1.4.9 Roots, "Finest" Ch 8-9, Expert Evidence

Learners can:

• determine the meaning of new words

• recognize the meaning of a word in a sentence

• Aud: to hear or to listen

• Cert: true or sure

• Dem: people

• Man: hand

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Root Review

Learners can:

• recall details from Chapters 8 and 9 of The Finest Hours

• summarize a chapter of the text

• Flotsam: material from a shipwreck that is floating in the water or washed ashore

• Incredulous: unwilling or unable to believe something

• De Facto: in fact or in effect

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Vocab

Today, you will read Chapters 8 and 9 of The Finest Hours. Your focus should be on enjoying and getting into the story. As you read, make annotations about:

• questions

• emotional responses

• items of interest

Additionally, consider how what you read connects to the inquiry question: Are we better together?

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First Read

• Should include only the most important information from the story

• Should have information from the beginning, middle, and end of the passage.

• You should avoid including your own opinions or reactions

• Include Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How

• Include Transition Words

Summary Strategies

Learners can:

• incorporate expert evidence into an argumentative writing project 

Today, you:

• reviewed affixes and roots;

• completed a first read of Chapters 8 and 9 of The Finest Hours; and

• integrated expert evidence into your argumentative writing outline.

Continue to think about ways in which The Finest Hours and your work in ELA address this unit's inquiry question: Are we better together?

Wrap Up

After you complete the summary, and add introductions to your evidence, the rest of class is choice time. You can be working on:
-iReady Reading Practice
-Silent Reading
-Get help from Mrs. Massack
-Overdue Edio Lessons

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Choice Time