay”? • Mother stated “ Believe me, I’d like to live a day of your life a day of your life right about now.” What was Luke’s respond and why? • Why didn’t they just lock him in one of the trunks in the attic and be done with it? Is being alive hiding better that not being alive at all? How do you feel about it? What advice would you give Luke in order to lift his spirits?

  29. Chapter 9 • Why was Luke’s first response to his Mother not of anger but instead “that’s okay”? • Mother stated “ Believe me, I’d like to live a day of your life a day of your life right about now.” What was Luke’s respond and why? • Why didn’t they just lock him in one of the trunks in the attic and be done with it? Is being alive hiding better that not being alive at all? How do you feel about it? What advice would you give Like in order to lift his spirits?

  30. Chapter Ten • Luke, for the first time, wonders what it would be like to take one of his brothers’ place in the world. How does this make you feel? Had you thought about this before? • Only the Sports Family had all their windows totally blocked, covered by heavy blinds. The author again ends this chapter on a cliffhanger. What is the author suggesting? Explain your thinking.

  31. Chapter 11-12 • Vocabulary • 1. unseasonable • 2. theoretical

  32. Chapter 11-12 • Summarize what Luke saw in the Sports family house. • Why was Luke spending his day plotting a route? What did he want to do and why? • Do you agree with his decision? Why? Explain your answer thoughtfully. If you were Luke what would you do? Explain the positive and negative reason.

  33. Chapter 13-14 • Vocabulary • 1. telepathy • 2. pristine • 3. hibernating • 4. sanctuary • 5. trudging

  34. Chapter 13-14 • Luke is reflecting upon his life and his house. What is his first thought and then what does his think? • What did Luke never thought of when he was planning this excursion?

  35. Chapter 15-16 • Vocabulary • 1. taboo • 2. propaganda

  36. Chapter 15-16 • Chapter 15 also ends in a cliffhanger of sorts. What do you think Jen is saying to Luke at the very last paragraph? • The author uses an interesting writing technique in chapter 16. She started in the present, went back to the past and then ended up in the present again, catching the reader up along the way. Do you like this way of writing? What does this do for the reader? Explain.

  37. Chapter 17-18 • Vocabulary • 1. flippant • 2. unfurl • Journal questions: • Summarize the conversation between Luke an Jen. Explain why there is a limit in the population numbers. Then give your personal feelings about the law. • Jen chooses an interesting word as her computer password. How is this password a symbol for what all the Shadow Children are going through?

  38. Chapter 19-20 • Vocabulary • 1. annihilate • 2. astronomical • 3. Propaganda • Journal: • What does famine mean? How does knowing what this word mean help you understand the book better? • Summarize the events that led to Luke having to hide for the rest of his life. • Why do you think Luke starts to feel guilty about being born? • Propaganda: How does it fit with what Jen told Luke? What do you think is the truth about all the articles and books Jen gave Luke to read? • How would you handle having to live your life hiding?

  39. Chapter 21-22 • Vocabulary • 1. daunting • 2. tizzy • But April came before planting season. What do you think the author is trying to say with this statement? What usually happens in April? What is Jen’s plan? How does Luke feel about it? What clues are given in the chapter to explain how Luke feels?

  40. Chapter 23-24 • Vocabulary • 1. hasty • 2. agonize • “ Give me Liberty of give me death?” Research this quote. Who said it before Jen? Why is it significant to the events in the story? • Why does Luke feel powerless? Do you agree with him. Explain.

  41. Chapter 25-26 • Vocabulary • 1. deranged • 2. banter • Explain Luke’s feelings in this chapter. • Another cliffhanger ending! What do you think Luke’s plan is?

  42. Chapter 27-28 • Vocabulary • 1. accusatory • 2. totalitarian • Luke’s worst fears came true. Explain how this makes you feel. • Research the word TOTALITARIAN. Describe this kind of government. • Name some totalitarian governments in the twentieth century. • In your opinion, how should a nation’s resources be shared between those who have privileges and those who don’t?

  43. Interview an adult close to you. Ask your adult this question: • “How does the United States government know about you? What does it know? Is this an invasion of privacy or are public records important for general knowledge?”

  44. Chapter 29-30 • Vocabulary • 1. guerrilla • 2. sparse • Luke’s decision will radically change his life. Explain how you think Luke’s life will change. Do you agree with his decision? Explain: • This is the end of the book. Was the ending satisfying to you? How would you have ended this book? Why?

  45. Post book activities • Write chapter 31. • Describe a point in the story at which you did not want to put the book down. What made that moment so complelling? • If you were making a movie of this book and you had to cut out some scenes, which scenes would you cut out and why?

  46. Population Law China VS. Among the Hidden • We are gong to complete a packet. • 1. watch a video • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4-S_Oqq4lI • 2. Graphic organizer • 3. outline • 4. Essay response

  47. Quiz • Multiple choice and essay • Essay are based on the questions written in our journal.

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