Wednesday, 9/3 1. PICK UP A RUBRIC FROM THE TRAY 2. FIND YOUR ASSIGNED SEAT 3. LOOK OVER THE RUBRIC SILENTLY AND WRITE DOWN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE 4. TURN IN ANY PARENT SIGNATURES AND FEES TO ME.

Teacher Questions

Annotation Rubric Underlining or highlighting the main idea and/or importance sentences.  Present in all paragraphs/passages  Stick to the points that really standout  Are brief and specific  Present in some paragraphs/passages  Might include insignificant details  Some highlighted portions are too long  Missing in most paragraphs/passages  Include mostly random passages  The highlighted portions are extremely long Not present 1.Boxing words that are unfamiliar or unknown and define them.  All problematic vocabulary is looked up and defined (either from a dictionary or context clues)  Some vocabulary is looked up and defined, but not all  The vocabulary definitions are really sparse Not present 1.Summarizing paragraphs and/or adding your own commentary  The text includes a summary or reaction after each paragraph (paraphrasing, reaction, commenting, evaluating…)  The text has a summary or reaction after a majority of the paragraphs.  All of the summaries reflect understanding of the selection  The text has very few summaries or reactions.  Some of the summaries don’t reflect understanding of the text. Not present 1.Use the question mark (?) to signify moments of confusion or to disagree with, or question the author.  There are questions marks signifying a misunderstanding or a disagreement with what the author is saying  There are some question marks, but they are in typically problematic sections. This shows comprehension.  There are few question marks.  Question marks seem thrown on and not deliberate. Not present 1.Writing questions about the text or about a something related to the text that you may have.  There are many questions throughout the text.  All questions vary in level and difficulty. (See Below)  There are some questions throughout the text.  The questions vary in level and difficulty.  Very few questions for the length of the text.  Questions do not vary in level and difficulty. Not present

Question Types 1. Knowledge 2. Comprehension 3. Application 4. Analysis 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation

At the American History Museum, a Splintered Past One day a couple of decades ago, strolling through the National Museum of American History, I came upon something astonishing: a glass case in which were preserved the remains of a tree that once stood at Spotsylvania Courthouse in Virginia but had been shredded down to a four-foot trunk by unimaginably brutal gunfire during the bloody battle there of May All the violence and insanity of warfare somehow were encapsulated in that pockmarked hunk of deadwood; it was history in the raw

Take 5 minutes to read and annotate paragraph 2 by yourself.

Turn to an elbow partner and discuss some of the things you annotated/noted

Several years later, when the same museum was according pride of exhibition place to Archie Bunker's armchair, I went back to see the tree trunk. I looked for a couple of hours, but could not find it. The memory of this fruitless quest nagged at me thereafter, and I mentioned it a few months ago in an exchange with a reader who was troubled by current trends at the museum. It's back, he replied, but you'll be surprised where you find it... if you find it at all.

Homework FINISH READING AND ANNOTATING THE ARTICLE (DUE TOMORROW) PARENT SIGNATURES AND $10 (DUE FRIDAY) SUPPLIES (DUE MONDAY)