Friday, English I

Bellringer 1. Establish the point of view (what point of view is this story written in?) 2. How old does the narrator seem to be? 3. How does the age effect the telling of the story?

Common Core RL Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text RL Determine a theme or central idea of a text & analyze in detail its development over the course of the text Objectives: –SWBAT: read and state details/cite evidence from the reading –SWBAT: analyze the subject considering two different mediums: text and tedtalks

Chapter Two and Three Text-to-Self - Ex. First day of school, how you learned to read. Text-to-World - Ex. Scout and Miss Caroline relate to teachers struggles today with students Text-to-Text - Ex. First-person point of view that students are familiar with. Chapter 2 : 1. What “problem” did Scout run into on her first day of school? 2. What did the teacher, Miss Caroline, need to learn about the Cunninghams? Text- to-Self Text- to- World Text- to-Text

Chapter Three - Schools and Creativity Identify ways in which you learn the most effectively. Identify how Sir Ken Robinson suggests school kills creativity. ols_kill_creativity.html ols_kill_creativity.html Use the book to summarize Scout’s first day at school. How was Ms. Caroline killing Scouts creativity and desire to learn? Using information from the TEDTalk ARGUE whether or not Ms. Caroline is killing her creativity.

Chapter Three - Adults Can Learn from Kids Identify ways in which someone can behave childishly. Identify how Adora Svitak suggests that there is great insight to be gained from children. How does she say adults hamper themselves? Why is this bad? Use the book to summarize Scout’s first day at school. How was Ms. Caroline killing Scouts creativity and desire to learn? Using information from the TEDTalk ARGUE whether or not Ms. Caroline should embrace children and what they have to offer.

Exit Slip Atticus’ advice to Scout about how she could have had a better day – paraphrase. Do you agree? Why/Why not? Provide examples from your life.

HW Finish reading Ch.3 Answer questions on activelylearn.com o over Ch.’s 1-3 For Monday Begin Ch. 4, We will discuss Ch. 4 on Monday