Black+Hawk+Down+Week+2

//Journaling// //Can we finish the intros?// //Reading chapter 1 and 2. Questions at the end.// //Silent reading and journals// //Review answers from pre-reading session.// //Hand out work packages.// //Read chapter 1 aloud//
 * //16 September//**
 * //15 September//**
 * //14 September//**

//Silent reading...//

//Pre-reading: The Contender//

//American Civil Rights Movement//

//Civil rights museum//

//Harlem in the 60's//

//Read chapter 1 aloud//

//Silent reading / Silent writing// //Work on 'Introduce Yourself'. Presentations begin tomorrow.//
 * //13 September//**

//Silent reading. You need to have a book now.// //Instruction and time for paragraph writing for 'Introduce Yourself'// //* Have a catchy first line. Get our attention!// //* Rather than just reporting back what your interviewee said, stylize the writing to really promote what you learned about the person. Make it even more interesting than it seemed. This is writing for your audience (us!).// //* Full sentences.// //* End the piece by explaining why we should feel LUCKY to have this person in our class.// //TOMORROW: The Contender//
 * //12 September//**

media type="youtube" key="CMVA4f-FPII?fs=1" height="385" width="480" media type="custom" key="6924921" //Silent reading....reminder of detentions and library visit.// //Journal ... goal of 100 words. Hand in at the end.// //POSSIBLE JOURNAL QUESTION...'What makes a person truly strong?'// media type="youtube" key="m3QmuH1NW9Q?fs=1" height="385" width="640"
 * //16 September//**

//Today, I would like you to focus on setting and conflict, and how it relates to perspective / identity Your job is to finish the reading to end of chapter 3, and answer this question in a paragraph (I will show you EXACTLY how I would like this to be done).//

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//LOOKING AHEAD -- At the end of chapter three you will have the following assignment --//

//* In each of the opening three chapters, you are required to make one of three possible connections: Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-World.// //* At the end of chapter three, you will choose one of the connections to be the thesis of a three-paragraph essay.//

//Paragraph 1: introduction -- explain the situation in the book; what lead up to it; what is happening; what is being said?// //Paragraph 2: Connection -- explain the type of connection and what it was. Be detailed. Create imagery where possible.// //Paragraph 3: Extend -- explain why this section of the book stuck out in your mind. Why do you think something like this is relevant enough to make a connection with you.//




 * //15 September//**

//Silent reading and ensuing rage.//

//REMINDER: Tomorrow is journal day (skipped Tuesday). Have something to write it in, as I will be collecting it.//

//Review notes from Tuesday. Add the following://

**Jargon** is [|terminology] which is especially defined in relationship to a specific activity, profession, or group.

//Today, I would like you to focus on setting and conflict, and how it relates to perspective / identity Your job is to finish the reading to end of chapter 3, and answer this question in a paragraph (I will show you EXACTLY how I would like this to be done).//

//**How does the use of jargon in the opening chapters work to create setting and tone? Use specific examples and explain their effect.**//

//I really need you to make notes for this -- jot ideas down on your page (not the book). For example//

//They were products of rigorous selection and training. They were fit and fast. With their buff bodies, distinct crew cuts - sides and back of the head shaved clean - and grunted Creates an energetic atmosphere and tone. Very positive and excited protagonist. //Hoo-ah //greeting, the Rangers were among the most gung-ho soldiers in the Army. --//

 //Get reading! //

//Silent reading...record names w/o books.// //'Introductions' project goes up tomorrow. Hand in paragraphs today, please.// //Review identity and perspective...// //LEADING QUESTION --// //How do you think that **perspective** could play a role during a civil war? How could this change when a third party (like a foreign country) is introduced?//
 * //14 September (Tuesday)//**

//View:﻿//

media type="youtube" key="pRAsT5EBXZo?fs=1" height="385" width="480" //﻿// media type="youtube" key="4V4joY1VwQM?fs=1" height="385" width="480" //﻿In your notebook, under the title CHAPTER 1, identify the following:// //Setting, protagonist(s), conflict, tone, perspective...I will review when needed.// //﻿Reading the rest of chapter 1.// //﻿// //Silent reading ... check for novels...detain those w/o.// //Continue / Complete interview piece. Presentations.// //INTRODUCE THE IDEA OF **IDENTITY AND PERSPECTIVE**// //Mental Warehousing -- What is a civil war? What are possible or probable causes for civil war? Connect to Somalia.//
 * //13 September//**

media type="youtube" key="aR2eivEqHZg?fs=1" height="385" width="480" media type="youtube" key="fqTNqEyt2zE?fs=1" height="385" width="480" //Sign out books.// //Read...//