TRASH Day 38 (3/7): Into the Wild, Ch. 1-5

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Warm Up:
Voice Lessons: Diction Lesson 1

Standards:
ELAGSE11-12RL1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
ELAGSE11-12RL2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
ELAGSE11-12RL3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
ELAGSE11-12RL4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)
ELAGSE11-12RL5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
ELAGSE11-12RL6 Analyze a case in which grasping point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).

Learning Intention:
  • Students will engage with the themes of a nonfiction text, drawing on their experiences and other texts.
Success Criteria:
  • Students will contribute meaningfully to the conversation about the text in class, drawing from the text to support their responses.
Agenda:
  • Into the Wild, Ch. 1-5
    • Reading Check
    • Literacy Circles
Homework:
  • TS/IS, Ch. 3
    • Read for Tomorrow, Qs by Thursday
  • Focus Project: Pitch Pre-write and Draft due Friday
  • Into the Wild, Ch. 6-10 (Thursday)

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