Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Learning Goals:
I can…

• compare and contrast a fictional society and a real society
• use compare and contrast organizational structure in writing

Opening:

1. Discuss a few questions while I check page 71:

• Why are order and success so important to the community?
• What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of Jonas' community?

Work Period:

2. Using your notes, and the notes and thoughts of your group, complete page 72, providing details about each society - but judging them as either POSITIVE (pros) or NEGATIVE (cons)

3. Choose a topic and determine which society handles that part of the life cycle better.

• Finding a Mate
• Creating a Family
• Mourning Deaths

4. Return to page 69 and take some notes in your JOURNAL.

• Subject-by-Subject
• Feature-by-Feature
• Transitions Used in Compare and Contrast Expository Writing

5. Show a model of "Feature-by-Feature" and explore how it works.

6. Independently, think through your response to the writing prompt at the bottom of page 72.  

• Your writing will be due on Thursday, when you can show it to a your group and see if your organizational pattern was consistent.
• Support your argument (take a position!) with textual evidence - using direct quotations and page references.
• Use correct compare/contrast structure and transitions in your writing.

Closing:

7. Ask any questions you need to of me or your group.  

• Determine what you know the most about - where is your "expertise"? 
• Which feature is most interesting to you?