05.12 - Hunger Games Chapter 1

At the beginning of class today, everyone got the set 16 roots and prefixes. At the same time, I handed out copies of The Hunger Games. Everyone had twenty minutes to work on their set 16 roots and prefixes during which time, people also alternated out signing out their books online.

Next, we reviewed responses for the vocabulary theme activity that we did in class on 04.30. I explained that we were going to be looking at how these themes come up in chapter 1 of the book. First though, we read for ten minutes from chapter one to establish individuals' reading rates in the book. This is information that I will use to gauge how much time in class people need to read in order to keep up the pace of our reading schedule. After ten minutes of reading, everyone wrote down what page they were on (results shown below).

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Overall most people read from 3 to 6 pages in ten minutes (the reading started on page 3 so reading to page 9 means someone read 6 pages). This means that in reading during advocacy people should be able to read 36 to 72 pages. Readings for the week amount to about 100 pages per week so we will work to have additional time to read in class each week (full reading schedule available below).

Next, I handed out a chapter one themes note sheet in which people take the themes that they observed in the vocabulary words and discuss how those themes come up in the first chapter (just the first chapter, not the book as a whole). For those people that did not have their vocabulary themes sheet, we reviewed the chapter one vocabulary and some of the themes that people identified as being relevant (see below). Everyone had the rest of the period to work on this sheet. Work that was not completed in class should be done for homework.

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vocabulary themes from chapter 1 of The Hunger Games

Handouts:

Roots and prefixes set 16 - word list
Roots and prefixes set 16 - practice sheet
Hunger Games Chapter 1 Themes


Homework:

If you did not do so in class, finish the Hunger Games Chapter 1 Themes.

Prepare for the set 16 roots and prefixes quiz on Friday.

Complete any unfinished assignments.

Revise any assignments scoring below a 92.

 

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