Good Morning, Class!

Please come in quietly and take out:

• Group 2: Freedom Walkers book
• headphones / earbuds
• Chromebook

Per. 1 (8:15-9:05) – Language Arts

Learning Target:  Students will be able to participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations to express ideas and build upon the ideas of others.

Open First Read: My Father is a Simple Man on StudySync

• Compare: Read and Annotate Gary Soto’s poem, “Oranges” for similarities and differences
• Discuss: Compare and contrast the two poems. How are they alike? How are they different?

Learning Target:  Students will be able to practice and apply concrete strategies for comparing and contrasting different forms of media.

Open Media: My Father is a Simple Man on StudySync

• Define: View video and read definition
• Discuss:
  1. Today, many people text rather than make phone calls as they might have done a decade ago. How does taking the sound out of these interpersonal communications affect the messages? 
  2. In what ways might the sound of language be linked to its message or meaning?
  3. What advantage might audio have over print in presenting this poem? What advantage might print have over audio in its ability to entertain and inform? Explain your answers. 
  4. If you were assigned the task of creating an audio version of My Father is a Simple Man, what would you need to consider?
• Model: Read and annotate
  • highlight key points
  • ask questions
  • identify places where the Model applies the strategies laid out in the Identification and Application section
• Discuss:
  1. According to the Model, what are some elements that a reader can use to emphasize details when a text is read aloud? 
  2. According to the Model, how does the poet provide clues for reading this text aloud?
  3. How does the reader in the audio version use his voice to interpret the text and its meaning in lines 15 through 23?
• Your Turn: Read carefully and complete the questions
• Write: Review the text and audio to ACE the Skills Focus question

Per. 2 (9:08-9:56)

Group 1: Acad Voc L 5 & 6

Group 2: Freedom Walkers Ch. 8 (on Classroom), “Stride Toward Freedom” (on StudySync)

Homework:

1. Read 25+ pages and log on Biblionasium:
   1. Title/author
   2. p. ____ to p. ____
   3. BTH (1-2 sentences: Who? What? When? Where?) + 1 visualization, thick question, use of context clues, or inference
2. Complete all work on StudySync and Classroom.
3. Academic Vocabulary Lesson 7 on StudySync (due by Fri.).

Per. 3 (10:01-10:49) – Speech and Debate

Learning Target: Students will be able to gather facts and information about a topic in order to build arguments for a debate.

What are Counterarguments and Rebuttals?

• Open Counterargument Video Notes in Classroom
• Watch video and take notes
• Discuss notes
• Partner scenarios

Work with group to add Counterarguments in graphic organizer (open in Classroom)

1. Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?
2. Do Violent Video Games Contribute to Youth Violence?
3. Children’s Border Crisis
4. Gun Control Laws
5. Self-Driving Cars
6. E-cig regulation