April 29-May 35 weeks to go!

Do Now: 4/29-4/30

• What do you know about the Civil Rights movement in the United States?

• Give me your opinions on race and how people of different races are treated in the US?

• Do you see problems still? • How can we fix these?• 10mins• Table of Contents: Introduction to Race Relations in the

US…………..p.10

Big Question for our final Unit

• Copy onto 10R: How can race relation conflicts be resolved?

• Prompt: Compare and contrast race relations in the United States to those in South Africa. How are things similar? How are they different? How can these conflicts be resolved?

• Notes and information given today will be used in your essay!

• You will need a works cited page

Agenda

• Notes/Background on the race relations in the United States (30mins)

• Article read in small groups (Jim Crow laws, Brown vs. Board of education+ Minority group growth) + Discussion w/questions (35mins)

• Video on race relations issue (15mins)• Student led discussion (30mins)• Prompt for upcoming final essay (10mins)

Works cited page

• Record for every article: Title, today’s date• Direct quotations and paraphrased information• Answer questions on the board on a separate

sheet of paper!• What does paraphrased information mean?• CFU: What do you need to do for each article?

Article 1 Questions: Take notes 10R

• 15mins silent read + take notes

• Answer on a separate sheet of paper:

• What do these increases in minority groups mean for the United States? How will the economy and other aspects of politics be affected?

• Do you think these increasing numbers of minorities will have a positive or negative effect on the United States? Why?

• Do you think this trend of increasing minority populations will continue? If so what will happen to the “face” of the United States?

• Do you see things around you becoming more integrated (races coming together) or do you still think minorities are marginalized (pushed to the side)? Explain.

• DISCUSS

Article 2/3

• 20mins Silent read + Take notes on 10R

• Do you still think schools are segregated in the United States or do you think they are more integrated since Brown Vs. Board of education? Give an example.

• What is the NAACP? What role did they play in this court case?

• Look up the word: injunction What does this word mean? What was the injunction in Brown vs. Board of education?

• What was the national effect of Brown V. Board of education? How did it change American schools?

• How does Brown v. Board of education affect us today?

• What were the Jim Crow laws?

• How did the Jim Crow laws hold African Americans back in society?

• DISCUSS

Media Clips

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZhSNiTQuqo• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGHLdr-iak• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=KebHqCxOGZY

Student led Discussion Prep

• What are your ideas about immigration reform and policy?• Can you come up with another way to achieve citizenship?• Reflect on the readings from today. What stood out to you the most

and why?• Do you think things have come a long way since Jim Crow and

Brown vs. Board of Education? Do you think the US still needs to grow in terms of treatment of minorities?

• Share a story either from the news or from personal experience where you have witnessed either equal treatment based on race or inequal treatment? What does this show about out country?

• Come up with questions to ask each other about any of the topics we covered in class today.

Prompt for final essay

• Compare and contrast race relations in the United States to those in South Africa. How are things similar? How are they different? How can these conflicts be resolved?

• Exit Slip:• Brainstorm at least five ideas of what you want

to address in this essay!

Do Now 5/1

•The CST is approaching!!!!!!!!!!!•Please write one goal you have for the English CST•Be specific! What do you want to focus on?•5mins •Make it a good one!!! You will come to back to this!•Table of Contents: CST………..11

5/1: Agenda

• Take out a piece of paper• CST workshop #2 • Rotations:• 1. Intermediate Paragraph Corrections 10mins

(in groups)• 2. My Trip in a Time Machine Writing (Silent)

20mins-reward for the most entertaining story!• 3. Prose vs. Poetry Reading comprehension• 15mins (Silent)

Notebook Setup

• Pass out reading materials• What are the basic elements in every plot? What

is dialogue? What are external/internal conflicts? What does the word theme mean? What is a fictional narrative?

• Table of Contents Page: Plot/Narrative Fiction………page 12

• 10mins

Objective + Goal Set

SWBAT: use plot structure to draft a fictional narrative with a clear beginning, middle and end

SWBAT: identify and analyze the plot of their independent and guided reading books.(5mins) Based on the objectives set two goals for this class period!

Example: I will be able to identify all plot elements in my independent and guided reading book.

It can be behavior related as well!

At the end of class you will evaluate if you met your goal or not.

Agenda

• Picture and Chart (Brainstorm) 10mins• Review Plot Elements 5 mins• Narrative Writing Assignment (35mins or more)• Reading Program: Plot Elements (Create your

own diagram for your guided reading book)• GOALSSSSSSSS

Brainstorm: 12R

• Brainstorm about the characters and events in these images. Fill out the characters, setting, events, chart in your notebook as you view the image.

• I will leave each picture up for 2mins only so write down as much as you can for your story!

Jackson Pollack

• Bullet 1• Bullet 2

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Brainstorm

• Draw the plot diagram in your notebook and map the story out!

• Label the internal conflict• Label the external conflict• Written in the first person through one

character’s perspective• 10mins

Assignment

• Narrative Writing with an emphasis on plot!• You need to: Choose one of the images. Write

from one character's (in the painting) point of view. You may write about the character's feelings and thoughts, tell the story that leads up to the picture, or narrate the events that follow. Don’t only describe the picture but invent an original story related to the event illustrated. (1and a half to 2 pages)

• Contest info!

Reading Program: Plot

• Table of Contents: Plot Elements……p. depends on progress

• Conferences

• 1. Draw the plot diagram

• 2. Fill in the details for each step of the plot

• (this will vary depending on where you are in the book)

• 3. Explain what step in the plot you are in and why!

• 20mins IR

• 10mins Write

• 5-10mins Discuss

Exit Slip: Goals!!!

• Did you meet your goals? If yes, how did you meet them? If no how can you improve?

• Set two more goals for next week! They can be behavior or academic related (think about your final projects!)

• AND THE CST!!!!!!! (AHHHH)• NOW IS THE TIME TO DO YOUR BEST!!!!!• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=ALJu7YPMNBI&playnext=1&list=PL0695518149FF33C5&feature=results_main