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Day 3: Hunter and Hunted

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1. 10–15 min Morning meeting and current events SL.9-10.1

   1. Headline share and map point.
   2. Question of the day: What is the difference between seeing and inferring? Students give one example from the story.
   3. Warm-up: 15-second pulse count, multiplied by 4. Everyone records a resting heart rate for science later.

2. 15–20 min Vocabulary and word study L.9-10.4a

   1. Context clues: give four sentences with a week word missing (for example: The museum would not let visitors touch the fragile ______ written in 1450.). Students fill in from the list and underline the clue.
   2. Teach the four clue types: definition, example, contrast, inference. Label each sentence's clue type.
   3. Students write one sentence with a strong context clue for a partner to solve.

3. 30–40 min Literature and texts RL.9-10.3

   The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell (public domain)

   1. Read the hunt: the three days in the jungle, the Malay mancatcher, the Burmese tiger pit, the Ugandan knife trick, and Rainsford's leap into the sea.
   2. Character chart with two columns (Rainsford, Zaroff) and three rows (what he says, what he does, what others say about him). Fill it with quotes and paragraph numbers.
   3. Discuss: Rainsford said he could not feel what the hunted animal feels. What does he learn in the jungle, and which sentence shows it? (Look for the line about knowing how an animal at bay feels.)
   4. Prediction: how will the story end? Give one clue.

4. 40–50 min Algebra 1 HSA-SSE.A.1

   1. Formulas are expressions with meaning. Distance d = rt: a car at 65 miles per hour for 3.5 hours travels 227.5 miles. Students compute for 55 mph and 4 hours (220 miles).
   2. Temperature F = 1.8C + 32: convert 20°C (68°F) and 37°C (98.6°F, body temperature). Ask what 1.8 and 32 each mean in the formula.
   3. Perimeter of a rectangle P = 2l + 2w: a 12 ft by 9 ft room has perimeter 42 ft. Then area A = lw = 108 square feet.
   4. Independent: six formula problems including one that asks students to interpret a part (In C = 25 + 0.10m, what is 25?).
   5. Check and discuss errors: the most common is adding before multiplying in 1.8C + 32.

   Math center: build a formula card with d = rt, F = 1.8C + 32, P = 2l + 2w, A = lw.

5. 30–40 min Biology HS-LS1-3

   1. State the question: How does two minutes of exercise change heart rate, and how fast does it return to normal? Hypothesis in if-then-because form.
   2. Identify variables: independent (exercise, yes or no and time since), dependent (heart rate in beats per minute), controlled (same exercise, same way of counting, same person).
   3. Run it: record resting rate, do two minutes of jumping jacks or stair steps, then record immediately, after 1 minute of rest and after 2 minutes. Use 15-second counts times 4.
   4. Record all data in the table. Ask: what would make this test unfair? (Different exercises, guessing the count.)

   Keep the data; Day 5 graphs it.

6. 25–35 min Writing W.9-10.1

   1. Teach the explanation: two sentences that answer 'how does this evidence prove the claim?' and 'why does it matter?'. Ban the phrase 'this shows that' as the only connector; offer 'reveals', 'suggests', 'proves', 'exposes'.
   2. Model: after the Zaroff quote, explain: He treats people as prey because he believes strength gives him the right. This belief is the engine of the whole plot.
   3. Students write their two explanation sentences under their claim and evidence.
   4. Read three aloud; the class says whether the explanation goes beyond repeating the quote.

7. 25–35 min Independent practice and projects

   1. Reading: complete the character chart with one more quote per column.
   2. Algebra: formula card and four extra d = rt problems.
   3. Science: copy the data table neatly and compute each heart rate change from resting.
   4. History: find the latitude and longitude of three ancient cities (Babylon, Memphis, Athens).

   Device time (15 min): play map-tools-1, the game named in this day's play field

   Today’s game: Map Master

8. 5–10 min Closing reflection SL.9-10.1

   1. What did your heart rate data surprise you with?
   2. Which character do you understand better now, and why?
   3. Tomorrow: a second story with no ending.

Short day? Keep the reading and the science investigation; shorten math to the temperature formula only.