1. Library Day!! Get Your Books!
Wednesday August 31, 2016
Today you will need:
Binder
Pencil
Freedom Riders Handouts
Bell Challenge Handout
Novel
Library Day!! Get Your Books!

2. Wednesday August 31, 2016 Today’s Agenda
Independent Reading
Bell Challenge: Invitation to Compare & Contrast
Freedom Riders Lesson
Complete the T-Chart for “Black” & “White” America
Writing Prompt
Mini-Lesson: Author’s Purpose
Exit Ticket: Written Response

3. 10 Minutes of Independent Reading
Library Day Activity

4. Bell Challenge What do you notice?
Invitation to Compare & Contrast Compare and contrast the model sentence from yesterday with the imitation sentence below. IMITATION SENTENCE Eventually he chose psychology, the study of behavior and mind, as his major at The University of Mississippi.
How are these sentences alike & different?

5. Criteria for Success…
At the end of today’s lesson, we will compare and contrast the text Freedom Riders, using a t-chart to analyze how the lives of “Black” and “White” Americans was different.
At the end of today’s lesson, we will analyze the text Freedom Riders to determine the author’s purpose and central idea of the text.

6. Freedom Riders Independent Task Continuation
You will…
continue to read Freedom Riders and track your thinking using the t-chart.
Purpose for Reading: to analyze and track the differences and similarities between “Black America” & “White America”.

7. Written Response to Task
Respond to the following prompt:
Explain how the photographs presented in the text effect how the reader understands the similarities and differences between “Black” & “White” America.

8. Author’s Purpose Mini-Lesson
What do you know about the phrase author’s purpose?

11. Freedom Riders Author’s Purpose Task
You will…
Complete the graphic organizer for author’s purpose for the text Freedom Riders.
You must support your analysis with evidence from the text.

12. What do you know about central idea?
Mini-Lesson: Central
What do you know about central idea?

15. Freedom Riders Central Idea Task
You will…
Complete the graphic organizer for central idea identifying key individuals, events, or ideas presented in the text.
You must cite textual evidence and support your response with a valid explanation.

16. Freedom Riders Written Analysis
Respond to the following prompt. Remember to use your organizers & cite evidence from the text.
Prompt
Write a brief response paragraph on Freedom Riders identifying the author's purpose and the central idea of the text with support.