The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle (6-8 Weeks)

Literacy Planning

The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle (6-8 weeks) Concept Question: What does it mean for people to navigate the world on their own terms? How can perception affect that journey? Week 2: 9/19 to 9/23 9/19 - Goal: YWBAT analyze the essential question for this unit. Success Criteria: YWBAT predict how the essential question will play out given what you have read so far.  Library 8-8:45  Warm up: The essential questions for The Art of Keeping Cool is: What does it mean for people to navigate the world on their own terms? And: How can perception affect the journey? What do you think those questions mean? o Discuss  Frontload this week’s vocabulary  Author’s chair: Jacob, Luke, Londyn, Alexis 9/20 - Goal: YWBAT use context clues to help determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. Success Criteria: YWBAT use a three-column chart to narrow down the meaning of vocabulary words.  Warm up: review this week’s vocabulary list. Do you have any background knowledge you can draw on to determine the meaning? o Discuss

 Chapter 3 as a class o Vocabulary chart o Questioning

 Comprehension questions  Author’s chair 9/21 - Goal: YWBAT draw inferences from the text. Success Criteria: YWBAT support your inferences with evidence from the text.  Warm up: re-read pages 26-31. Elliot says that once something is down on paper like in his drawings, it is “caught”. What does he mean by this? o Discuss o Evidence  Art therapy reading/activity  Begin chapter 4 o Vocabulary chart o Questioning  Author’s chair 9/22 - Goal: YWBAT use the questioning strategy to help you comprehend the text deeply. Success Criteria: YWBAT write questions on sticky notes and place them in the book.  Warm up: re-read the description of Abel Hoffman on page 44. What do you think “abstract expressionism” is?  Abstract expressionism write to learn  Finish chapter 4 o Vocabulary context clues o Questioning  Reading buddies 9/22 - Goal: YWBAT draw inferences from the text. Success Criteria: YWBAT support your inferences with evidence from the text.  Warm up: Re-read pages 48-50. In the beginning of chapter 4, Robert refers to his father as a “ghost”. He goes on to question why his grandmother doesn’t have any pictures of his father in the house. Why do you think that is? What evidence in the text supports your hypothesis?  Vocabulary/spelling test  Author’s chair  Crash

Week 2 spelling and vocabulary list: This week we will study vocabulary words in class and there will be a test on Friday. Students must know the spelling and meaning of each word. For use from 9/19 to 9/23

Word: Page Definition: anxious 32 adj. afraid or nervous; especially about what might happen espionage 32 n. things that are done to find out secrets from enemies; spying insignias 32 n. a badge or sign which shows that a person is a member of a particular group or has a particular rank wages 35 rationed 35 n. a particular amount of something (such as gasoline or food) that the government allows you to have when there is not enough of it tic 46 n. a small repeated movement of a muscle that cannot be controlled reconnaissance 54 n. military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc. are sent to find out information about an enemy. resign 55 v. to give up in a formal or official way. bushwhacking 56 v. to clear a path by cutting down branches and bushes. trawler 59 n. a boat that is used for catching fish with a large net. embankment 59 n. a raised wall or part of the land built to hold back water or carry a road. mulling 67 v. to think about something slowly and carefully. Next Week: We continue to apply our expanded knowledge of reading and writing strategies toward our first novel study, The Art of Keeping Cool!