Bellwork Sept. 14, 2015-Copy and answer.

Standard/EQ

• ELAGSE7L1: Demonstrate commands of standard English grammar and usage when writing.• ELAGSE7RL3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama

interact. • ELAGSE7RL10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature,

including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiency, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

EQ: How do authors use specific literary elements to convey the setting in a text?

Hook: Parts of Speech

Watch: School House Rock – Nouns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk4N5kkifGQ

Mini-LessonUsing the foldable we made yesterday, we will….

Define a noun.Noun – person, place, thing, or idea.

Using pgs. 1-2 of The Giver, provide an example of a…Person:Place:Thing:Idea:

Share some examples.

Work Session-The Giver by Lois Lowry

1. Read Chapter One, pgs. 1-13. 2. Using the setting graphic organizer, record the following as you read the text:

- Time/When is the story taking place (record information that indicates time)

- Place/Where is the story taking place (record locations mentioned in the story).

- Social/Environmental Factors (record evidence that shows how the society works or how characters are affected by the society)

Closing

Share graphic organizers from today’s reading.