Tuesday, January 22, 2013

January 22, 2013: Unpacking Unit 2 Springboard Text


Essential Question: What knowledge must you have to succeed on the embedded assessment for Unit 1?
Do Now: Quiz (Handout)

I. Procedure:
  • Learning Focus/Skim and Scan/Marking the Text

  • Activate prior knowledge by highlighting words or concepts that are familiar ( what you know ). Use a question mark to indicate content that is unfamiliar (what you don’t know but want to learn

  • Unit Overview, Unit 2 Defining Style Contents, and Learning Focus 

  • Complete Activity 2.1 Previewing the Unit ( Your text will be checked)

  • Review the Embedded Assessment #2 on pages 181, 182, 183, and 184.

II. Academic Vocabulary
Triple Entry Vocabulary (Template on reverse ):Point of View, commentary, cinematic techniques, style, effect, imagery, motif, foreshadowing, irony, satire, allegory, and fable

III. Create a KWL Chart (Look at pg. 56) ( What i Know, What I Want To Know & What I Learned) : What are your findings from the Unit Overview, Contents, and Learning Focus?  
__________________________________________________________________________K_________________________W________________________L_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
IV. Summarize/Paraphrase
With a partner create a rough draft of a web graphic organizer that summarizes and paraphrases skills and knowledge, interesting texts, and embedded assessment #2 for Unit 2. You will create a poster in class tomorrow presenting this information. 

Honors Challenge: Vocabulary words assigned to present on word wall

Skills=Verbs

  • To identify important cinematic techniques and analyze their effects
  • To transform a text into a new genre
  • To identify specific elements of an author’s style
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Knowledge in this Unit?
Learning Focus:
  • Making the Text
  • Come to Life
  • 2.1 Previewing the Unit

Core Standards: RL9-10.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Core Standards: SL9-10.1c
Propel conversations by posing and responding to questions that relate the current discussion to broader themes or larger ideas; actively incorporate others into the discussion; and clarify, verify, or challenge ideas and conclusions.

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