7 th Grade Novel Study: The Watsons Go to Birmingham

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1 1 7 th Grade Novel Study: The Watsons Go to Birmingham (Christopher Paul Curtis) Celebrating Community: Learning About Ourselves and Others Day 13, (Chapter 9): Administer RSA test #1; Interview #3 due today Chapter 9 The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 (pp ) Opening Routine (O.R.) Map Lesson 1. Students will mark the route from Flint to Birmingham, noting cities and states travelled. 2. Teacher will have students compute the approximate travel time for the trip. Vocabulary Enrichment Word Wall of Adjectives (introduction) 1. Teacher will put a copy of the Sample Word Wall on a transparency. 2. Teacher will discuss with students any words they are not familiar with. 3. In pairs, students will choose and list 10 words with positive connotations and 10 with negative connotations. Teacher Directed Instruction Before Reading: Getting Students Ready to Read Benchmark Focus: LA Use context clues to determine meaning of unfamiliar words. Character Chart using Sample Word Wall of Adjectives (application) 1. Teacher will review the above list of words with positive and negative connotations. 2. Students should choose one negative and one positive word to describe each of the following characters: Byron, Dad, Momma, Kenny, and Joetta. During Reading: Experiencing the Text Benchmark Focus: LA determine essential message through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing and identifying relevant details. Jump-In Reading 1. As students read, they should Selectively Underline any details which indicate the characters qualities.

2 2 After Reading: Understanding the Text LA Locate and analyze elements of characterization, setting and plot including rising action, conflict, resolution, theme, and other literary elements. Character Chart 1. Students should revisit the chart from the Before activity and in consideration of the During activity, add another two adjectives (one positive and one negative) for each character. 2. Students may choose words from the Sample Word Wall of Adjectives chart or words of their own. Differentiated Small Group Instruction Center 1 Teacher Center Data-driven instructional intervention Center 2 Independent Reading Center Center 3 Technology Center

3 3 Character Chart (using sample word wall of adjectives) Character Positive Word Negative Word Example from Text Dad Momma Byron Kenny Joetta

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5 5 Adaptable Adventurous Affected Affectionate Aggressive Assertive Aloof Anxious Arrogant Autocratic Bitter Boastful Bossy Brutal Callous Capable Careless Candid Cautious Charitable Charming Clear thinking Clever Coarse Cold Confident Cruel Confused Congenial Conscientious Conceited Cool Cooperative Courageous Cowardly Cruel Cynical Daring Dependable Dependent Determined Sample Word Wall of Adjectives That Describe a Character s Personality Dignified Inhibited Discreet Indignant Distrustful Insightful Docile Insincere Dominant Intelligent Dauntless Innocent Doubting Inventive Dynamic Irresponsible Egotistical Evil Irresistible Enterprising Knowledgeable Empathetic Loyal Loving Excitable Lazy Listener Fickle Foolish Liar Foolhardy Methodical Foresighted Malignant Frail Friendly Modest Moral Gracious Moody Morbid Gullible Meticulous Hardheaded Oblivious Harsh Heroic Overbearing Hostile Helpful Optimistic Hateful Nonchalant Hopeful Happy Ornery Haughty Peculiar Honest Pessimistic Hysterical Persevering Humane Passive Poised Humble Practical Humorous Prudent Idealistic Planner Impulsive Peacemaker Imaginative Realistic Impatient Reasonable Incompetent Rebellious Reckless Reflective Relentless Sarcastic Secretive Selfcentered Sentimental Selfcontrolled Skillful Showoff Snobbish Sophisticated Spiteful Spineless Stubborn Spontaneous Tyrannical Timid Teasing Trustworthy Taker Treacherous Tormentor Tolerant Unscrupulous Unconcerned Uncouth Uncompromising Ungrateful Unhappy Unpopular Uncooperative Unique Vulgar Witty Weak