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Today's Learning Objective
Students will read and comprehend grade level text.

Bell Ringer: Appositive Phrases Copy the sample sentence on one side of your notecard.

Stephen King, //Hearts in Atlantis// Mildred D. Taylor, //Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry// Tracy Chevalier, //The Girl with a Pearl Earring//
 * SAMPLE SENTENCE:** Harry was small and tough, **__a boy going through life with his chin stuck out a mile__**.
 * SAMPLE SENTENCE**: The furniture, __**a mixture of Logan crafted walnut and oak**__, included a walnut bed whose ornate headboard rose halfway up the wall toward the high ceiling.
 * SAMPLE SENTENCE**: __**A slight bald man**__, he reminded me of a baby bird.

Copy the description on the other side.
 * A noun phrase identifying a person, place, or thing named in the sentence. Appositives often begin with the words a, an, or the. They always answer the questions : Who? or What?**

Quiz
Reading quiz on Chapters 1-3

Discuss
Discuss chapters 1-3 of the novel.

Read
Read Chapter 4, "April," and do the questions for that chapter.

Homework

 * Read and complete the questions for chapter 4, "April."


 * Also, you will need a recipe for a food that is important in your family traditions. Talk to your family! Bring in a recipe by Friday. We will be writing process narratives very similar to the chapters in the book that incorporate your recipe into a narrative about a family gathering.


 * Journals due Friday!