1. “O Captain! my Captain!” Write down your homework: Writer’s Notebook – BINGO choice

2. Weekly Objectives Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text. Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another.

3. Warm-up: Writing Time Take out your Writer’s Notebook. Turn to a clean page and write today’s date at the top. Title the page: Sacred Writing Time

4. Sacred Writing Time Did you come to class with an idea to write about? As soon as class starts, quietly make that pencil dance! It’s September 11. Today is “9-11 Remembrance Day.” How will you show your respect? Trivial Fact of the Day: The shortest war on record was fought between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasting only 38 minutes. Interesting Quote of the Day: “I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.” --Nadezhda Mandelstam (Russian author of Hope Against Hope) Vocabulary Word of the Day: leviathan (noun) – This word refers to any large marine animal, such as a whale. Ask your science teacher what the three largest leviathans are.

5. Lines and Phrases Activity Number each chunk of text. Cut apart the text and set aside the pieces that are not in bold print. Read the bold print text aloud at your table.

6. Background http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVuqY kI2jQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVuqY kI2jQ Primary Sources –Diary –Newspaper Articles

7. Making Meaning Now, let’s go back to the text to deepen our understanding.

8. Closure: Evaluate How do outside primary sources help us to better understand what we are reading?

9. Application Take out your “Courage Is…” handout.

10. Homework: Writer’s Notebook ~ Bingo Choice