We will be reading various selections from the time period of the Civil War through the Civil Rights Movement. In order to understand the time periods these selections talk about we will be building a classroom timeline that goes from the 1600s through the present.
TASK: Create a timeline for your assigned section. With your group read the events within your assigned time frames. Choose the important events and summarize them ON your timeline. Write neatly ( first in pencil) and be sure to spell things correctly. We will be adding these timeline pieces together and creating a class timeline. As you are creating your section be thinking (and be ready to share out): What different perspectives or points of view do you see regarding the equal rights of the African American? |
Unit Questions:How did the point of view of a slave owner differ from that of a slave?
Explain the differences of opinion between a slave owner and an abolitionist? How did the point of view of a white person differ from that of a black person during the Civil Rights Movement? What other forms of inequality has our culture seen? How is inequality still seen today in our world? Our country? Our town? Our school? |
Short Stories and Articles of Interest
What do you do when you come across something that is difficult to read or is about something that is not familiar to you? Is it hard to stay focused? Do you have a strategy to help you ATTACK the passage? Follow "THE" strategy to help you understand difficult passages or passages that are about topics you are not familiar to you.
T -- read the TITLE; think... what do you think it's going to be about?
H -- read the HEADINGS; think.. What will be included about this topic? Was my prediction about the title correct? If there are no headings ask yourself: How is it organized?
E -- read EVERY first sentence of EVERY paragraph; think...what is the gist of this passage? What is it probably mostly about? What questions do I have that I think might be answered in this passage?
We will practice using THE strategy with the articles below.
T -- read the TITLE; think... what do you think it's going to be about?
H -- read the HEADINGS; think.. What will be included about this topic? Was my prediction about the title correct? If there are no headings ask yourself: How is it organized?
E -- read EVERY first sentence of EVERY paragraph; think...what is the gist of this passage? What is it probably mostly about? What questions do I have that I think might be answered in this passage?
We will practice using THE strategy with the articles below.
Poetry
GOALS: Understanding how to read and understand poetry.
Identifying text features and characteristics of poetry.
Five Tips:
1.Try to understand poetry. Poetry is different from other types of writing for several reasons. It talks about your heart and your feelings. Recognize that. It also uses language in an unusual way, and may use unusual words.
2.Read a poem aloud more than once. Listen to the sound of it, like music.
3.Decide if the poet is trying to write a sad, happy, mad, exciting, anxious, etc. poem? If it's a sad poem, let it sink into your heart. Try to feel the emotion that's being written about.
4. Expect that there will be more than you can see at first when you read a poem. Reading the poem over a couple times often helps you see more in the poem than you did the first time you read it.
5.Take time to think over a poem after you read it. Sometimes one poem requires more thought than another. 'Translate' the poem. Although it might not be in a different language, try changing the order of a line of the poem which helps a lot to understand it.
Think about and use these strategies as we read the following poems. You will be using the discussion questions you have been given to guide you through understanding the message of these poems.
Identifying text features and characteristics of poetry.
Five Tips:
1.Try to understand poetry. Poetry is different from other types of writing for several reasons. It talks about your heart and your feelings. Recognize that. It also uses language in an unusual way, and may use unusual words.
2.Read a poem aloud more than once. Listen to the sound of it, like music.
3.Decide if the poet is trying to write a sad, happy, mad, exciting, anxious, etc. poem? If it's a sad poem, let it sink into your heart. Try to feel the emotion that's being written about.
4. Expect that there will be more than you can see at first when you read a poem. Reading the poem over a couple times often helps you see more in the poem than you did the first time you read it.
5.Take time to think over a poem after you read it. Sometimes one poem requires more thought than another. 'Translate' the poem. Although it might not be in a different language, try changing the order of a line of the poem which helps a lot to understand it.
Think about and use these strategies as we read the following poems. You will be using the discussion questions you have been given to guide you through understanding the message of these poems.