1. 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

2. 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”

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

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

5. 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…

6. 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

7. 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.

8. Thesis and Claims