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Warm-up

Warm-up. Last night’s homework was to read Ch.12. What do Jem and Scout experience for the first time ? Why is it important? What do the Finch children learn about the community Calpurnia comes from? What must Calpurnia be careful about in her two different worlds (work vs home)?.

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Warm-up

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  1. Warm-up • Last night’s homework was to read Ch.12. What do Jem and Scout experience for the first time? Why is it important? • What do the Finch children learn about the community Calpurnia comes from? What must Calpurnia be careful about in her two different worlds (work vs home)?

  2. Warm-up • Are there behaviors, attitudes, language shifts you have to make in your daily life to fit between two worlds? • Share with a partner • Write: What actions/behaviors/attitudes does your partner need to change to fit in for their “Different worlds?” How is this similar to Calpurnia in the book?

  3. Content Language Objective • revise a piece of writing by self-evaluating, chunking the text and improving the format and language using stems and diction enhancements

  4. Question • Why do you think many students don’t take the time to revise? • Turn and Talk- I thinks students don’t take time to revise … • Explain revision, why it is important, and how you can improve your revision skills.

  5. Thesis Revision • Underline your claim/thesis statement • Does your claim include TAG (title, author, genre)? • Did you capitalize and underline your title? • Did you define courage? • CHALLENGE: What can courage be compared to? • Draw a comparison in your definition with an analogy, metaphor, or simile Revise you thesis/claim.

  6. Thesis Share Out • Move around the room and share your revised thesis/claim with at least three people • You MUST read your thesis exactly as it is written. • When you return to your seat, revisit your claim to see what you would like to adjust.

  7. Citation Language • Circle your citation language • Add variety to your citation language by replacing with a variety of citation language • Word Bank: • depicts, proves, illustrates, validates, describes represents, clarifies, exemplifies illuminates, enlightens elucidates, expounds

  8. Punctuating Citations • Mark over your quotation marks so that they are dark and heavy • Parenthesis should go around the author’s last name and include the page number (Lee 45). CHALLENGE: Reduce your citations to the essential 4-6 words that convey the most meaning.

  9. Explanations • Take your explanations deeper by answering the following three questions: • What is going on in this example? (describe in your own words) • How does it show courage? • Is this a real example of courage today? (connect to text, world, or personal examples) CHALLENGE: Connect the level of courage back to the comparison you made in your thesis/claim.

  10. Conclude • The final question of the prompt asks: What conclusions or implications can you draw? • Did you answer the question using your own opinion about the historical, geographical, or social context of the time?

  11. Revise • Revise your original drat

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