Year B: Cycle 3
Power
Study Guide:
Literature
January 4- February 12
Group Novel
Novel Discussion Responsibilities
1. Discussion Director: 5 thought provoking questions to lead the
group’s discussion
2. Plot Summarizer and Vocabulary Enricher: Write a paragraph
summarizing the plot of the chapter. Choose 5 words- write the
full dictionary definition and write what page the word is found
on.
3. Connector and Illustrator: Write a paragraph connecting the
reading to another story, something happening in the world or
something happening to you. Draw and color a scene that stood
out in your mind after reading.
4. Character Analyst: Write a paragraph about the main characters
in the reading. Include their internal and external attributes.
5. Quiz Developer: Write a ten question quiz (include the answers) to
give your peers at the end of the novel discussion.
Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
Response
_____ Chapter Into., 1 & 2–Tuesday January 5
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_____Chapter 3 & 4- Wednesday, January 6
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_____Chapter 5 & 6 – Thursday , January 7
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_____Chapter 7 & 8- Friday , January 8
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_____Chapter 9 & 10 – Monday, January 11
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_____Chapter 11 & 12-Tuesday, January 12
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_____Chapter 13 & 14 -Wednesday, January 13
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_____Chapter 13 & 14- Thursday, January 14
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_____Chapter 15 & 16- Friday, January 15
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_____Chapter 17, 18 & epilogue- Tuesday, January 19 ________
Anthology
With your group, plan your nightly reading work for the next two weeks. For
each day, decide which of the writing about reading strategies you will do.
This is from the lesson at the beginning of the year. Do not choose the
same strategy more than once per week. Record the strategy in the blanks
below. 1/4
A Place at the Table
Introduction
Wednesday, January 20
Video Lesson
Wednesday , January 20
Assignment
Due
Chapter 1-“Apostles of Liberty”
due:
January 21
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Chapter 2-“Who Claims Me?”
due:
January 22
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Chapter 3-“Freedom’s Main Line”
due:
January 25
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Chapter 4-“This Land is Ours”
due:
January 26
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Chapter 5-“The Strike for Three Loaves”
due: January 27
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Chapter 6-“Road Trip for Suffrage”
January 28
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due:
W.A.R.S.
Chapter 7- “The House on Lemon Street” due: January 29
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Chapter 8-“ A Tale of Two Schools”
due:
February 1
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Chapter 9-“Against the Current”
due:
February 2
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Chapter 10-“Wheels of Justice”
due:
February 3
Chapter 11-“Going to Bat for Girls”
due: February 4
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Chapter 12-“The Battle of Spanish Fork” *Together in class (Feb 5)
Poetry Thursdays
Bring a poem to read during sharing time, in community meeting. Be ready to
share: the poem, author, what the poem means to you and why you chose it.
Due:
Title, Author
____1/7
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____1/14
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____1/21
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____1/28
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Personal Novel
Breaking Barriers by Jules Archer
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by E. Gaines
Gandhi by Loius Fischer
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
_____Chosen by Friday, January 22
Choice__________________________
Book report due Tuesday, February 12
Theme Test
February 2nd