First Read: Marigolds by Eugenia Collier General Class Rules: • • • • • • • Be Accepting Be Caring Be Compassionate Be Honest Be Respectful Be Understanding Get involve • FOLLOW DIRECTIONS • TAKE RISKS MAKE MISTAKES • ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST Class Rules: During Class • With your chrome book and your mask on, be in your assigned seat before the bell rings. • Raised your hand to speak or to move from your seat. • Apply S-L-A-N-T at all times. • Wait for the teacher to dismiss you. z LESSON OBJECTIVES: • Perform an initial reading of a text and demonstrate comprehension by responding to short analysis and inference questions with textual evidence. • Practice defining vocabulary words using context. • Participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations to express ideas and build upon the ideas of others. • Practice acquiring and using academic vocabulary correctly. • Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. LET’S GET STARTED ESSENTIAL QUESTION: “. . . one cannot have compassion and innocence.” from “Marigolds” Collier both by Eugenia W. Marigolds Quickwrite Make the Connection This story is about the passage from childhood to adulthood, a journey that is often marked by conflict. In fact, negotiating this passage can demand as much courage as a struggle with an outside enemy. Before you read this story, write down your response to the following question: What fears and conflicts do most young people deal with as they move into adult life? ] Marigolds https://reader.activelylearn.com/authoring/preview/ 703510/notes Marigolds Eugenia Collier • Maryland, 1929. The Great Depression. _____ and _____ are facts of life. Fourteen-year-old Lizabeth leads a group of friends to a colorful flowerbed of _____. These flowers belong to Miss Lottie, who tends to them with love everyday. Affronted by such beauty, Lizabeth throws rocks at the flowers, encouraging her friends to the same. Miss Lottie watches in _____. Will there be the _____ for such behavior? How will this event change Lizabeth’s life _____? Find out. Read “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier. Marigolds Eugenia Collier Maryland,1929. The Great Depression. Poverty and anger are facts of life. Fourteen-year-old Lizabeth leads a group of friends to a colorful flowerbed of marigolds. These flowers belong to Miss Lottie, who tends to them with love everyday. Affronted by such beauty, Lizabeth throws rocks at the flowers, encouraging her friends to the same. Miss Lottie watches in horror. Will there be the consequences for such behavior? How will this event change Lizabeth’s life forever? Find out. Read “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier. Marigolds Eugenia Collier • http://dictionary.reference.com. Connect the Bridge 1. The class are going to be grouped by pair. The pairing of the students were carefully selected by the teacher . 2. Each pair will have to creatively present a T-chart and will have to answer the following question. a. Have you experienced and discovered something that made them see the differently(such as discovering that Santa Claus was not real) b. How did this make them feel? c. How did it cause them to change? 3. Each pair has to collaboratively discuss their work in the class. T-Chart Examples of the discoveries 1. 2. 3. Emotion they felt after the experience 1. 2. 3. Based on the selected text “Marigolds”, Why do you think Lizabeth hated the marigolds?
