Week 5

Unit 1b:  
How do cultural experiences shape, impact, or influence our identity and perceptions?
To what extent does one's culture inform the way one views others and the world?
How do we synthesize multiple sources of information into a cohesive argument?

Day 1
Tuesday 09/02/14 (p3) and Wednesday 09/03/14 (p4, p7)

 KKHS/Edline problem solving while 1, 2, and maybe 3 are happening 

Essential Question:  What skills will be necessary to successfully complete EA2?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #7 - Which aspects of your cultural identity were you already aware of before you began the previous unit, and which did you discover through your study?
3.   Activities:
  • Vocabulary
    • p. 2 Academic Vocabulary
    • words to add - coherence, evidence, parenthetical citation
    • create 10 word tents (5 pieces of paper x 2 word tents per page = 10)
    • use the glossary to write the word and its definition on the word tent
  •  Activity 1.9 
    • Read pp. 47-49
    • Answer questions 1 & 2 on p. 47
    • Make a list of Words We Will Need to Know in the Notes section on p. 48
    • Make a list of the Skills We Will Need to Be Able to Do in the Notes section on p. 49
    • Answer Prompt 1 on p. 49 (sub./speak/type/task/hint) 
  • Independent Reading Assigned as Enrichment - due by Week 9
  • Parent and student Edline accounts set up by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday 09/10/14 - Enrichment
4.  Target Practice:  Under your journal #7 indicate which of the skills necessary to successfully complete EA2 are clear and which are unclear

Day 2
Thursday 09/04/14 (p3) and Friday 09/05/14 (p4, p7)

Essential Questions:  
How does an author unfold a series of ideas?
How does an author develop a claim?
1.  Do Now:  copy today's EQ and Activities into your planner
2.  Journal #8 - Describe a travel experience - whether it was a trip to town or a foreign country
3.   Activity:
  • Activity 1.10 on pp. 50-52


4.  Target Practice:  under Journal #8 complete the Persuasive Writing Prompt on p. 52 (hw if you don't finish in class - this one will be read vs. skimmed)
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