Habit of Mind: Imagining, Creating, Innovating

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November 9, 2009

• Habit of Mind Imagining, Creating, Innovating
• Thinking Skill Analysis
• District O and I Collaborative worker, complex
  thinker
• Content Salvador and The House on Mango
  Street
• We do not remember days we remember moments.
• Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand

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Agenda

• You should have 670 pages finished today.
• Two roots mort-, scrib-/script- (5)
• Salvador, Late and Early (15)
• Read and annotate.
• Underline with a wiggly line anything you find
  confusing
• At the end, make a list of techniques,
  strategies, etc., that Cisneros uses that are
  unique. In other words, how would you recognize
  something else she wrote?
• Cisneros interview with notetaking guide (10)
• Discuss (10)
• Share adult memories in a whip-around. (10)
• Homework
• Exercises 3, 4, and 5 on commonly misspelled
  words
• Outside reading.

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Root

• Mort death. Mortician, mortify, mortuary

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Scrib-, script-

• Scrib-, script- write. Description, scribe,
  inscribe, prescription

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The House on Mango Street

• Salvador, Late and Early (15)
• Read and annotate.
• Underline with a wiggly line anything you find
  confusing
• At the end, make a list of techniques,
  strategies, etc., that Cisneros uses that are
  unique. In other words, how would you recognize
  something else she wrote?
• Cisneros interview with notetaking guide
  http//www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid175
  2 (10)
• Discuss (10)
• Share adult memories in a whip-around. (10)

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HomeFun

• Exercises 3, 4, and 5 on commonly misspelled
  words
• Outside reading. You should have completed 670
  pages.

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November 12, 2009

• Habit of Mind Imagining, Creating, Innovating
• Thinking Skill Analysis
• District O and I Collaborative worker, complex
  thinker
• Content The House on Mango Street
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• There is a garden in every childhood, an
  enchanted place where colors are brighter, the
  air softer, and the morning more fragrant than
  ever again. --Elizabeth Lawrence

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Agenda

• Two new roots spec-/spect- and tact (5)
• Grade and discuss homework. Add to new homework
  sheet. (15)
• Return first homework packet.
• Graded proofreading practice. (15)
• Period 3 only Share adult memories in a
  whip-around. (10)
• Read aloud The House on Mango Street. Draw the
  setting, relying on text only. Share a couple
  with the large group, and post some on wall. (10)
• Read aloud Hairs. On document camerawhat can
  you infer about Esperanzas feelings toward her
  mother based on the description of her mothers
  hair? Use t-chart to record inference and
  supporting detail(10)
• Read aloud Boys and Girls. (5)
• Table groupseach table prepares example of
  personification, metaphor, simile,
  imagery, alliteration, and hyberbole.
  Create definition and funny example. (15-20)
• Homework
• Study flashcards for quiz.
• Visual Representation of Personal Metaphor
• Words Commonly Confused, Set 2, exercises 1 and
  2.
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Root

• Spec-, spect- see. Spectator, specimen,
  spectacle

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Root

• Tact- touch. Contact, tactile

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Housekeeping

• Grade and discuss homework. Add to new homework
  sheet. (15)
• Return first homework packet.

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Assessment

• Graded proofreading practice
• Neatly correct misspelled words. Turn the ½
  sheet over when you are finished.

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The House on Mango Street

• Read aloud The House on Mango Street. Draw the
  setting, relying on text only. Share a couple
  with the large group, and post some on wall. (10)
• Read aloud Hairs. On document camerawhat can
  you infer about Esperanzas feelings toward her
  mother based on the description of her mothers
  hair? Use t-chart to record inference and
  supporting detail(10)

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Hairs

• Read aloud Hairs. What can you infer about
  Esperanzas feelings toward her mother based on
  the description of her mothers hair?
• In your journal, make a T chart.
• Inference Textual support

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The House on Mango Street

• Read aloud Boys and Girls. (5)
• Table groupseach table prepares example of
  personification, metaphor, simile,
  imagery, alliteration, and hyberbole.
  Create definition and funny example. (15-20)
• Explain homework.

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HomeFun

• Study flashcards for quiz.
• Visual Representation of Personal Metaphor

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November 16, 2009

• Habit of Mind Thinking and Communicating with
  Clarity and Precision
• Thinking Skill Analysis
• District O and I Complex thinker
• Content roots, The House on Mango Street
• If you give me five dollars, I will be your
  friend forever.
• -Rachel from House on Mango Street
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Agenda

• Two new roots ten and therm
• Share visual representations at tables share one
  per table with class as a whole.
• Score visual representations, and submit.
• Return homework packets and career packets place
  in folder.
• Read aloud My Name (5)
• Quick write with inferences about Esperanza.
  Compare with model and self-score.
• Pre-reading question for part 2 Is living in a
  house your family owns different from living in a
  house or apartment your family rents? How? Are
  renters, owners, and homeless people all
  considered equal citizens in America? Why or why
  not? (10)

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Agenda, Part II

• As we read aloud, keep a running list of the
  positive elements and the negative elements of
  Esperanzas neighborhood. Include the page
  number.
• Read aloud Cathy, Queen of Cats with
  highlighted script and two readers
• Read aloud Our Good Day with highlighted script
  for four readers
• Read aloud Laughter with highlighted script and
  two readers
• Homework
• Outside reading
• Words Commonly Confused, Set 2, 1-2

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Root

• Ten- hold. Detention, content

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Root

• Therm- heat. Thermostat, thermometer,
  hypothermia, hyperthermia.

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Homework/Classwork Housekeeping

• Share visual representations at tables share one
  per table with class as a whole.
• Score visual representations, and submit.
• Return homework packets and career packets place
  in folder.

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The House on Mango Street

• Read aloud My Name (5)
• Quick write with inferences about Esperanza.
  Compare with model and self-score.

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CBA

• Directions Answer the following questions based
  on the first four vignettes of House on Mango
  Street.
• Based on the information in the book so far, what
  inference can you make about Esperanza? Provide
  three details from the text to support your
  inference.

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Pre-reading question

• Part 2 Is living in a house your family owns
  different from living in a house or apartment
  your family rents? How? Are renters, owners,
  and homeless people all considered equal citizens
  in America? Why or why not?

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The House on Mango Street

• As we read aloud, keep a running list of the
  positive elements and the negative elements of
  Esperanzas neighborhood. Include the page
  number.
• Read aloud Cathy, Queen of Cats with
  highlighted script and two readers
• Read aloud Our Good Day with highlighted script
  for four readers
• Read aloud Laughter with highlighted script and
  two readers

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Homework

• Outside readingyou should have 740 pages.
• Words Commonly Confused, Set 2, 1-2

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November 18, 2009

• Habit of Mind Thinking and Communicating with
  Clarity and Precision
• Thinking Skill Analysis
• District O and I Complex thinker
• Content root, spelling pairs, The House on
  Mango Street
• Those who dont know any better come into our
  neighborhood scared.
• 
  --Esperanza
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Agenda

• Final root ver-
• Correct Words Commonly Confused homework, and
  stamp. Log on homework sheet, and attach to
  packet.
• Continue to keep a list of the positive and
  negative elements of Esperanzas neighborhood.
  Period 3 Start this list.
• Read aloud Laughter with highlighted script and
  two readers (Period 3 only)
• Read aloud Gils Furniture Bought and Sold
  with highlighted script and three readers
• Read aloud Meme Ortiz. Discussion using name
  cardswhat can you infer about Esperanzas view
  of the neighborhood? Must include a textual
  detail.

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Agenda, part II

• Read aloud Louie, His Cousin His Other Cousin
  with students acting it out as we read it. (10)
• Review pre-reading questions In what areas of
  your life are you most free to do what you like?
  In what areas of your life do you have the least
  freedom? Consider the roles gender, race,
  religion, education, class, age, and upbringing
  play in limiting an individuals personal
  freedom. (5) Be able to answer pre-reading
  questions for your assigned vignette.
• In tables, read aloud together Marin, Those
  Who Dont, There Was an Old Woman She Had So
  Many Children, Alicia Who Sees Mice, Darius
  and the Clouds, and And Some More. Discuss in
  terms of the pre-reading questions. Complete
  Vignette Analysis for your tables vignette.
• Teach your assigned vignette to class.

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Root

• Ver- true Verify, veracity, verity

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The House on Mango Street

• Continue to keep a list of the positive and
  negative elements of Esperanzas neighborhood.
  Period 3 Start this list.
• Read aloud Laughter with highlighted script and
  two readers (Period 3 only)
• Read aloud Gils Furniture Bought and Sold
  with highlighted script and three readers
• Read aloud Meme Ortiz. Discussion using name
  cardswhat can you infer about Esperanzas view
  of the neighborhood? Must include a textual
  detail.
• Read aloud Louie, His Cousin His Other Cousin.

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The House on Mango Street

• Pre-reading questions In what areas of your
  life are you most free to do what you like? In
  what areas of your life do you have the least
  freedom? Consider the roles gender, race,
  religion, education, class, age, and upbringing
  play in limiting an individuals personal freedom.

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The House on Mango Street, Part II

• Be able to answer pre-reading questions for your
  assigned vignette.
• In tables, read aloud together
• Marin, Table 1
• Those Who Dont, Table 2
• There Was an Old Woman She Had So Many
  Children, Table 3
• Alicia Who Sees Mice, Table 4
• Darius and the Clouds, Table 5
• And Some More, Table 6

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Homework

• Make a list of ten episodes from your own life
  that could become vignettes. This must be in
  final MLA draft form. Compare to model posted on
  website.
• Quiz on prefixes and roots next class

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November 20, 2009

• Habit of Mind Applying Past Knowledge
• Thinking Skill Analysis
• District O and I Complex thinker
• Content prefixes, roots, The House on Mango
  Street
• We are tired of being beautiful. --from The
  House on Mango Street

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Agenda, part I

• Prefix/root pop quiz.
• 5 minutes prep time to present vignettes.
• Read your vignette aloud, and make sure that the
  class thoroughly understands it.
• Begin Section Four Growth and Maturity,
  Sexuality. Pre-reading 4 question How is
  growing into a teenage body (physically, mentally
  and emotionally) like moving into a new
  house/apartment? Compare the experiences of
  moving into a new house/apartment to the
  experiences of being a teenager. (5)
• Read aloud pp. 39-55 (The Family of Little
  Feet, A Rice Sandwich, Chanclas, Hips),
  making notes in journal as to changes of
  adolescence. Read Hips as Readers Theater.
  (15) Briefly discuss first four vignettes in
  terms of pre-reading questions. Focus on one and
  discuss supporting textual detail (10).

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Agenda, part II

• Initial homework sheet for ten episodes from your
  own life. (5)
• Review The House on Mango Streets table of
  contents. What do you notice about the titles?
  What is the text structure?
• Show model of list of episodes transposed into
  titles. Show rubric. (15)
• Homework
• Using the Table of Contents in House on Mango
  Street as a model, create creative chapter titles
  for each of your incidents. Format like model.
  (10)

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Pre-reading quesitons

• Growth and Maturity, Sexuality.
• How is growing into a teenage body (physically,
  mentally and emotionally) like moving into a new
  house/apartment? Compare the experiences of
  moving into a new house/apartment to the
  experiences of being a teenager.

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The House on Mango Street

• Read aloud pp. 39-55 (The Family of Little
  Feet, A Rice Sandwich, Chanclas, Hips),
  making notes in journal as to changes of
  adolescence. Read Hips as Readers Theater.
  (15) Briefly discuss first four vignettes in
  terms of pre-reading questions. Focus on one and
  discuss supporting textual detail (10).

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Mini Mango

• Initial homework sheet for ten episodes from your
  own life. (5)
• Review The House on Mango Streets table of
  contents. What do you notice about the titles?
  What is the text structure?
• Show model of list of episodes transposed into
  titles. Show rubric. (15)

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HomeFun

• Using the Table of Contents in House on Mango
  Street as a model, create creative chapter
  titles for each of your incidents. Format like
  model.