Reminders (1/26/17) Cold Read Socratic Seminars – start today Upcoming: Rough Draft of Pre-Course Reading Essay – Wednesday, 2/1 We will ‘chunk’ the steps along the way! Trust the process! Unit 1 Voice & Culture Test – Monday, 1/30 M.C. & Written Study guide will be posted by Thursday evening

Mini-Socratic Seminars (Practicing w/new texts) Group #1 – “Woman with Kite” Group #2 – “Where Worlds Collide” Group #3 – “Multiculturalism: HAPA” Group #4 – “Grape Sherbet”

Reflection on Socratic Seminar (answer all 4) I expected… I understood… I value… Please try to…

Hunger of Memory & My Mother Pieced Quilts Return to your partner Need one device/phone – go to the following website - https://padlet.com/drspruill/enoassfkx8p5 Click on the padlet and type your statement of understanding Discussion Now go to this site https://padlet.com/drspruill/y8epfdg9wqfd Click on the padlet and type your comparison statement of poems.

Texts: Hunger of Memory & My Mother Pieced Quilts #2s: My Mother Pieced Quilts As you read and annotate, focus on marking the following: Conflicts Voice Cultural identity What are the 3 big ideas/’takeaways’ from the text (Things your partner(s) absolutely should remember!) Write a statement demonstrating your understanding of the text Read and annotate the poem using the SIFT approach: Symbolism/Imagery/Figurative Language/Tone & Theme Compare the poem to “Legal Alien” Conflict Voice Cultural identity Write a statement demonstrating your understanding of the two different poems “My Mother Pieced Quilts” and “Legal Alien” are similar in that both…but…while…

Groups #1 – Hunger of Memory #2 – My Mother Pieced Quilts Kaitlyn Melody Chase Tanner Gabrielle Brandon Gracie Mariel Carrie Megan Rudy Alex Sarah Thorne Sarah Torbert Jillian Desirae Chris Abigail Luke Alyssa Myria Hannah Taelor Ariana Trinity Peyton David Sara Camryn Madison Joshua Jackson

Teaching to Partner(s) Find a partner with a different number than you. You will teach each other the text. While learning/teaching, write down any questions that remain! Questions that will help us delve deeper! Identify Power Quotes (powerful quotes that reveal something, provoke thought, connect clearly to big ideas, etc.) Write at least 1 question per text that you want an answer to. Be prepared to discuss tomorrow.

Thesis and Claims