In Class:
Journal-- Using the photo as a jumping-off point, free-write a story or poem. Imagine all the details!
10 minutes of independent, guided GMX work.
Lesson on Summary:
summary: a condensed version of a larger text.*
* a text can be any vehicle of communication (e.g., books, poetry, film, music, etc.)To summarize, 1) annotate, 2) re-think, and 3) re-tell.
- Title & author
- Who, what, when, where, and why?
- Important supporting details and quotes
As a class, we practiced summary using "High school senior's mission: Educate about autism" by Cindy Sutter. (See example summary to the right.)
Independently, each student found an article from a local news source and, using the techniques we learned in class, wrote ~1/2 page summary of it.
Introduced and discussed final project. Be sure to ask any and all questions you have on the project!
Distributed "So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans?" by Jimmy Santiago Baca and "In Response to Executive Order 9066" by Dwight Okita for Timed Writing #5, next Wednesday.
Exit ticket: Name one thing you are proud of.
Homework:
Finish your article summary.
Start working on final project.
Read Baca & Okita poems for next Wednesday.
Catch up on missing work!
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