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Smith Friday, April 6, 2012 ELL 3 Teacher Actions 9:06 You need to open your book up to page 190. Jenny, get a book and open up to p. 190 Ok guys, heres your warning for today. Your phones, music, headphones, etc. need to put away today. 9:08 Announcements Were going to take some notescalled spider notes. Characters Setting what is setting? Who knows what a hub is? The center? Whats a gallery? Theres an art gallery. In this story, the porch is a gallery. A porch is the outside part of your house. You might have chairs, or drink lemonade on the porch. A party is a group with similar opinions. I urge you all to study vocabulary . Democratic Were going to read through this and see what characters and setting we can find. Follow along with me as I read this. ReadsWhere is this taking place? Im sorry I didnt say that before. Go ahead and write down the setting is Texas, please. So do you all have setting and Texas down? Student Actions Jenny is on her phone. Students talking. Several students open books. Ler is hereblah, blah, blah. Sher Nay- Why do we take so many notes? Jenny/Sher Nay Its in 3D. AlazarThe time and place. Sher Naysinging something? Prince party San Antonio AlazarDo we have to do this? Tuesday Do we have to write this down? Opening notebooks Sher Nay and Jenny talking.

 Ok , were going to jump back. I forgot one thing for yousorry. What is fiction? Do we know what that is? Ok, what is historical fiction? Ok, so also for setting, were going to put down the time 1835 Texas. Reads againDid we learn anything more about the setting here? Is this important for the setting? Writing Notes It even has a printing press. A press prints a lot of papers. Not all towns had a printing press during this time. ReadsWho is this new character? What did he do? Charactersthe riderwriting notes Any questions about that? 9:21 Can we move on? Reads againso remember, when we see the word I its about a girl who is writing the journals. Writes notes. She is the author of the journals I She likes reading newspapers. So, Henry is one of the characters. Do you think he is important? So, he is mothers brother, right? Wife and five childrenthats a lot of children. Who is the new character? I think so Uncle Henry belongs to the war party. Do you think its important that he belongs to the war party? Ok, it might be kind of important and part

Jenny, Diego, and Sher Nay are talking. Fiction is not real. Sher Nay laughing. 1835. Sher Nay I dont Know the name of the river. The river is a place. Sher Nay Yeah Yeah Yeah Students copying notes Where are you? Im confused. Sher Nay Jenny talking to Diego. He rides Diego said something good. Prince I need a pencil. PrinceHey, Im not done. Princehow many tardies can you have before you go to Saturday school? Papahe doesnt like Uncle Henry. AlazarIs he going to be important? Jenny and Diego talking. Princes head goes downstill writing.

of the conflict. 9:29 Do we have this written down here? (Sher Nays table) Ok, do we have this down? Reads again/writing notes. Ok, do we have the main characters and setting? 9:30 Ok, lets go over the vocabulary for the next section. What is a handful? Really? Maybe a small number, like that would fit in your hand. Slick lawyerwhat does it mean to trick someone? Majority Ok, in this next section Who from each pod is going to read first? 9:35 The front group has some questions about the reading. Agitator Passing back papers Write down new character information in your notes. Passing back papers. Guys do you have your notes done?

Princecan weI need some coffee? Alazarbounces a ball. Jennya lot Diego raises his hand. Prince moves to the front group. Si begins reading. Diego begins reading PrinceSo just one person reads? Whats this a word? Sher Nay Can we copy everything? Well just copy everything in this book. If were student helper, can we go home? Sher Nay I got more than you. Diego looks at his quiz. Laughing. Groups reading Tuesday, See I told you, I got an F. Prince-I did good. Finally, I did good on my test. Jenny, Im reading and nobody wants to pay

 You have about five minutes left to finish your notes on this section. Guys, lets finish your notes first. Well have time to go over the quizzes at the end of class. You have about four minutes to finish up your notes. Finish your notes first please. Its going to be for your daily work. Ok, did we all finish your notes, you guys? Lets go over your notes for this section. Did we learn anything new about Texas in this section? What did we learn? Ok, from the text. What about There are 30,000 Americans and only 4,000 Mexicans. I can see why you said Willis, because he said it, but its not about Willis. He said it, but its about Texas. Ok, you mentioned Willishes a new character. What did you learn about Willis? Well put that in quotes, because it might not be true. Andhes Lucindas brother. Was there anything else that we needed to know about Willis? Papa? Ok, what about where it says. Hes a farmeris that important? I think his job might be important. 9:50 Ok, did we learn about any other characters in this section? Who was Grandpa Lawrence?

attention, so do your own. Prince and Tuesday discussing the quizzes. Prince, You messed up on this. Prince, Do we get a grade on this? Students talking Alazar Texas is really hot. But thats what Williams said. Jenny responds. Prince, He knows everything for a 17 year old. AlazarNo, it isnt it. AlazarMach! No Si responds.

 Ok, yes. Good job, Si. So, fought in the American Revolution. Diego, can you take a seat and write this down please? Is there anything else that was important? 9:52 Vocabulary for next section Decent --ok Pull-upmove away Looms on the horizonIt will happen soon Whoopyell or shout Prairie Mustang--horse 9:53 In the last section, Im going to have you read by yourself and take notes. 9:58 Do we have all of the notes done? You have about four minutes to finish this section up. 9:59

Diego standing by the door. No were finished. Sher Nay No, were done for the day. Students begin talking. Alazar stands up and starts talking to Prince. Sher Nay is talking. Ler arrived from Iowa Assessment Testing.