Day #112 - 3/13/15 - Mod 2A Unit 2 Lesson 5 Part I: If - Stanza #2 & Ch.17 of Bud, Not Buddy

Good Morning Rebels, 

           It is a ‘C' day so we will go to Library & Technology.  Please order your lunch and sharpen your pencils.  If you can practice, and persevere through the challenges that come your way, then you can become anything you want. Don’t forget to be awesome toward each other! Please pick up an Ipad and work on the Point to Ponder. 

                            Thank you

                       Mrs. Sargent & Mr. T.

P2P: Look at your list of "Rules to Live By.”

Which rule do you think we should add to our classroom rules? Why?

Anchor Chart for Reading Strategies Section

Rules to live by in 'If'

1. Maintain control even when others are losing control.
2. Trust yourself even when others are doubting you.
3. Don’t hold a grudge against other people when they doubt you.
4. Don’t make time for lies .
5. Don’t lie or listen to other people’s lies about you.
6. Don’t hate people or worry about people who hate you.
7. Don’t boast or brag about yourself too much: control your ego.
8. Don’t let others lead you off your path.

For Mod 2A: Unit 2 - Lesson 5 Part I

• I can describe the actual meaning of figurative language in Rudyard Kipling's poem “IF.”
• I can paraphrase the second stanza of the poem “If.”
• I can identify the rules to live by in the second stanza of the poem “If."

IF - By Rudyard Kipling

Activity #1

Analyzing the Meaning of the Poem “If” in order to Paraphrase Stanza 2

Key Questions:

• What does it mean to paraphrase?

Close Reading Questions

 for Stanza #2:

• What does  Kipling mean when he says “dreams?”
• What does it mean to not make dreams your master?
• Can you paraphrase the first “If” statement?
• What does it mean to think and not make thoughts your aim?
• Can you paraphrase the second “If” statement?
• What does it mean to meet with triumph and disaster?
• What’s an impostor?
• What does it mean to treat those two impostors just the same? 
• Can you paraphrase the third “If” statement?
• What does “to bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken” mean?
• What is a knave?
• Vocabulary Race!!!!!
• http://www.merriam-webster.com/
• What does twisted by knaves mean?
• What is a “Trap for fools?”
• Hint: think about Bud and Bugs and their coin flip
• Can you paraphrase these lines of stanza 2?
• What is Kipling referring to when he says “watch the things you gave your life to, broken?”
• What does it mean to “Build them up with worn out tools?”
• Can you paraphrase these lines of stanza #2

So...What is stanza #2 all about?

Can you share your paraphrased version of stanza #2 with the whole class?

Activity #2

What are the rules that are suggested in stanza 2?

Directions: 

• Work with your small group members to write down as many of the rules from stanza 2 that you can.
• Choose one person to be the Scribe.
• Write the rules on a piece of scrap paper.

Rules to live by in ‘If’
Stanza #1

1. Maintain control even when others are losing control.
2. Trust yourself even when others are doubting you.
3. Don’t hold a grudge against other people when they doubt you.
4. Don’t make time for lies .
5. Don’t lie or listen to other people’s lies about you.
6. Don’t hate people or worry about people who hate you.
7. Don’t boast or brag about yourself too much: control your ego.
8. Don’t let others lead you off your path.

Stanza #2

1. Have goals for your life but don’t let your goals control you.
2. You should think carefully about things, but it’s not enough to just think, you must go beyond your thoughts to actions.
3. Don’t let winning and losing change who you are.
4. Be mindful of what you say. Some people might try to call you a liar or turn your words into lies.
5. When you lose something you care strongly about or that you have worked for your whole life, you need to start over.

Activity #3

Read - Aloud 
Chapter 16 Block 1

Chapter 17 Block 2

Key Questions:

1. What challenging words did you record on your Word Catcher?
2. What is the most important moment of this chapter? (Share your writing with your small group) 

Criteria:

Introduction

• The most important moment of chapter 17 is....

Details (Give 2 reasons)

• I think this moment is important because....

Conclusion:

• Reflect on this moment
• How is this moment going to impact bud?

Homework:

Read 20 minutes every night
Go onto the classroom blog from home and vote on the Weekend Poll Question?
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Learning Stations

1. Guided Reading Schedule:

Block 1                Block 2

Mon          39 Clues               Red Fern

Tues         The Littles           The littles

Wed        Tom Sawyer      Summer Camp

Thur            Rules                    Rules

Fri              Independent Work Day 

2. Word Work - Vocabulary Picture Dictionary

• Choose 10 words from your word catcher
• Use context clues & a dictionary to write the definition in your own words on your Vocabulary Picture Dictionary
• create a detailed picture to illustrate the word
• http://www.merriam-webster.com/

3. Computers/Ipads 

NewsELA          Overdrive          Pictoword

CrossFingers    Cargo-Bot          Drainworks 

Tinkerbox         SimplePhysics

4. Independent Reading (Fiction/Narrative)

Criteria for Independent Reading Letter

Paragraph 1

1. Tell me the title and author 

2. Write a brief summary

Paragraph 2

3. Describe the main character (What type of person is the main character?)

4. Make an Inference about the main character. Use evidence from the text to support your inference. 

Paragraph 3

5. Write a prediction about what you think might happen in the rest of the book.

6. Finish with a question or something that you wonder.