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AGENDA 1. Opening A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure (10 minutes)

AGENDA 1. Opening A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure (10 minutes) B. Review Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Introduce “Things Close Readers Do” Using “1975: Year of the Cat” (15 minutes)

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AGENDA 1. Opening A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure (10 minutes)

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  1. AGENDA 1. Opening A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure (10 minutes) B. Review Learning Targets (5 minutes) 2. Work Time A. Introduce “Things Close Readers Do” Using “1975: Year of the Cat” (15 minutes) B. Answering Text-Dependent Questions: “1975: Year of the Cat” (10 minutes) 3. Closing and Assessment A. Debrief: Adding to Our “Things Close Readers Do” Anchor Chart (5 minutes) 4. Bonus Class Time: A. Reread “1975: Year of the Cat,” add to notes, and read pages 4–9 for gist Lesson Two

  2. 1. Opening B. Review Learning Targets (5 minutes) Lesson 2 Learning Targets: I can: • Make inferences to deepen my understanding of Inside Out & Back Again. •Cite evidence from the novel to explain how incidents reveal aspects of Ha’s character. •Use context clues to figure out word meanings. •Participate in discussions about the text with a partner, small group, and the whole class. Lesson Two

  3. 1. Opening A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure (10 minutes) • Numbered Heads Together! • Assign each member of your group a number from 1-4. Each number will participate in a different way. Lesson Two

  4. A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure (10 minutes) “No one would believe me, but at times I would prefer wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama.” Pg.195 Based on what you saw and read in Lesson One, what do you think might have to happen to a little girl to make her say that she would prefer war at home in Saigon (Vietnam) to peace in Alabama? (4’s share) Lesson Two

  5. A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure (10 minutes) • Browse through the pages of the novel and consider these questions one at a time. • What do you notice about how this novel is written? • How is it like other novels you have read? • How is it different? Lesson Two

  6. A. Engaging the Reader: Orienting to the Novel’s Text Structure (10 minutes) So, what did we notice? • Diary entries (dated) • Written in free verse poetry • ~no regular rhythm or rhyming pattern • ~looks like a poem with stanzas Lesson Two

  7. 2. Work Time A. Introduce “Things Close Readers Do” Using “1975: Year of the Cat” (15 minutes) • In your table of contents, under Lesson 2, list the anchor chart title below and note the page number. • Start a new page/side for this chart. Things Close Readers Do (we will keep adding items to this chart, so it should be on its own page.) • Get the gist - figure out what the text is mostly about. Lesson Two

  8. 2. Work Time A. Introduce “Things Close Readers Do” Using “1975: Year of the Cat” (15 minutes) • Read along silently as I read aloud. Listen for the gist of the poem. • What is the gist of this poem (your sense of what it is mostly about)? • What do you notice about the language the author is using? What details really strike you as you read this poem? Why? (1’s share) Lesson Two

  9. 2. Work Time A. Introduce “Things Close Readers Do” Using “1975: Year of the Cat” (15 minutes) Your Turn: • Re-read this poem independently and silently. • Think about: What have you learned about Ha in this very first poem? (5 min) • What details did you notice in the text that help you learn about Ha. Lesson Two

  10. Who is Ha? Lesson Two

  11. 2. Work Time B. Answering Text-Dependent Questions: “1975: Year of the Cat” (10 minutes) 1. Tet is a special day. When is Tet, and what two events are celebrated on Tet? 2. How does the family celebrate Tet? 3. How does this special day affect the other days? 4. What does Ha do that might bring bad luck? 5. What can you infer about the narrator based on this action ? Lesson Two

  12. 3. Closing and Assessment A. Debrief: Adding to Our “Things Close Readers Do” Anchor Chart (5 minutes) Add to your anchor chart “Things Close Readers Do” • Re-read • Cite evidence How did you do with today’s learning targets? Lesson Two

  13. 4. Bonus Class Time: A. Reread “1975: Year of the Cat,” add to notes, and read pages 4–9 for gist • Re-read “1975: Year of the Cat.” Add at least three more details to your notes that helped you learn about Ha. • Read pages 4-9 for the gist Homework: Continue reading your independent reading book. Bring it to our next class. Lesson Two

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