Standards ELAGSE9-10RI1: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. ELAGSE9-10RI2: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Essential Questions: How do I understand and draw inferences to understand a text?
Warm Up: Turn to a neighbor and discuss what you are considering for a project topic.
Work Session:
Essential Questions: How do I understand and draw inferences to understand a text?
Warm Up: Turn to a neighbor and discuss what you are considering for a project topic.
Work Session:
- Human Journey Project -- review and approve topics
- Project Checklist:
- Three texts read and analyzed.
- Texts must be different genres/ mediums: poem, memoir, short story, nonfiction essay, news article, work of art, photograph, photo essay, Ted Talk, and more!
- Texts must be annotated with 20-25 annotations total for the three texgts
- Compose a one page written extended RACE response based on the guiding questions (RACE Rubric)
- Guiding Question: How is the human experience similar across texts? Different?