This document provides an overview of lessons and activities for a week-long workshop on mapping your life. It includes daily agendas with announcements, videos, readings, activities, and homework assignments. The workshop focuses on developing skills like analyzing text structure, determining word meanings, identifying central ideas, and providing summaries. Topics covered include chronological order, starting a business, and applying advice from Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches to one's own life.

1. M A P P I N G Y O U R L I F E
WORKSHOP 1 WEEK 6

2. LESSON 1

3. MONDAY: WELCOME ADVISORY
• Please check the inbox and write your name on the
paper.
Today we will:
Announcements
Watch “The Week in a Rap” and fill in the blanks
Complete Week in a Rap Activity

4. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
Bell Work:
Read the passage from the inbox and answer
the multiple choice questions on the back.
Learning Targets
1) I can analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major
sections contribute to the development of the whole.
2) I can determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and
phrases.
Homework: Reading Response Journals due
Wednesday (A&B) and Thursday (C&D). 3 due

5. AGENDA
• Chronological Order Activity
• Chronological Order Video
• Reading p.46-49 of We Beat the Street
• Answer Read & Synthesize Questions

6. ANSWERS
1. The narrator’s girlfriend breaks up with him in the park.
2. The narrator decides that there is no such thing as love.
3. The narrator sees “the girl of his dreams” getting on a train.
4. The narrator runs after the train through the city.
5. The narrator takes a massive shortcut.
6. The narrator gets hit by a car.
7. The narrator takes Beiber’s bike.
8. The narrator’s bike gets a flat tire.
9. The narrator sees “the girl of his dreams” in a restaurant.
10. The narrator gets punched in the face.
11. The narrator was about to renew his World of Warcraft
membership.
12. The narrator sees “the girl of his dreams” running in the park.

7. LESSON 2

8. TUESDAY: WELCOME ADVISORY
Today we will:
Announcements
CNN Student News
7 Habits

9. WEDNESDAY: WELCOME ADVISORY
• Check the Inbox. Get out your PAWS passes.
Today we will:
Announcements
CNN Student News
7 Habits

10. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Bell Work: Grammar with a Giggle
theyre were other clutches of kids in
harolds classes but they didnt want to have
anything to do with a four eyed wierdo
either
Learning Targets
• I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as
they are used in a text including figurative and
connotative meanings.
Homework: Reading Response Journals due
Wednesday (A&B) and Thursday (C&D).
Library Day Tomorrow!

11. 12. CLUTCHES
N. A NUMBER OF SIMILAR INDIVIDUALS
There were other clutches of kids in Harold’s
classes, but they didn’t want to have anything to do with a
four-eyed weirdo either.
theyre were other clutches of kids in harolds classes but
they didnt want to have anything to do with a four eyed
wierdo either

12. TODAY’S AGENDA
• Reading Response Journal
• Read p. 50-51
• Use p. 52-53 to fill out Starting Your Own Business
Worksheet
• Work on Business Plan and Flyer/Logo

13. LESSON 3

14. THURSDAY: WELCOME ADVISORY
Today we will:
Listen to Announcements
Watch CNN student news
Look at 7 Habits

15. LESSON 4

16. FRIDAY: WELCOME ADVISORY
• Please be at a voice level zero for announcements.
Today we will:
Announcements
Silent Ball or Dice Game

17. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 2, 2014
Bell Work: Take the paper from the
inbox. Read and Answer the Questions.
Learning Targets
• I can determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze
their development.
• I can provide an objective summary of the text.
Homework: No Reading Responses Over Fall
Break (3 due as normal the week we come
back)

18. AGENDA
• Vocabulary for “What’s Your Life’s Blueprint?”
• Reading “What’s Your Life’s Blueprint?” focusing on
Author’s Purpose
• Written response: What was Dr. King’s purpose for
writing this speech? How does his advice apply to your
own life?