1. Shared Literary Elements: Outcasts October 6-7

2. Do Now Copy the Following Roots: Sent, Sens Meaning: Feel Examples: sentiment, consent, resent, dissent, sentimental, sense, sensation, sensitive, sensory, dissension

3. Let’s Practice 1.The ointment gave me a horrible burning sens-________. 2.“My spider Sens-______ is tingling”! 3.There’s no need to be so sens-__ when receiving criticism. 4.I always become very sent-_______ when looking at old family pictures. 5.We always should try to earn our parents ______-sent before going out.

4. Essential Question How does comparing and contrasting texts from different cultures add meaning and deepen our understanding?

5. Reading Read the Article “Kenya’s Youngest ‘Outcasts” Emerge From Shadows” See Website for Copy

6. Article Discussion Questions 1. What is the author’s purpose in writing this article? Is it to entertain, inform, or persuade you? Provide one example from the article to prove your answer.

7. Article Discussion 2. Based on what we read today, what can we assume (infer) about Alice and Mike’s culture? Provide an example from the article to prove your point.

8. Article Discussion 3. As it is used in paragraph 3, what does the term menial mean? Definition -not requiring much skill and lacking prestige. "menial factory jobs"

9. Find Me One statement in the article that is a fact Copy the Quote and Be Prepared to Explain Why One statement in the article that is an opinion. Copy the Quote and Be Prepared to Explain Why

10. Compare/Contrast What: Non-Fiction Article & Sundiata Where: Page 1007-1015 Task: Find 4 Similarities Between the Article and the Story

11. Find 4 Similarities Article Sundiata 1. 2. 3. 4.