Hearts and Hands

"Hearts & Hands" - Essay Structure - Homonyms and vocab

Bell Ringers:
Bell Ringer
Each day:

Students will write an original sentence for each word from last week's bell ringers

Influx

Delusion

Imminent

Sidled

Forestalled

Monday, 10/21 AND Tuesday, 10/22

Goals:
A. Students will review strategies for constructing meaning 
B. Students will discuss inferences, conclusions, comprehension/ text relationships, comparing and contrasting ideas and recognizing the writer's purpose.\
C. Essentially, students will realize that they are like detectives when they are reading, and these tools will help them find the essential clues needed for analysis and comprehension.

*Pre-reading introduction to author on page 262-263
O Henry - William Sydney Porter 1862-1910
Born: Greensboro, NC
Moved to Texas in 1886- Held a number of jobs including bank teller.  He was charged with embezzling  funds
Fled to Honduras but faced charges and was sentenced to a three-year prison term.  Here he wrote short stories including this story.
-Surprise Endings- When the unexpected happens at the end of a story.  Misleads reader

1. Students will read "Hearts and Hands" on page 264  of their text.
2. Students will be introduced to IRONY and SURPRISE endings.
3. Students will make predictions about the story

4. Students will discuss literary terms:  Plot elements, irony, tone, mood, foreshadowing

5. Students will discuss and analyze the outcome of the story

6. Students will Answer questions on page 265

7. students WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND APPLY LITERARY TERMS TO READING AS THEY MAKE PREDICTIONS AND INFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE TEXT

8. Students will stop mid-story and make predictions about the characters.  (LINK for story prediction chart)

They will use a three column chart:

PREDICTION     REASON     ACTUAL OUTCOME

9. STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO READ AND DISCUSS THE STORY AND THEN FILL IN actual outcome SECTION OF THEIR CHART.
10. Students will complete a plot structure worksheet

Closure:
use EACH DAILY bell ringer TERM IN A COMPLETE SENTENCE.  CIRCLE YOUR CONTEXT CLUES

Standards: 

R11.B.1: Understand components within and between texts.

R11.B.2: Standard - 1.2.10.D: Analyze inferences and draw conclusions, citing textual support, based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject.

Understand fiction appropriate to grade level.

R11.A.2: Understand nonfiction appropriate to grade level.

-Analyze inferences and draw conclusions based on text

-Analyze the effectiveness of figurative language