Taking Sides

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Taking Sides

• By Gary Soto

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Day 1, Chapter 1 Setting

• Define setting. Why is setting important in this
  story? Begin to infer how setting can create
  conflicts.

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Quick Write

• Sometimes people dont understand each other
  because their lives are too different. What
  should people know about where you are from or
  your life to understand why you do the things
  that you do?

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Vocabulary

• Setting- Where a story takes place.

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While we read.

• Write down anything that you think is important
  about the setting of the first chapter.
• Think
• What is it like where Lincoln lives?
• What do you think that this setting is like for
  Lincoln?

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Lincolns Settings.What can you tell by looking
at these settings? How do you think that life
would be different in these settings? What would
it be like to go from one to the other?
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Day 2 (Ch. 2) Dialogue

• Define dialogue. How can dialogue tell us about a
  character? What can we tell about the characters
  in Taking Sides because of their dialogue?

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Quick Write

• Tell me about a conversation that you had with
  someone. If I overheard the conversation what
  would I think about you?

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Vocabulary

• Dialogue- What one person says to another.

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How to write dialogue

• How do you write dialogue?
• Look at the board.
• What one person says is in quotations
• When another person talks, put their quotation on
  a new line.

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Write a dialogue that tells us about these two
characters. If youre really good, you can tell
us something about them without actually saying
it We will write conversations for three
different pictures and see if other people in the
class can tell in which picture the conversation
is happening.Try not to physically describe the
characters having the conversation. Dont say the
names of any of the things in the picture!

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Image One
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Image 2
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Image 3
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While we read..

• We are going to see what we can tell about some
  of the characters in Taking Sides based on their
  dialogues.
• We are going to fill out a chart so that we can
  start to understand some of the main characters.

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Day 3 (Ch 3) Conflict

• Define conflict. What are the 4 main kinds of
  conflicts? What conflicts are emerging in Taking
  Sides?

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Quick Write

• Tell me about a time that you had a problem in
  your life.

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Vocabulary

• Conflict- A struggle between 2 forces in a story.

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The Main Conflicts

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Nature
• Character vs. Himself
• Character vs. Society

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What type of conflict is this?
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What type of conflict is this?
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What kind of conflict is this?
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What kind of conflict was your example in the
quick write?

• Volunteers/victims read quick writes.
• Class decides what kind of conflict the author is
  describing.

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While you read.

• What conflicts are there in Taking Sides?
• Which of these conflicts are little problems and
  which are important to the whole story?

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Day 4 (Ch. 4) Similes/Metaphors

• Define simile and metaphor. Identify similes and
  metaphors in Taking Sides. Create our own
  examples of similes and metaphors.

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Quick Write

• Who is your favorite rapper or music artist? What
  is it about the way they talk/rap/sing that makes
  you like them?

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Vocabulary

• Simile- A figure of speech that uses like or
  as to compare two things.
• Example Easy as Sunday morning.

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The Simile Game

• Pick a random word. Make a simile using that
  word. Explain why the comparison tells you more
  about that word.

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While you read

• Be the first to identify a simile in the reading
  today. When you hear a simile, quietly give the
  signal.

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Extension

• Listen to Flocabulary rap about literal devices
  like similes. http//flocabulary.com/figurative-la
  nguage/
• Give the signal every time you hear a simile in
  the rap.
• Highlight examples of similes in the rap.

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Homework

• Complete the simile

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Day 5 (Ch. 5) Week One Review, Making Predictions

• Review setting, dialogue, conflict, and simile.
  Make a prediction about a character vs. self
  conflict in Taking Sides.

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Quick Write

• If you found a wallet on the ground at the T
  station and no one seemed to see it, what would
  you do?

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Taking Sides Quiz
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While we read.

• In this chapter, we will be introduced to a
  conflict that Lincoln is about to have.
• Predict what he will do to resolve this conflict
  (What will he do?) Why do you think that he will
  do this?
• What kind of conflict do you think this is?