Transcript Autobiographies Unit pt. 2

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES UNIT
Part 2
Ghost Cat to…
Warm-Up
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Try to determine the title of these Christmas songs.
The apartment of 2 psychiatrists.
The lad is a diminutive percussionist.
Decorate the entry-ways.
Sir Lancelot with laryngitis.
ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Writing Test
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Any questions before we begin?
Reasoning Questions
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How does the culture of the author have an effect
on his point of view? Give evidence from the
poem.
What inferences can you make about the
narrator’s opinions about reading and books?
What evidence supports your inferences?
What assumptions can you make about the
narrator, the librarian, and the grandparents
based on the feelings inspired by the poem?
Connection with Art
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What aspects of the
Aztec culture are
portrayed in this
picture?
What are some of the
different ways people
have used over the
centuries to record
their individual and
cultural memories?
How are these
reflected in the
pictures?
Response Journal
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Why was it important to the speaker to show his
grandparents how he had painted the Aztec
warrior?
How else did his cultural background affect what he
wrote in the poem?
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Add “Why I am a Writer” and “Where the Rainbow
Ends”
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Writing Test
Introduction to Research
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Handout Editorial (15A)
What is the issue?
What is the purpose of this article?
What point of view did the author of the article
take?
What about the point of view of the people who
were quoted?
What data or evidence are presented?
What are the consequences of taking this action?
Developing and Issue
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Give handout #15B
The issue must be a real world problem. What are
some examples?
The issue must have stakeholders who may win or
lose something. They have differing points of view.
The issue must be researchable. (Evidence to
support different points of view.)
The issue must be important enough for someone to
spend time researching it.
Research Model (handout #15c)
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We will be going to the media center for
NCWISEOWL demonstration and research
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