The+City+of+Ember+and+The+People+of+Sparks

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 * Link to article, "Does Post-Apocalyptic Literature Have A (Non-Dystopian) Future?" **

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 * Portfolio Instructions / Rubric **

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 * People of Sparks Quotes **


 * People of Sparks Chapter Connections **


 * Ember / Sparks Government **


 * Visualization Activity **


 * Refugee Assignment **

**Talking to the Text Template**

__** Daily Assignments **__

Columbus Day - No School
 * Monday, October 12, 2015 **

Objective: Review the last three chapters (27-29); Introduce theme. Bell Ringer: What is the significance of the light bulb? Why do you think Jeanne DuPrau decided to end The People of Sparks with Doon lighting the light bulb? Class Activity: Homework: 1. Read Chapters 23-24 by Wednesday, October 7
 * Tuesday, October 13, 2015 **
 * Review Bell Ringer
 * Review Homework and Talking to the Text

Objective: Determine the main themes of The People of Sparks. SWBAT: Determine a theme of a story from details in the text, including how characters in a story respond to challenges; determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments; determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. BR: Grammar Exercise Class Activity: Homework: • Finish your Constructive Response • Begin to write your Unit Project/Portfolio • Study for your Grammar Test
 * Wednesday, October 14, 2015 **
 * What is a Theme? - Watch/Review Theme Power Point from class
 * Review Writing Process: MEL-Con
 * Constructive Response: What are the two main themes in the People of Sparks?

Objective: Determine the main themes of The People of Sparks. SWBAT: Determine a theme of a story from details in the text, including how characters in a story respond to challenges; determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments; determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. BR: Grammar Exercise Class Activity Homework: Work on Unit Project/Theme paper Study for Grammar Test tomorrow
 * Thursday, October 15, 2015 **
 * Review Grammar
 * Review Theme Paper
 * Review Board Game project

Objective: Review Chapters 19-22, explore the character of Maddy, and review vocabulary words. Bell Ringer: We, the readers, know the truth behind the tomato incident, yet the other characters, with the exception of Torren, in the story do not.  Why do you think the truth is not revealed to the characters?  How does this incident affect the people of Sparks? Class Activity Homework: 1. Read Chapters 23-24 by Wednesday, October 7 2. Finish Constructive Response Sheet
 * Monday, October 5, 2015 **
 * Review vocabulary words
 * Review Talking to the Text for Chapters 19-22
 * Constructive Response: Ember vs. Sparks Culture

Objective: Review chap. 23-24. SWBAT: Determine a theme from novel from details in the text; describe how a particular story’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes; analyze how particular elements of a story interact. Bell Ringer: The third town meeting was held to determine if the people of Ember should go or stay. Do you feel that the three town leaders should make this decision for the town? Should the people from Sparks have some say in this decision? Do you side with Mary or Ben? Why do you choose this side? Class Activity: Homework: 1. Read Chapters 23-24 by Wednesday, October 7
 * Tuesday, October 6, 2015 **
 * Review Constructive Response: List events that Doon, Lina and Torren have faced that took courage to confront.

Objective: Review Chapters 23-24. SWBAT:Describe how a narrator’s point of view influences how events are described; cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says as well as inferences; analyze how particular lines of dialogue/incidents in a story propel action/reveal aspects of character/provoke a decision. BR: Lina and Doon had a conversation about war. Do you agree or disagree with Lina's words? Why or why not? Class Activity: Homework: 1. Read Chapters 25-26 by Friday, October 9 2. Vocabulary
 * Wednesday, October 7, 2015 **
 * // Page 282 - "Instead of getting back at the other side with something just as bad as they did to you-or something worse-you do something good. Or at least you keep yourself from doing something bad." //**
 * Constructive Response: Narrator’s purpose

Objective: Investigating character profile: SWBAT: Compare and contrast two or more characters/settings/events in a story; explain how author develops point of view; analyze how author develops/contrasts points of view of different characters. BR:  Do you think Lina and Doon made the right decisions in helping the people from Sparks? Why or why not?
 * Thursday, October 8, 2015 **

 What do you predict will happen? What will happen to Tick?

 Will Doon and Lina be "heroes" as they were in The City of Ember or will Tick be the new leader? Class Activity: Homework: Finish Chapters 25-26
 * Discussion of War
 * Constructive Response - Tick: Hero or Trouble-maker?

Objective: Assess vocabulary words. SWBAT: Continue to work on your Painting story and begin to do some editing. BR: Vocabulary Quiz Story Writing Homework: Read Chapters 27-29 with Talking to the Text for Tuesday, October 13
 * Friday, October 9. 2015 **
 * Class Activity:
 * Vocabulary Assessment

Objective:Review ch. 13-16 and construct a summarization of Part 1. SWBAT: Explain how a series of chapters fit together to provide the overall structure of the novel; analyze the overall structure of chapters and how they contribute to the development of theme/setting/plot; analyze how particular incidents propel action/reveal character/provoke a decision.
 * Monday, September 28, 2015 **

Bell Ringer / Journal Prompt: Page 109 (The books in Ember were smaller and not as sturdy as those in Sparks.)

"It was a book, yes. Not like the books of Ember-these were much bigger and sturdier, and had much more writing.”

Why do you think there was a difference in the books from Ember and Sparks? Class Activity: Homework: 1. Read Chapters 15/16 by Wednesday, September 30 2. Work on your Vocabulary Worksheet and study vocabulary for Friday.
 * Review Prompt / Homework
 * Review Talking to the Text
 * Chapter Comprehension Quiz

Objective: Determine the role of Casper in the People of Sparks. SWBAT: Identify Caspar's character traits; compare other characters' reaction to Caspar; and c ite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Bell Ringer / Journal Prompt: Page 142 gives the reader a hint that all is not right with Caspar. "Lina smiled politely at this stupid joke. Something about Caspar seemed to be slightly off,” she thought. Page 146 "He's always been a bit odd," said the doctor. Do you think Caspar will become an important character in the story? What do you think will happen? What was Caspar deciphering at the end of Chapter 12?  Class Activity  Homework:  1. Finish Constructive Response not finished in class  2. Read Chapters 15/16 and Talking to the Text for tomorrow.  3. Vocabulary
 * Tuesday, September 29, 2015 **
 * Review Journal Prompt
 * Analyze Caspar's Character traits and constructive response

Objective: Review MEL-Con writing exercise. SWBAT: review their Mel-Con paragraph with feedback from a partner; they will use MEL-Con Worksheet to test their essay. Bell Ringer / Journal Prompt: The setting of the story is described as Lina travels to the city. Where might this be?  gently rolling  covered with brown-gold grass - dry weeds  low, dark green, mushroom-shaped trees with dusty leaves and trunks thick and gnarled  wolves yipping  they went uphill hour after hour  heat terrible  only water at bottom of a deep ravine  bay with green trees covering the ground and hills rising beyond Name some places this might be. Remember caves are also nearby.  Note: Another clue is given in Chapter 21 when the people from Ember get poison oak which is a North American plant. Class Activity: Homework: 1. Read Chapters 17/18 by Friday and do Talking to the Text 2. Rewrite your Gelato paragraph with the feedback from peers. Due on Friday, October 2. 3. Vocabulary
 * Wednesday, September 30, 2015 **
 * Review Journal Prompt
 * Hand back Gelato paragraphs. Share paragraphs with a partner
 * Mel-Con Worksheet to check and see if writer has followed the Mel-Con format.

Objective: Finding things to write about: identifying an angle; writing two-word sentence stories SWBAT: brainstorm ideas on a single topic and write about them. Bell Ringer / Journal Prompt: Write a list of questions and observations about the dollar I gave you. Class Activity: Homework: 1. Read POS Chapters 17/18 and Talking to the Text 2. Vocabulary
 * Thursday, October 1, 2015 **
 * Review Prompt
 * Pick an angle from your list. Research and write about your topic. Due on Monday, October 5
 * Write a story using only two-word sentences

Objective: Finish writing assignments; POS comprehension quiz; and vocabulary quiz. Bell Ringer /Journal Prompt: We, the readers, know the truth behind the tomato incident, yet the other characters, with the exception of Torren, in the story do not.  Why do you think the truth is not revealed to the characters?  How does this incident affect the people of Sparks? The people from Sparks are torn between believing Doon is innocent of wasting the tomatoes and guilty of smashing two crates of tomatoes against the wall of the shed. What can Doon do to prove his innocence? Class Activity: Homework: Read POS Chapters 19-22 and Talking to the Text
 * Friday, October 2, 2015 **
 * Review Journal prompt
 * Talking to the Text
 * Quiz
 * Writing

Monday, September 21, 2015 Objective:Review ch. 5/6 and to compare/contrast Doon/Lina. SWBAT: Compare/contrast two or more characters, setting & events; analyze how a particular chapter fits into the overall structure of a text; analyze how particular elements of a story interact. Journal Prompt / Bell Ringer: Chapter 5/6 Comprehension Quiz Class Activity: Constructive Response: Lina and Doon Vocabulary Menu #2 Homework: 1. Read Chapters 8-10 by Wednesday, September 23 and Talking to the Text 2. Vocabulary Menu by Friday, September 25

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Objective: Discuss relations b/t Tick and Torren and discuss chapter development. SWBAT: Compare/contrast two characters; quote accurately from text; cite textual evidence to support analysis of what text say. Bell Ringer: PICK ONE The people from Ember felt they were being starved. The people from Sparks felt they were doing the best they could to feed 400 extra people. Which group do you feel is right? What are some solutions to this problem? Lina thought she was helping by removing the smelly goat and cow plops. The shopkeeper was angry because he thought she was throwing away the fertilizer. How could Lina or the shopkeeper have handled the situation differently? Class Activity: Compare/contrast Tick & Torren Homework: Read Chapters 8-10 Read Article “Ocean’s riches lure deep sea mining, but scientist urge caution.” Write a paragraph summary of the article; pose 4 annotations and explain how this article relates to our current novel, “The People of Sparks”

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Objective: Introduce Mel Con writing system. SWBAT: Describe Mel Con and apply the writing system by rewriting their Bell Ringer/Journal Prompt. Bell Ringer: Explain which ice cream flavor is best: Vanilla, Chocolate or Strawberry. Class Activity: Homework: Read Chapters 8-10
 * MEL Con (Power Point)
 * Writing Exercises

Thursday, September 24, 2015- Grammar Thursday Objective: Review purpose and function of a sentence. SWBAT: Identify the subject, verb and predicate of a sentence. Bell Ringer: Writing exercise Class Activity Homework: 1. Read chapters 8-10 2. Study for vocabulary quiz
 * Sentence Activity (Writer's Notebook: Mini Lesson)
 * Read "Gelato" article and answer prompt using MEL-CON

Friday, September 25, 2015 Objective: Review chap. 8-10; Continue writing short story using painting as the foundation to the story. Bell Ringer: Vocabualry Quiz Class Activity: •Review vocabulary/chapter quiz •Writing Assignment Homework: 1. Read Chapters 11-14 by Monday with Talking to the Text

**Monday, September 14, 2015** Objectives: Analyze this week’s five vocabulary words. Journal Prompt / Bell Ringer: You wake up tomorrow and the world as you know it has ended. What happened? Why? How will you and your family survive? Class Activity: How to have a group discussion Review Journal Prompt Review this week’s vocabulary words. **Homework: People of Sparks - Finish Chapters 1-2**

**Tuesday, September 15, 2015** Objectives: Assess comprehension on People of Sparks/Chapter 1-2; Bell Ringer: Comprehension Quiz Class Activity: Grade Comprehension Quiz Chap. 1/2 Constructive Response Exit Slip: Why do you think the people of Ember reacted in the way they did when they found out there was a way out of Ember? What happened as a result of their behavior? **Homework:** **Reading Assignment: Chapters 3/4 by Thursday, September 17**

**Wednesday, September 16, 2015** Objectives: Conceptualize all elements of the novels story map. SWABT: create a map of the first two chapters. Journal Prompt / Bell Ringer: Class Activity: **Homework:** **Reading Assignment: Chapters 3/4** **Refugee Article - Writing prompt: How does this article relate to the novel "The People of Sparks"?** **Finish Story Mapping if necessary**
 * Refugee Article - Read/Quiz
 * Group: Story Mapping - all do their own sheet in a group

**Thursday, September 17, 2015 - Grammar Thursday!** Objectives: Assess comprehension on People of Sparks/Chapter 1-2; Bell Ringer: Comprehension Quiz Chap. 3/4 Class Activity: Exit Slip: The people of Ember had some modern conveniences that the people of Sparks do not have. What were they? Why do you think the builders made sure the Emberites had these conveniences when they no longer exist above ground? **Homework: 1. Reading Assignment: Chapters 5-7 by Monday, September 21**
 * Story Mapping
 * Sentence Structure

**Friday, September 18, 2015** Objective: Writing introduction Bell Ringer: Vocabulary Quiz Class Activity: Setting up Writing Notebook Creative Writing assignment Exit slip: Lina eats several "new" foods for breakfast including apricots, bread, and blackberry jam. Why do you think she has not had these foods before? **Homework:** **1. Reading assignment: chapters5-7 by Monday, September 21** **2. Finish writing assignment**


 * Monday, September 7, 2015 - Labor Day **

Objectives: Review all policies and rules Homework: About Me Worksheet. Due on Friday, September 11 Language Arts Syllabus: Classroom Rules Word Search:  About Me Worksheet (due Friday 9/11): Objectives: Get familiar with Wikispaces and Evernote. Journal Prompt / Bell Ringer: What was the worst and best part of your first day of 7th grade? Class Activity: Homework: 1. Sign up for membership of my wikispace. Go to mrsarudi.wikispaces.com. Please make sure that you click "join" on the top of the page. DO NOT create a wikispace at this time. Please make sure you then click on join this site. Please provide your full name and provide an email. DUE by Sunday, September 13
 * Tuesday, September 8, 20 15 - Welcome Back! **
 * Wednesday, September 9, 2015 **
 * Review journal prompt
 * Evernote
 * Wikispaces
 * Google Classroom

Objectives: Students will explore other post-apocalyptic and utopian/dystopian texts. SWBAT: make comparison to other texts Journal Prompt /Bell Ringer: What made The City of Ember a utopian/dystopian society? Use evidence from your novel. Class Activity: Exit Slip: What is post apocalyptic literature about? Give examples. What is your favorite post apocalyptic novel? Homework: Make sure you have everything that is due for tomorrow.
 * Thursday, September 10, 2015 **
 * Review Journal Prompt
 * Lecture: Post Apocalyptic Introduction / Examples of genre (Take notes)

Objectives: Discussion of Post-Apocalyptic genre literature and film. SWBAT: discuss and identify post-apocalyptic elements and structure. Journal Prompt / Bell Ringer: Do you like science fiction? Post apocalyptic genres? Why? Why do you think it is so popular? Class Activity: Homework: 1. Wiki membership by Sunday night 2. Read Chapters 1-2 of The People of Sparks by Tuesday, September 15 3. Talking to the Text for chapters 1-2
 * Friday, September 11, 2015 **
 * Review Journal Prompt
 * Small groups will read a series of articles relating to Post Apocalyptic literature and determine why it is so popular
 * Talking to the text