March+30-April+2

=Class Opener: = **Sentence Modeling: Studying the moves professional writers make can help us all become better writers. Check out the model sentence from the book we will begin reading soon. Notice what moves the author makes. Then, write a sentence of your own that mimics the same moves the writer makes. Reply to this blog postto share your sentence.**

=**Read:** =

**Closely read the passage from pages 13-15 aloud as a class.** Re-read the passage quietly, annotating as you go. Do you notice anything important the 2nd time through? Read the passage one more time, also annotating as you read. 

= Discuss : = What is important about this passage? Look at the sentence I underlined on page 14. What is the significance of the sunflower imagery? What does the sunflower symbolize? How does this symbolism make you feel about the soldiers? About the prisoners? = = =**Think/Journal:** = **Levels of Thinking** __EVERY ENTRY__ should have the book's __TITLE__, the __DATE__ of the entry, the __LOT #__ you are addressing, a __QUOTE__ from the text, and your own __COMMENTARY__ making that LOT connection.

Students need notebooks or a separate section of your binder to put journal entries. You will need to put them ALL TOGETHER, have them ORGANIZED, have them with you DAILY, and be able to turn in a PHYSICAL copy of them when I take them up for a grade. Email or phone notes will not work.

=Write: = Lets look at a sample Lot #3 journal entry on this subject.  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">In your writing journal, write a LOT #3 journal entry of your own. Focus on one of the elements described in the LOT #. After writing your LOT #3, write another journal entry of your choice.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">You may write your journal entries in the columns on the handout, or on a separate piece of paper if you do not have room.

=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Closer: (DO NOT DO THIS TODAY 3A and 4A) = <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Look at the following sentence from //The Sunflower//.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">//"I felt that I would come across them again; that they were a symbol with a special meaning for me."//

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Notice what moves the author makes. What does the author use in this sentence that he also used in our "opener's" sentence? Write a sentence of your own that mimics the same moves the writer makes. Write your sentence on a slip of paper and tape it to the butcher paper at the front of the room. Lets review your sentences!