1. Reminders (8-7-17) Vocabulary Quiz 6A – Friday
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2. Vocabulary unit 6A Practice
What do you remember?

3. Review of CEI
Guided Notes Handout

4. What is CEI
A formal paragraph that argues a position includes a CLAIM, EVIDENCE, and INTERPRETATION.
Claim: ONE sentence that states your OPINION about the topic and includes a REASON why
Must be arguable
Evidence: Words from the TEXT that prove your claim. These are FACTS.
Quotes from the text you are using
Expert opinion
Interpretation: THREE sentences that explain how the evidence SUPPORTS the claim.

5. RECAP of CEI Claim= OPINION Evidence= FACTS
Interpretation= YOUR OWN IDEAS

6. Claim smackdown

7. Prompt #1 Write a claim in response to the prompt below:
Which is the better chicken restaurant, Chick-Fil-A or Zaxby’s?

8. Prompt #2
What is the best piece of advice for 9th graders?

9. Prompt #3
What is the main conflict in the story, “Two Kinds”?

10. Two Perspectives on Cultural Identity
Reading Purpose (video clip): Jot down any info about Friday Kahlo’s life, art, and cultural identity
Video Clip: intro to The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo

11. Two Perspectives on Cultural Identity
Read & Discuss article – share evidence.
Reading Purpose (text): What key ideas and details help you understand Kahlo’s life, art, and cultural identity?
Consider: What did you learn from the article that you didn’t in the video? What did you learn from the video that you didn’t in the article? What is the purpose of ‘reading’ them both?

12. Self-Portrait on the Borderline Between Mexico and the United States (Frida Kahlo)
OPTIC analysis (handout)
How did the information about the artist’s life help you to understand the artwork?
What is the conflict presented in the artwork?
Write a claim in response to the question: What is Frida Kahlo’s cultural identity?