March 19 th and 20 th Objective SWBAT synthesize and summarize information from text and non-text sources in order to propose a solution to a large scale problem in the local community

Anticipation Guide Answer any THREE. Explain your thinking 1. What does it feel like to have to go without things you need? 2. Why do people become homeless? 3. How does lack of education effect people? 4. Why do people act violently? 5. If there is so much food in the world, why do people go hungry?

Agenda Review Anticipation Guide Summarization Strategies Whole class practice of summarization Group work: Use iPads to view several articles/videos on large issues in society. Independent: Synthesize ideas from your group work to suggest solutions to problems in our community.

Summarizing Remember: 1) Tell What’s Important 2) Don’t say to much 3) It must make sense. Strategy 1: Retelling 1. As you read underline/write down words, names that stand out to you. Not Phrases. 2. Look back at the words you have. Take those words and try to put them together into 1 or 2 sentences for a summary.

Summarizing 2 Strategy 2: Paraphrasing 1. Use sticky notes or write in the margins 2. For each section/paragraph put it in your own words in 1 sentence or a simple phrase. 3. Look back at your own words and write 1 or 2 sentences explaining the main idea based on your own words.

Picture this; a herd of elephants flies by you at sixty miles an hour, followed by a streak of tigers, a pride of lions, and a bunch of clowns. What do you see? It must be a circus train! One of the first uses of the circus train is credited to W.C. Coup. He partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871 to expand the reach of their newly combined shows using locomotives. Before circus trains, these operators had to lug around all of their animals, performers, and equipment with a team of more than 600 horses. Since there were no highways, these voyages were rough and took a long time. Circuses would stop at many small towns between the large venues. Performing at many of these small towns was not very profitable. Because of these limitations, circuses could not grow as large as the imaginations of the operators. After they began using circus trains, Barnum and Coup only brought their show to large cities. These performances were much more profitable and the profits went toward creating an even bigger and better circus. Multiple rings were added and the show went on. Today, Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus still rely on the circus train to transport their astounding show, but now they use two.

Ninjas used many different tools and weapons to get the job done: throwing stars, bows, acid-spurting tubes to name a few, but the favorite weapon of most ninjas was probably the katana. The katana is a long, curved sword with a single blade and a long grip to accommodate two hands. This sword was often carried in a sheath or scabbard on the ninja’s back. Though the sword was primarily used for fighting and killing, the scabbard served a number of purposes too. The ninja could remove the sword, angle the scabbard against a wall, and use it to climb to a higher place. Or, while stealthy negotiating their way through a dark place (such as an enemy’s residence at night), ninjas may have used the scabbard as a walking stick, feeling or probing their way around objects so as not to knock into anything and alert the enemy. Perhaps the ninja’s most sinister use of the scabbard was to put a mixture of red pepper, dirt, and iron shavings at the top of the scabbard, so that when the ninja drew his sword, his opponent would be blinded. I wonder what a ninja could have done with a Swiss Army knife.

Group Work Remember your group work expectations Using the iPad, log onto Edmodo to find the links to the articles you will read and the videos you will view. Read each article while following the directions on the reading guided for each article. This will tell you when you need to pause in your reading and ask questions. As your read each article or view each video write notes by summarizing the main idea and write down any important details.

Assessment Use your notes from your group work to answer these TWO question: 1) How are TWO of the issues connected and what are the common threads they share? 2) Choose ONE of the issues and think about how you see it in your community. What do you think could be done to solve this problem? Explain your thinking giving evidence from your reading.

Reflection What was the lesson objective? How did we meet the objective?