Good Morning, Class!

Please come in quietly and take out:

• Our Heroes book
• headphones / earbuds
• Chromebook

Per. 1 (8:15-9:05) – Language Arts

Group 1: Finish Close Read essay, Referring Words

Group 2: “Stride Toward Freedom” (on StudySync), Children’s March (on Classroom)

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

Learning Target:  Students will be able to explore background information and research a range of information about all kinds of young/teenage heroes.

Open Teenage Heroes Blast on StudySync

• Discuss: Driving Question
• Background: Read and discuss
  1. Who is Albert Manero? 
  2. What does components mean? Why is understanding this word critical to understanding the Background? 
  3. Who is Anna? 
  4. What is the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes?
  5. What do the young heroes in the Background have in common with each other?
• Research:
  1. Look at “The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.” Which of this year’s winners do you think is most heroic? Why?  
  2. Look at “Teen Heroes Catch Kidnapper” and “UCF Students Make Prosthetic Arm” Which person/group do you think is more heroic? Why? 
• QuikPoll / Number Crunch
• Blast
• Peer Reviews

Revisit Unit Matrix, Essential Question, add people

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.

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.

Work with group to add Counterarguments to Pro Side 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