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“Middle School Reads” PowerPoint by: Tammy Thilken and Beth Thomas 2012-2013

Schedule – Day 2. Okay for Now. Author: Gary D. Schmidt. “Middle School Reads” PowerPoint by: Tammy Thilken and Beth Thomas 2012-2013. Schedule – Day 2. COOL FACT

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“Middle School Reads” PowerPoint by: Tammy Thilken and Beth Thomas 2012-2013

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  1. Schedule – Day 2 Okay for Now Author: Gary D. Schmidt “Middle School Reads” PowerPoint by: Tammy Thilken and Beth Thomas 2012-2013

  2. Schedule – Day 2 • COOL FACT • The Red-throated Diver or Loon is the smallest and most slender of the loons. The Red-throated Diver, unlike other loons, does not need to patter on the water's surface on a long takeoff, but rather can take flight directly from land if necessary. • Unlike other loons, the Red-throated Diver does not carry its young on its back. • Whereas only males of other loon species vocalize, both male and female Red-throated Loons make calls, often together. Red-Throated diver

  3. Vocabulary Partial "If I were you," he said, "I'd start in the nine hundreds over there -- but that's because I've always been partial to biography." P. 36

  4. Vocabulary Partial (adj.)biased or prejudiced in favor of a person, group, side, etc., over another,

  5. Vocabulary Plummet "You can feel it plummeting through the air." P. 38

  6. Vocabulary Plummet (v.) to plunge, fall

  7. Vocabulary Thunderheads "It (her hair) was all gathered like one of those huge thunderheads that rises on hot summer days." P. 46

  8. Vocabulary Thunderheads (n.)towering cumulonimbus clouds characterized by dense, sharply defined, cauliflower like upper parts and sometimes by great verticality. that are in the process of producing lightning strikes.

  9. Vocabulary Splurge "Keep it," she said. "Splurge. Go on a shopping spree." P. 53

  10. Vocabulary Splurge (v.) to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, especially a costly one

  11. Vocabulary Eerie "It was the eeriest thing. It was like we'd had the same dream or something." P. 61

  12. Vocabulary Eerie (adj.)mysteriously or uncannily frightening or disturbing; weird; ghostly

  13. Vocabulary Cicadas "…and there was just the sound of cicadas, Marysville didn't seem so bad." P. 66

  14. Vocabulary Cicadas (n.)male insect which produces a shrill sound by means of vibrating membranes on the underside of the abdomen.

  15. OKAY FOR NOW Chapter 2 1. What doubts are in Doug's mind the week before he starts his job? 2. How did the librarian feel about Doug sitting on the library steps? Why? How does Doug evaluate his response? 3. Why are Doug's thoughts critical of Mr. Powell? 4. Why is Doug not on the library steps the next Saturday? 5. Who does Lil suggest her father warn Doug about? 6. What surprises Doug about Mrs. Windemere? How is he able to deal with her? 7. What happens the two times Doug looks like a chump in front of Lil? How does Lil respond? 8. How can Doug tell that his work is going well? Making Connections Ch 2

  16. OKAY FOR NOW Making Connections Ch 2 Attention The next slide will display the answers for Making Connections Chapter 2

  17. OKAY FOR NOW Chapter 2 1. His dad had inferred that they didn’t expect Doug to be any good or he would have started right away. 2. She didn’t like him there, probably thinking he was a thug. The banter between them on page 34 is funny. He was probably ashamed because thought he sounded like Lucas, but his actions (spreading out) would refute this. 3. Doug learned from his dad and brothers to be critical of others. He just did it in his mind and not out loud like they did. 4. He started his job at Spicer Deli. 5. Mrs. Windermere 6. Her appearance and cursing. He’d heard that for sure! He was used to difficult people so he stood his ground and responded to her courageously. 7. First time--he had gotten wet in the sprinkler. Lil laughed at him. Second time- -His brother and criminal friends were outside the deli. He moved into the shadows under a tree and watched without moving. A crow pooped on his head. Lil saw him and teased him. 8. Evelyn Mason gave him donuts and milk. Mr. Loeffler asked him to help them in their house. Mrs. Daugherty and her 5 kids talked to him. Making Connections Ch 2: Answers

  18. OKAY FOR NOW Quick Write Topic Ch 2 Ch. 2 - Write about a difficult job that you did for someone else.

  19. OKAY FOR NOW Schmidt, Gary D. Okay for Now. New York: Clarion Books, 2011. Print. Illustrations, courtesy of the Audubon Society. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Books Educator Guide, April 2011; Okay for Now Educator’s Guide by: Gary D. Schmidt. Retrieved from http://hmhbooks.com/schmidt/OkayForNow-educatorsguide.pdf Red, Suzy. "Kids' Wings Units for Award Winning Literature! Immediate Downloads!" Kids' Wings Units for Award Winning Literature! Immediate Downloads! Kids Wings, n.d. Web. 16 July 2012. <http://kidswings.com/downloads3.html>. http://www.allaboutbirds.org http://sdakotabirds.com/ http://dictionary.reference.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki http://www.mrcoley.com/litcircles.htm Works Cited

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