The Farming of BonesPgs 264-280_281-295_296-310

Presentation by Kim Decatrel

Group Jobs•Reader

• Reads and re-reads aloud for the group as needed

•Recorder• Writes everything down for the group

•Researcher• Looks back for relevant quotes to support ideas

•Reviewer• Clarifies directions for the group and has final say about answers

•Presenter• I will choose! Everyone must be ready!!!

Day 1DATE: AIM: How do we write descriptions of the characters, including internal and internal characteristics, and the significance of relationships among individuals.

DO NOW: How was your Spring Break? What did you THINK about?

Flashcard Vocabulary Pgs 264-280

1. Testimony2. Veil3. Chiming4. Reciting5. naive

HW1

• Review the EES86/7/8 Website – Study Character Descriptions• Read pgs. 264-280• Personal Glossry (5 wds)• 2 Double Entry Journal – Level 1 (in your notebook)• Flashcards

Day 2DATE: AIM: How do we synthesize and reorganize key information about the characters in Edwidge Danticat’s novel, The Farming of Bones” by participating in a group discussion and group note-taking?

DO NOW: Review your work from Monday. What did you learn about of the characters that you: •Didn’t know before? •Found surprising? •Could relate to?

Flashcard Vocabulary 281-295

1. Seared2. Morsel3. Vanish4. Wail5. Solitary

Academic Vocabulary Review

• Analyze• Synthesize• Evaluate• Paraphrase• Summarize• Infer• Predict• Comprehend• Apply

HW2

• Review EES86/7/8 Website: Study for the TEST • Read pgs. 296-310• Personal Glossry (5 wds)• 2 Double Entry Journal – Level 2 (in your notebook)

Day 3 (EES86/7/8-02)DATE: AIM: How do we write descriptions of the characters including internal and external characteristics, and the significance of relationships among the individuals.

DO NOW:Describe your group’s PROCESS. In other words, how are you approaching your task? Is it a good way to work? Are you being productive and successful? Are you learning? Why or why not? What is your role in the process? How can the process be improved today?

Day 3 (EES86/7/8 – 07)DATE: AIM: How do we demonstrate what we know about the characters in Edwidge Danticat’s novel, The Farming of Bones, by being that character and answering questions in the “Hot Seat?”

DO NOW: Pretend the characters are real people and you can ask them any question. Make a list of 5 questions you would want to ask to get to know them better. Keep them open ended (why/how/what). Ask questions about behaviors, beliefs, motivations, feelings, relationships, etc.

Flashcard Vocabulary 296-310

1. Posture2. Initial3. Bashful4. Protruding5. slender

HW3 - Reading

• Review PupilPath and EES86/7/8 Website• Read pgs. 244-263• Personal Glossry (5 wds)• 2 Double Entry Journal – Level 3 (in your notebook)

TEST = 50multiple choice 19, matching 11, writing 10 DEJ 10

1. Main Ideas = Plot/Character/Theme/Conflict - MCQ2. Reading Comprehension = DEJ levels 2&3/MCQ3. Vocabulary: from flashcard words - matching4. Writing = explain: developed? Examples? Evidence? - paragraph

Prepare to be the “Hot Seat” Actor1. Become an expert on your character by reviewing your handout and chart.

2. You will become this character and answer the class’ questions about you from the point of view of your character. (not your own)

3. Use both your knowledge and your imagination to answer. “Man Rapadou, would you like Amabelle to marry Yves? Why or why not?”

Write a text-based question

EXAMPLE(Amabelle to Valencia)

“On page 296 you said , ‘Your father, he asked one of the children by the riverside to question me in Kreyol, asking who I belonged to, and I answered that I belonged to myself.’ Why did you answer that way? What did you mean by “I belonged to myself?”

Main Characters

1. Amabelle2. Sebastian3. Trujillo4. Valencia5. Yves6. Pico Duarte7. Don Ignacio_________________________• Dr. Javier• Kongo An• Man Rapadou• Father Romain