Today's Objective: Students will use examples from the text to support their own arguments.
Today's SAT Word: Fiasco (n) - A complete failure.
"The Jets defense hoped to stop the attack, but the game turned into a complete fiasco with a final score of 35-0."
Today's Soundtrack: "Cleaning Out My Closet" (radio edit) by Eminem
We have chosen this song today because it speaks of a child's frustration and a mother's disappointment. Today in class, we will conclude our reading of Amy Tan's "Two Kinds," and we will examine the challenge of a frustrated and disappointed relationship between mother and child.
Today's Warm-Up Question: “PICK ONE OF THESE ISSUES AND TELL ME WHERE YOU STAND ON IT AND WHY.”
Select one of the following issues and tell me what your stance on that issue is. After selecting the issue and telling me your stance on it, give me THREE REASONS why you feel the way that you do about that particular issue.
ABORTION
DEATH PENALTY
CELL PHONES IN SCHOOL
SCHOOL UNIFORMS
Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.
Tonight's Homework:
Respond to the following WriteAbout question in your Reader/Writer Notebook:
•Write your own 1-2 minute dialogue between two individuals (real or fictional), like the author, Amy Tan, did. Apply the conventions for punctuating dialogue.
•Make your dialogue realistic so that it reveals more about your characters and thechallenge you are writing about.
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