Finish Final
Read Ch.10 of The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordian
Modeled Instruction:
*Before students move to the closing, the teacher should project the entire poem and provide students with a copy of the poem.
Complete 'Zoom In, Zoom Out' Graphic Organizer
using the guiding questions on the anchor chart:
1. What do the lines or sentences reveal about the plot?
2. What do the lines or sentences reveal about the setting?
Teacher Note: During this time the teacher should aggressively monitor student progress. Because the closing will address the question: How do the details that I bracketed contribute to the development of the setting and plot? the teacher should facilitate, allowing students to engage in collaborative learning.
Guided Practice:
Step 1: Using the Charting Verb Worksheet, analyze the Author's Technique.
What is unique about the author's writing style?
Make connections between the details.
Step 2: Generate a cohesive response,
-Write a brief QuickWrite, turn and talk, with your partner and share your responses.
Independent Practice:
Constructed Response: Using the R.A.C.E. strategy
Explain why the author MOST LIKELY included the second stanza in the poem.
Exit Ticket:
1. What happens in line 51 (“I peeled my orange”) that is important to the development of the
plot?
A. The speaker appreciates that he and the girl each have a treat to eat.
B. The speaker is embarrassed that he has to eat the orange while the girl eats the chocolate
candy.
C. The speaker is grateful for the oranges and demonstrates his relief by eating the
remaining orange.
D. The speaker is reluctant to hold the girl’s hand, so he peels the orange.
Answer: C
2. How does line 56 (“I was making a fire in my hands”) affect the resolution of the story?
A. The speaker knows that the girl is using him for his money.
B. The speaker provides rich sensory language to describe the brightness of the orange.
C. The speaker dislikes the cold bitterness of his working-class neighborhood.
D. The speaker realizes that although it is cold outside his heart is warm.
Answer: D Encourage students to use their Charting Verbs to help explain the author’s craft.
ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY: CLASS CRAFT QUESTS
Sample Response Constructed Response:
Soto most likely included the second stanza of the narrative poem “Oranges” to contrast it to the first stanza, which describes a cold, frozen-like setting. Although the speaker recounts his experiences fondly, in stanza 1, he shows his fear of rejection “I took the nickel from/My pocket, then an orange, / And set them quietly on/The counter” (lines 35-38). However, in the second stanza, a shift occurs and the speaker feels confident. The speaker holds the girl’s hand, the girl eats the chocolate the speaker has purchased for her, and the speaker peels and eats his orange (lines 46-51). These lines are evidence of the change Soto utilizes in the second stanza to resolve the conflict, illustrating that although the December setting is cold, the speaker feels a sense of warmth because he has won his girl.