Book talks are Dec 12-16
Nov 28 –Dec 2: This week students will be working on:
Daily Lessons:
RDWs due Friday:
*** PR window for 1st book talk is Monday, Dec 12-16
Nov 21-23 Reading Focus: The Giver, by Lois Lowry. Your child will be assigned a novel and required to bring it to class daily. Both in and out of class reading will be expected. Students should NOT read ahead of the assigned chapters each day. Writing Focus: Argumentative Essays DAILY LESSONS Monday: Chapter 20 & 21;RDW 1 Tuesday: read Chapters 22 & 23 Wednesday: RDWs due; The Giver Final Test Thursday & Friday: no school; Thanksgiving Holiday RDW Due WEDNESDAY this week RDW 1 : “Governments don’t want a population capable of critical thinking; they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.”—George Carlin. Does the community in The Giver want to protect or control their citizens? Choose a position to argue and complete the argument organizer handout. Highlight parts of an argument.Claim: pink; Counter Claim: blue; Rebuttal: yellow; Evidence: orange •Reading Focus: The Giver, by Lois Lowry. Your child will be assigned a novel and required to bring it to class daily. Both in and out of class reading will be expected. Students should NOT read ahead of the assigned chapters each day. •Writing Focus: Argumentative Essays • DAILY LESSONS •Monday: Chapter 10 & 11; RDW 1, 2 and 3 •Tuesday: read Chapters 12 & 13 and complete RDW 3 for homework; no school •Wednesday: Chapter 14 & 15 ; RDW 4 •Thursday: Chapters 16 & 17; RDW 5 & 6 •Friday: Chapters 18 & 19; Kahoot chapters 10-19 RDWS Due this week RDW 1: Chapter 7, 8 & 9 Discussion Sheet RDW 2: It is the government’s responsibility to establish & enforce population limits, so overpopulation will not be a problem in the future. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Complete the argument organizer handout. RDW 3: Chapters 10-13 two sentence summaries RDW 4: “We really have to protect people from wrong choices” (The Giver 98). Do you agree or disagree with the statement Jonas makes in chapter 13? Complete the argument organizer handout. RDW 5: In a civilized society, a government must restrict individual freedoms for safety. Do you agree or disagree with the statement? Complete the argument organizer handout. RDW 6: Chapters 14-17 two sentence summaries RDWs 2, 4 & 5 in weekly handoutsRDWs 1, 3 & 6 |
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