Monday, 1.30

• Bell work: Journal-

Pretend you are confined to your room all day and cannot go outside. You cannot turn on the tv, radio, video games, or anything else that makes any noise. What would you do during the day? How would you pass the time? Remember, you cannot make noise, be seen in a window, or leave your bedroom.

Among the Hidden

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Value Lines

• Stand up.• I’m going to ask you questions, and I want you

to tell me how you feel about that question by standing in a value line.

1. Do you believe the government should tell you how to live?

2. Is it ok to lie to the government if you feel that what are doing is wrong?

Group Discussion

1. Give examples of governments throughout history that have controlled their citizens.

Group Discussion

2. What laws/regulations does our government have that are “limiting” to certain people?

Group Discussion

Propaganda: the spread of information for the purpose of promoting a cause

3. What kinds of propaganda do you see spread in our country and in other countries around the world?- McDonald’s- Pepsi

Group Discussion

4. How many of you are a third child in your family?

Vocabulary

Please see your list of vocabulary words for the novel.

You will need to keep this list in the literature section of your binder and bring it to class every day.