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Homework:Homework:- Read “Listening” Interview 170-173- Supplies (Due 9/14)- Signup for TurnItIn (Due 9/14)

Content ObjectiveContent Objective: : Students will read and annotate a text in order to develop a claim, as a group, and support it with the most relevant textual evidence.

Language ObjectiveLanguage Objective: : Students will annotate to show their understanding of the text and assist them in creating and supporting a claim based on the text.

StoryCorps began with the idea that everyone has an important story to tell. Since 2003, this remarkable project has been collecting the stories of everyday Americans and preserving them for future generations. In New York City and in mobile recording booths traveling the country—from small towns to big cities, at Native American reservations and an Army post—StoryCorps is collecting the memories of Americans from all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. The project represents a wondrous nationwide celebration of our shared humanity, capturing for posterity the stories that define us and bind us together.

StoryCorps Intro:

In Listening Is an Act of Love, StoryCorps founder and legendary radio producer Dave Isay selects some of the most remarkable stories from the already vast collection and arranges them thematically into a moving portrait of American life. The voices here connect us to real people and their lives—to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds.To read this book is to be reminded of how rich and varied the American storybook truly is, how resistant to easy categorization or caricature. Above all, this book honors the gift each StoryCorps participant has made, from the raw material of his or her life, to the Americans who will come after. We are our history, individually and collectively, and Listening Is an Act of Love touchingly reminds us of this powerful truth.

Listening Is An Act Of Love:

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A short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay, research paper, etc., and is developed, supported, and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence.

Claim Statement:

1) Listen to the interview2) Silently and independently read and annotate the text3) Work in groups to create claim statement and

evidence4) Share out

Agenda:

1) Identify individual’s dream(s) and idea(s) of happiness.2)Identify conflicts that they face in achieving their dream(s).3)Identify literary elements4)Explain the significance of the literary elements5)What is/are Sam’s dreams?3) Identify what lengths they were willing to go to in order to achieve their dream(s)5) Make connections outside the text6) What questions do you have? What words do you not understand?

Annotation Guidelines:

Based on your understanding and annotations of the text, create a claim and support it with the most relevant

textual evidence:

Claim:

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Most Relevant Evidence:

Evidence: (Provide a direct quote from the text)

How does this evidence support the claim?

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How does this passage connect to the American Dream?

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1) Why do our stories matter? 2) Is the act of listening a lost art in our culture? 3) In what ways will being better listeners change the world around us? 4) Why do we—or do we—care more about celebrity stories than our own?

Discussion Questions: