Friday, December 9, periods 8 & 9

Objective: By the end of class students will demonstrate reading comprehension skills, identify symbols and how the author effectively uses them in a short story, THE GRANDFATHER.

DO NOW

Write a sentence using context clues for the vocabulary words on page 358, holt text (the same words you wrote down yesterday.)

Direct

1. Read The Grandfather on page 359-361

Guided

Then answer the following questions:

1.How many years pass before the avocado tree produces it's first fruit?

2. Why were trees like money? How did grandfather gain from them?

3. What do the avocado tree and Soto (the narrator and author) have in common?

4. What does the avocado tree represent (symbolize)? Who are the branches? Who is the trunk?

5. Why is the avocado tree the grandfather's favorite even though it doesn't produce harly any fruit?

Independent

Then, get a laptop and go to this site, click here, and match the symbols correctly.

Closure

Check interactive answers.

Exit Pass

Why do authors use symbols in stories and do you think they are effective?