1. Do Now 12/10/14 1.In spiral notebooks, write today’s date and title Roots and Prefixes. Please copy the following notes: Prefix dis- means not or opposite of – disagreement – dissatisfied – dislike – Disapprove – Disrespect Write 4 more examples on your own for dis- Root –jud- means to judge – prejudice – prejudicial (harmful) – judiciously (carefully) – judgment – Related words include just, justice, jury, justify

2. Learning Targets/Objectives 1.Students will write an objective summary of the text “Equal Rights for Women” using their gist notes and writing skills.

3. Agenda 12/10/14 1.Do now 2.Objectives & agenda review 3.Collect HW for check in 4.Post it note chunk gist 5.Gist review and graphic organizer fill in 6.Writing time on looseleaf 7.HW – finish objective summary

4. Gist Model Notes 1.Women are not able to get any job they want because people assume that women are different than men and as so, cannot hold the same jobs. 2.Both women and African Americans have been discriminated against, but it is getting better for African Americans and not for women. 3.Although women make up more than half of the population, they have very few leadership jobs. 4.Awareness of discrimination against women is rising, and a law to protect women would help change attitudes. 5.The Equal Rights Amendment is important because current laws aren’t working to protect women. 6.Women don’t need special protection; they need equality.

5. Quiz Friday 12/12 = Study Guide Frayer Model: taking a stand: examples, meaning, characteristics Gist, summary statements Claims and central idea of a text -jud-, dis- (Wednesday’s class) Opposing claims, opposing viewpoint (Thursday’s class) Test Next Wednesday on similar topics