MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29THToday you need: Summer Reading Revisions; DJ 5; Writing Utensil

Objectives: Generate class knowledge about CAGE through dialectical journals and discussion

• 1. DJ 5

• 2. Class Discussion

HW: DJ 6

CLASS DISCUSSION• 1. Summarize: Share your summaries of CH 4 (5 min.)

• 2. Share Quotes: (10 min.)

• Share a quote

• Give the context (where, when, why)

• Predict, identify key ideas, question, analyze

CLASS DISCUSSION• 3. Can Jennings tell the difference between his mom

sending him for his own good vs. sending him because she doesn’t want him? Should he trust her? Give your evidence. (2 min.)

• 4. Is Jennings better off than in chapters 1-4? What is the central conflict of the chapter? What needs is Jennings trying to address? The other brothers? (2 min.)

CLASS DISCUSSION• 5. Let’s double check-list the brothers by name, and give us

a characterization. (2 min.)

• 6. What connections can you make between the readings from Friday and the book so far? What kind of parenting does Mom do? How do her rules compare to the other settings’? (2 min.)

CLASS DISCUSSION• 7. How is the church and faith involved in the Burchs’ lives?

Does faith help them become better people? Why does Jennings say “merry Christmas Mark” to the baby Jesus? (2 min.)

• 8. Why does Jennings remember the clicker when Sister Ann Charles calls his name? What is wrong with him?

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH

DUE: D.J for CH 6

Today you need: Summer Read; DJ 5; Writing Utensil

Objectives: Generate class knowledge about CAGE through dialectical journals and discussion

• 1. DJ 6

• 2. Class Discussion

HW: DJ 7

CLASS DISCUSSION• 1. Summarize: Share your summaries of CH 4 (5 min.)

• 2. Share Quotes: (10 min.)

• Share a quote

• Give the context (where, when, why)

• Predict, identify key ideas, question, analyze

CLASS DISCUSSION• 3. What new rules does Jennings encounter at the new

home?

• 4. How has Jenning’s place in the home’s hierarchy changed?

CLASS DISCUSSION• 5. Why does Stevie leave the home?

• 6. What needs does leaving the home fulfill for Stevie?

CLASS DISCUSSION• 7. Share your interpretation: What does the paragraph

starting “Stevie was the Butch of St. Teresa’s . . .” mean (p.87)

• 8. Why does Jennings take the blame for #16/Peter’s spilled cocoa? Was it the right thing for him to do?

CLASS DISCUSSION• 9. Should Jennings have talked to the police? Why is he

scared to?

• 10. How should we feel about Jennings’ Mom coming back? Will he be better off than at St. Teresa’s?

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH

DUE: D.J for CH 7

Today you need: Summer Reading Revisions; DJ 5; Writing Utensil

Objectives: Generate class knowledge about CAGE through dialectical journals and discussion

• 1. DJ 7

• 2. Class Discussion

HW: DJ 8

CLASS DISCUSSION• 1. Summarize: Share your summaries of CH 4 (5 min.)

• 2. Share Quotes: (10 min.)

• Share a quote

• Give the context (where, when, why)

• Predict, identify key ideas, question, analyze

CLASS DISCUSSION• 3. Let’s Review: Who are the brothers and what ages are

they? (p. 103)

• 4. What do each of the brothers do?

CLASS DISCUSSION• 5. What need does George fulfill by going “out?” (p. 104)

• 6. What need is Jennings working on in this chapter? Walter? Jerome??

CLASS DISCUSSION• 7. What is the difference between living somewhere and staying somewhere, according to Jerome? (p. 104)

• 8. Is it good that George doesn’t tell Mom about Larry playing hooky? Think about rules. (p. 108)

CLASS DISCUSSION• 9. Is it good that George is quitting school to support the

family?

• 10. What needs is Jennings trying to deal with as the chapter comes to an end?

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2014DUE: D.J for CH 8

Today you need: Summer Reading Revisions; DJ 5; Writing Utensil

Objectives: Generate class knowledge about CAGE through dialectical journals and discussion

• 1. DJ 8

• 2. Class Discussion

HW: DJ 9

CLASS DISCUSSION• 1. Summarize: Share your summaries of CH 4 (5 min.)

• 2. Share Quotes: (10 min.)

• Share a quote

• Give the context (where, when, why)

• Predict, identify key ideas, question, analyze

CLASS DISCUSSION• 3. Why does Jennings rename himself? (120) What is the

significance of his new name? (122)

• 4. Why does Sister Ann Gerard talk about guardian angels? Who has been one for Jennings?

CLASS DISCUSSION• 5. What needs does the trip to see St. Michael’s Statue fulfill

for Jennings? (p. 122)

• 6. Why is Jennings confused by Sal’s question-”What do you want to be?” How does it relate to needs? (125)

CLASS DISCUSSION• 7. How does Jennings deal differently with the loss of

Midnight than with the loss of other characters? (128)

• 8. Does Jennings handle Midnight’s loss better or worse than other losses?

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2014DUE: D.J for CH 6

Today you need: Summer Reading Revisions; DJ 5; Writing Utensil

Objectives: Generate class knowledge about CAGE through dialectical journals and discussion

• LAB: Personal Narrative Intro; Writing Dialogue; Brainstorm

• CLASS: DJ 6; Class Discussion

HW: DJ 7

CLASS DISCUSSION• 1. Summarize: Share your summaries of CH 4 (5 min.)

• 2. Share Quotes: (10 min.)

• Share a quote

• Give the context (where, when, why)

• Predict, identify key ideas, question, analyze

CLASS DISCUSSION• 3. Discuss the rules for the Fraziers versus the rules in the

homes, Carpenters’, Burches’, etc. (136)

• 4. How do the Frazier and Burch families compare? Discuss their characterization.

CLASS DISCUSSION• 5. What level of needs are the Fraziers working on? (p. 122)

• 6. What level of needs is Jennings dealing with this chapter? (125)

CLASS DISCUSSION• 7. Discuss Sal’s story about the old man? How is it

significant for Jennings? (159)

• 8. How does Mr. Frazier compare to Mr. Carpenter? Use specific examples from the text