Friday(woo!), October 16th

• Good morning, ladies and gentleman! Today is all about “Lose Now, Pay Later”.

• Please take out your flashcards/original sentences from last night so that I can check them

• While you are doing that, here’s a riddle to warm up your brains:

What letter is most like an island?

Tunnel Vision

• Enduring Understanding: Tunnel vision can be a positive thing because it can keep someone focused on a certain goal, but it can be negative when it keeps someone from seeing something important that is right under their nose.

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Today’s Learning Targets

• I can make a connection between Carol Farley’s life and the story she wrote and our unit as a whole

• I feel even more comfortable with our ten new vocabulary words from the story “Lose Now, Pay Later”

• I understand the events of the story “Lose Now, Pay Later”

• I can connect today’s short story to the theme of tunnel vision

Today’s Learning Targets (periods 2 & 6)

• I have a better understanding of how the concept of tunnel vision relates to our perspective unit

• I can define ten new vocabulary words from the story “Lose Now, Pay Later”

• I understand the events of the story “Lose Now, Pay Later”

• I can connect today’s short story to the theme of tunnel vision

How we are going to get there

How we are going to get there

• Interactive vocabulary activity (antonyms and synonyms)

• Read a bit about Carol Farley (the author)

• Review of the Reading Comprehension Questions

• Small Group and Whole Class Discussions

• Free Write Friday

How we are going to get there (periods 2 & 6)

• Interactive vocabulary activity (antonyms and synonyms)

• Reading of “Lose Now, Pay Later”

• Review of the Reading Comprehension Questions

• Small Group/Whole Class Discussion

Lose Now, Pay Later

• What is Deb’s first impression of the Swoodie store?

• What is it like to eat a Swoodie?

• What makes Swoodie stores so popular?

• What are Deb and Trinja’s first impression of a Slimmer?

• What does Trevor think about the Swoodies and Slimmers?

Questions for discussion

• Who in this story has tunnel vision?

• How does tunnel vision affect this or these characters’ perspectives?

• Is it a good or bad thing?

• What connections can you make from this story to how life is in 2015?

Carol Farley

• Read Carol Farley’s bio on page 77.

• How does her life and what she says relate to her story, “Lose Now, Pay Later”?

How does this picture relate to the story?

Free Write Friday

• This work is a work of Science Fiction, which are works based on possible scientific developments, often times set in the future. Often, realistic values and attitudes are reflected in this futuristic setting.

• What connection(s) can you make from “Lose Now, Pay Later”, to our current society? How do you feel about these aspects of society, and did this story make you think about it any differently? Also, what overall connection from all of these aspects can be made to tunnel vision?

Closure (periods 2 & 6)

• I have a better understanding of how the concept of tunnel vision relates to our perspective unit

• I can define ten new vocabulary words from the story “Lose Now, Pay Later”

• I understand the events of the story “Lose Now, Pay Later”

• I can connect today’s short story to the theme of tunnel vision

Closure

• I can make a connection between Carol Farley’s life and the story she wrote and our unit as a whole

• I feel even more comfortable with our ten new vocabulary words from the story “Lose Now, Pay Later”

• I understand the events of the story “Lose Now, Pay Later”

• I can connect today’s short story to the theme of tunnel vision

Closure

• Enduring Understanding: Tunnel vision can be a positive thing because it can keep someone focused on a certain goal, but it can be negative when it keeps someone from seeing something important that is right under their nose