Treasure of Lemon Brown

The Treasure of Lemon Brown p335

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What do the adults in your life hassle you about?

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While we are reading

• web - What do you think of when you hear the word treasure?
• vocabulary

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Hello,

Don’t forget to be working on your Charlotte Doyle papers. They are due on Friday. A few still need to take the test.

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Today we will finish reading “The Treasure of Lemon Brown.” Have your treasure web and vocab out from yesterday. We will add to it today.

Don’t forget, your rough drafts are due tomorrow - beginning of class. Plan to turn in EVERYTHING - quotes, outline, rough draft. Also, make sure you will complete your reading journals by the end of reading time tomorrow.

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I will take you to the library tomorrow for a few minutes for book checkout.

Group Work

Your group will get a set of questions to help you understand one aspect of the story. Your job is to become experts on this part. You will then present your info to the class.

Turn in

• your web/vocab
• the answers to your group’s questions
• notes about other people’s presentations

Greg’s Father

• How does Greg’s father treat his son?
• What do we know about Greg’s father’s past?
• What does Greg’s father treasure?
• How do you know this?
• Is he a static or dynamic character?

Conflict

• List and describe 3 external conflicts that occur in this story.
• List and describe 3 examples of internal conflict that occur in this story.

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• Have your rough draft, outline, and study guide out to turn in.
• I will tell you about a few books, and then we will go to the library, briefly and quietly
• You must finish your first page of journal writing today. Leave your journals on the back table when you leave.
• We will come back for reading time and then finish the presentations.

Setting

• In what neighborhood, city, and state does this story take place?
• Describe the building where most of the action occurs.
• Estimate the time period in which the story is set. Give reasons for your answer.
• Describe the weather throughout the story.

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Lemon Brown

• Describe his appearance.
• What was his career?
• Why did he give it up?
• Why do you think he is homeless?
• Is he a static or dynamic character?

• Nice job on your reading journals. If you were absent, please give yours to me after class. Otherwise, take them with you.
• We will talk about your rough drafts
• We will talk about writing vocabulary sentences
• Today we will finish The Lemon Brown presentations and write about his treasure.

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Greg Ridley

• Describe Greg.
• What is important to Greg at the beginning of the story?
• What is important to him at the end of the story?
• Is he a static or dynamic character?
• How does learning about Lemon Browns treasure affect him?

Treasure

• Physically, what is Lemon Brown’s treasure?
• Explain why these items mean so much to him.
• What does Greg learn from Lemon’s treasure.

Assignment

Write a paragraph answering the following question. Your paragraph should have 5-8 sentences.

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What is Lemon Brown’s treasure? You will also need to write about why it’s so important to him.

Turn in this paragraph plus your presentation notes.

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