1. Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School January 22, 2015

2. Preliminaries  Complete the Quickwrite activity on p. 564.

3. Objectives:  The students will be able to read critically.  Main idea  Inferred arguments  The students will be able to summarize and informational text.

4. Focus Lesson: “American…”  Video: “Struggles and Dreams”  “American History” (p. 565-571)  Pre-reading  Class Reading and Listening  Critical Thinking Activities  Question #1 on p. 574  Question #4 on p. 574

5. Homework: Ind. Reading  Finish reading independent reading books and have at least 50 QNTs already completed.