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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Today in ELA 6/5




Learning Goals:
~Use reading skills and strategies to become an active reader.

Activities:
Pave Paradise
Virgil- Character Profile



Chapter 7: Virgil
Seat Work: (In Journal)

·      What is Virgil's age? 
·      What is his ethnicity?
·      What is his contribution?
·      What are his reasons for becoming involved? 
·      What are the effects of his association?
·      Does Miss Flynn believe Virgil's father? Should he have planted so much ground?  
·     Virgil was upset with his father when the lettuce was dying.  Have you ever been let down by someone who made a promise to you? Explain
·      Why did Virgil then feel sorry for his father?
Draw a Picture of Virgil on this page of your journal

Daily Writing Prompt:
Lying always hurts someone. Either the person being told the lie, or the person telling the lie. Write about a lie that deeply affected you. What were the results of that lie? Were you ever caught? -or- How did you catch the person who told it?

Homework:
Read Sae Young
Complete Lit Role