Monday, November 11, 2013

Learning Focus:
I can…

• review Chapters 1-7 for basic understanding
• question a fictional text
• compare and contrast a fictional society and a real society
• use compare and contrast organizational structure in writing

Turn in Outside Reading Log #11

Note: Read through Chapter 8 by Wednesday

Opening:

1. In your journal, write five questions about the recent chapters (4-7).  Ask questions you MAY or MAY NOT know the answers to.

• Names to consider: 
• Caleb
• Asher
• Jonas
• Fiona
• Gabe
• Events to consider:
• Birthday Ceremonies
• Finding a Mate
• Creating a Family
• Mourning Deaths

2. Question those in your small group

3. Large group discussion about big questions in small groups

Work Period:

4. Scan Chapters 1-7 and take notes in your small group on page 71.  

• You may choose to jigsaw the three categories within your small group

5. When your group has collected ideas about how the two societies handle these "life-passages", complete the top of page 72 by JUDGING each society.

• What are the benefits of how each society handles the circle of life?
• What are the drawbacks of how each society handles the circle of life?

Closing:

6. In your journal, do some prewriting called "The Circle of Life"

• Do a Quickwrite in response to the prompt at the bottom of page 72.  
• Tomorrow we'll review the structure of a Compare and Contrast Essay and write a sample together.