On My Honor (4.7) Themes:

Skills/Strategies Set a Purpose Vocabulary Development Analyze Author’s Choice Self-Monitor and Repair Understand Sequence (writing practice)

Book Club Meeting 1 (On My Honor) PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how

Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss TODAY’S READING: On My Honor, Ch. 1 TODAY’S PURPOSE: To find out why Tony want to go to

Starved Rock – and why Joel does not STRATEGY: Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences VOCABULARY: bluffs, merely, redeemed, jubilant, jaunt

Approximate total time for this first meeting is 35-40 minutes. All other meetings are 30 minutes.

Book Club Meeting 2 (On My Honor)

PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss

TODAY’S READING: On My Honor, Ch. 2 TODAY’S PURPOSE: To learn about Tony’s change of

plans, and how Joel feels about his latest idea STRATEGY: Analyze Author’s Choices VOCABULARY: betrayed, railing, taunt, haphazardly

Book Club Meeting 3 (On My Honor)

PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss.

TODAY’S READING: On My Honor, Ch. 3 TODAY’S PURPOSE: To understand why Joel and

Tony get into a fight and what the outcome is STRATEGY: Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences VOCABULARY: flailing, gawk, current, plunged,

glowering

Book Club Meeting 4 (On My Honor)

PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss

TODAY’S READING: On My Honor, Ch. 4-5 TODAY’S PURPOSE: To find out what happens to

Tony and how Joel reacts STRATEGY: Analyze Author’s Choices VOCABULARY: heaving, eddied, deceptively,

squinting, pavement

Book Club Meeting 5 (On My Honor)

PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss

TODAY’S READING: On My Honor, Ch. 6 TODAY’S PURPOSE: To understand why Joel fears

going to the police STRATEGY: Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences VOCABULARY: perfectly, forlorn, reverberated

Book Club Meeting 6 (On My Honor)

PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss

TODAY’S READING: On My Honor, Ch. 7 TODAY’S PURPOSE: To understand where Joel goes

when he leaves the bridge and why he turns around – twice

STRATEGY: Analyze Author’s Choices VOCABULARY: nonchalance, logical, clenched,

embankment

Book Club Meeting 7 (On My Honor)

PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss

TODAY’S READING: On My Honor, Ch. 8 TODAY’S PURPOSE: To find out how Joel’s father and

mother react when they find him at home STRATEGY: Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences VOCABULARY: giddily, pressure, urge, stench

Book Club Meeting 8 (On My Honor)

PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss

TODAY’S READING: On My Honor, Ch. 9 TODAY’S PURPOSE: To learn what memories Joel

recalls about Tony during his paper route STRATEGY: Analyze Author’s Choices VOCABULARY: dispel, guffaw, fretting, engrossed

Book Club Meeting 9 (On My Honor)

PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss

TODAY’S READING: On My Honor, Ch. 10-11 TODAY’S PURPOSE: To understand how and why Joel

finally reveals the truth STRATEGY: Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences VOCABULARY: clammy, honorable, staggered

Book Club Meeting 10 (On My Honor)

PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss

TODAY’S READING: On My Honor, Ch. 12 TODAY’S PURPOSE: To learn what comfort Joel’s dad

provides him-as well as what comfort he is unable to provide

STRATEGY: Analyze Author’s Choices VOCABULARY: accusation, pummel, charming

Book Club Meeting 11 (On My Honor)

PURPOSE FOR READING THE BOOK: To understand how Joel learns to cope with a tragic loss

TODAY’S READING: To think about the ending of On My Honor

Book Club Meeting 12 (On My Honor)

TODAY’S READING: Informational article about the Mississippi River

TODAY’S PURPOSE: To learn about the importance of the Mississippi River in U. S. history

STRATEGY: Understanding Sequence