REMINDERS...
- Get your Chromebook and Composition Book.
- Be seated, quiet and working before the timer goes off!
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DO NOW - Think and Write
Entry Title: Gallery Walk Inferences
Sample Inferences
- In the photo with all the cars I can infer that people may be trying to escape some natural disaster, like a tsunami.
- In the photo of the helicopter, I can infer that people are trying to escape to safety.
Learning Targets
- I can support my inferences with evidence from a text.
- I can participate in discussions about the text with a partner, small group, and the whole class.
MINI-LESSON: Mix and Mingle Activity
- This activity will help you create new inferences between the event you have seen in the Gallery Walk and information from the informational text we will be reading about the fall of Saigon.
- You will receive two sentence strips.
- Read them to yourself.
- Turn and Talk: Read your strips to a neighbor.
- Do you think you have the whole story based on the pictures from yesterday and the sentence strips?
PRACTICE
Sentence Strip Envelopes and Sentence Strips: Please do not write, tear, fold or otherwise damage these so other students in other classes can use them for this activity today as well! Thank You!
- Mr. D. will give you an envelope containing two sentence strips.
- When asked to begin, wander the room with your sentence strips.
- Look for peers that have different strips than your own. Stay together until you collect a total of 4-5 people. No one should have the same sentence strips.
- You will have five minutes to mix and mingle.
- Select an area of the room in which you can meet with your group.
- Arrange the strips in a logical order. You should be able to explain why you put your strips in the order you did.
- It's OK if you have more questions than answers at this point!
CLASS DISCUSSION
- What do you think happened based on the sentence strips?
- What specific evidence do you have to back up your inferences?
- Guiding Questions for this Module...
- 1. What is home?
- 2. How do critical incidents reveal character?
- 3. Which of your quotes might fit our guiding questions?
ASSESSMENT
Go into the Stream and Answer Question 2.0 with your group. Only one response needed per group. Include the names of everyone in your group with your post...
What is one question that you hope to have answered in the coming weeks about the photos or the article?
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HOMEWORK
None
None
TUESDAY 10-6 (C Day): Numbered Heads Together!
Reminders
Get your composition book, novel and Chromebook.
Do Now - Think
Entry Title: Guiding Questions
Learning Targets for Today
New Strategy: Numbered Heads Together
Mini-Lesson
Entry Title: Guiding Questions
- Read the guiding questions below. Based on our Gallery Walk and our Mix and Mingle activities...
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Learning Targets for Today- I can make inferences to deepen my understanding of Inside Out & Back Again. (Inferencing)
- I can cite evidence from the novel to explain how incidents reveal aspects of Ha's character (personality) as she is shaped by war. (Proving what you think the novel is saying by quoting accurately with words, phrases and details from the novel.)
New Strategy: Numbered Heads Together
- Mr. D. will assign each of you a number from 1-5.
- Meet with your group.
- Mr. D will give the class a question. Each of you answers the question on your own first.
- Share your answer with your group.
- Decide on the best response and be ready to share.
- Mr. D. will call on a specific number to share the thinking of your group for participation points.
- Question: What are some things you remember about the gallery walk and mix and mingle (sentences) activities from last yesterday?
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- You have looked at images and read some details about the topic of this module.
- Today we will begin our study of the novel Inside Out & Back Again reading closely by reading the first poem of the novel, 1975: Year of the Cat.
- Focus Question
- Ha says, "No one would believe me, but at times I would prefer wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."
- Based on the photos you saw and the sentence strips we read, what do you think might have happened to a little girl to make her say she preferred war at home (Saigon) to peace in Alabama (The United States)?
- Getting the Gist: Getting your initial reaction to what the text is mostly about. You will do this now as you hear the first poem of the novel, 1975: The Year of the Cat read aloud.
- Read Aloud: Follow the text with your eyes as you listen to the poem being read.
Turn and TalkWhat is your initial sense of the what the poem is mostly about?
Numbered Heads Together
Homework/Assessment
- What are some things you notice about the language the author is using?
- What are some details that strike you and why?
- Hey! Don't forget good group manners! (invite others to share, be polite, disagree kindly)
- Read it Again to Yourself: What have you already learned about Ha in this very first poem?
Homework/Assessment
WEDNESDAY 10-7 (D Day): Vocabulary Test!
REMINDERS...
- Get your Chromebook and Composition Book.
- Be seated, quiet and working before the timer goes off!
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DO NOW - In The Stream
Entry Title: Drawing Evidence
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MINI-LESSON
- Demonstration of how to peer edit essays using Google Docs.
- If you missed this demonstration in class, click on this link for an online tutorial!
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- Open your Checkouts essay, Assignment #4, in The Stream. Click here to see the assignment.
- Once you open it, click the blue share button at the top-right of the screen.
- Add the names of THREE other classmates with whom you would like share your essay for peer editing.
- Go to your Google Mail and wait for invitations to edit other classmates essays.
- Once you have peer edited three other essays, you are done.
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Assessment/Homework
THURSDAY 10-1: DIRT Day
Reminders...
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Do Now - Start a new DIRT Day entry!
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I can closely read a text for improved comprehension and recall of textual evidence.
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Work Time
Ten Thoughts due by the end of the period. Your work will be checked ten minutes before the period it over.
Assessment/Homework
Check + = More than 10 thoughts.
Check - = Fewer then 10 thoughts.
