ALWG Ch 1 | Quality Annotations & Evidence-Based Writing

Objective: Jedis will be able to annotate the current chapter of ALWG according to the Jedi Annotations Bookmark, with emphasis on variety and depth of commentary. Jedis will be able to write a TIEAIEAC, using evidence from the text and thoughtful analysis to back up their claim.

Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.3 Analyze how characters, plot, and theme develop over the course of a text
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 Determine figurative and connotative meanings; analyze word choices on meaning and tone.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5 Analyze text structure, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1.B Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional, absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing or presentations.
Agenda:

1. Jedi Meditation & Journal
2. Unit 2: Survival: Final Writing assignment will be an argumentative essay responding to the following prompt:
• Should people in life-or-death situations be held accountable for their actions?
3. Introduction to ALWG | What is a memoir? Where is Sierra Leone? What should we keep in mind as we are reading?
4. Relevant Vocabulary
• political
• economic
• environmental
• coup d'état
• refugee
• Internally Displaced Person
• migration
• voluntary Migration
• forced Migration
5. Chapter 1 Annotations Focus:

• 5+ annotations per page
• Consistently identify annotations using the Jedi Annotation Bookmark symbols
• Uses a variety of all annotations every 2-3 pages to show deep, thorough understanding of text. :
• Ask clarifying questions;
• Record Main ideas/important details; 
• Make Relevant connections/Predictions; 
• Analyze author’s style through word choice, tone, literary devices; 
• Identify/define unknown words; 
• Track theme/Character development.
• Use appropriate college-ready diction and unit-specific vocabulary to create thoughtful, analytical, observant, factual, humorous, reflective, detailed, and interactive annotations connect back to larger understandings of the world and life.
• Only highlights are of evidence used in comprehension questions
• Chapter 1 TIEAIEAC
• What type of migration is most evident in Chapter 1?

Homework:

• Read 30
• Study for Central and South America (Trial 4 Oct 31/Nov 1)
• Retake Trial 3 by 10/30
• Chapter 1