B1 needs to pick up the questions sheets for the March Book Assignment.
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Announcements and Reminders:
 That includes book projects for January and February, the cell phone essay, the police report about Queenie and Arthur, spelling make-up work, other make-up for lost points, and anything else that is due before that date. Also, no extra credit work will be accepted after the same deadline. I hope to be able to use Lab 211 today during Cave Time for those who need to finish up their brochures. Students received the March Book assignment last time. See the post for last time to download the handouts: Genre: Your choice as long as it is 100 pages long or longer and at an appropriate reading level for you, and would be approved by your parents and teacher. The book has to tell a story -- either fiction or nonfiction. Extra credit is available for those who are good for the substitute teacher next time! |
Today’s Agenda:
1. Individual Reading and sign up for your book of the month -- Your choice of genre (B1 needs to pick up the questions sheets for the March Book Assignment.) (If you were not here last time, also pick up the assignment handout.) 2. Prepare to write your Informative Essay about the Gettysburg Address: Essay: 500 words or less Questions: 1. What does the Gettysburg Address mean to you? 2. How can you apply the Gettysburg Address to improve your life and the lives of others?
Today's Preparation:
Finish watching and taking notes on the four videos from The History Channel.
1. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/gettysburg-address
2. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/gettysburg-address/videos/the-battle-of-gettysburg 3. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/gettysburg-address/videos/273-words-to-a-new-america 4. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/gettysburg-address/videos/battle-to-end-slavery
Last time:
B5: Videos 1 and 2 -- took notes
B6: Videos 1, 2, 3, 4 -- took notes B7: Videos 1, 2, 3 -- took notes B8: Videos 1, 2, 3, 4 -- took notes
Listen to The Gettysburg Address:
Look Closely at the Text of The Gettysburg Address:
In small groups answer questions about the Address.
Read and respond to the answers from other groups.
Can you offer further insight?
What other helpful thoughts can you add?
If extra time: Sparkle? How They Croaked?
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If you were absent:
View the videos and study the Gettysburg Address. Carefully read the Address and answer the questions below this box on your own or as you discuss with a parent, other adult, sibling, or friend.
If you won't be back Thursday, email me your choice of book for the March Book of the Month.
If you did not finish the nonfiction brochure, here are the templates and grading rubric: Templates for making the brochure:
Use this one if the one above will not work on your computer:
You will print it, tape the two sides together back-to-back, and fold it into a brochure.
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Vocabulary:
Conceive – to form a notion or idea
Proposition – a suggestion that something be done or thought about
Engaged – to be occupied with a task
Endure – to continue to exist or last
Consecrate – to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate
Hallow – to honor as holy or sacred
Detract – to draw away or divert attention
Devotion – dedication, or commitment to a cause
Vain – without real significance or value
Perish – to pass away or disappear
TEXT ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
- What happened "four score and seven years ago"? Why does Lincoln start with this?
- In the first sentence, what does Lincoln tell us about this new nation?
- What is being tested by this war?
- What impact does starting the second paragraph with "now" have on its meaning?
- When Lincoln says the nation was "so conceived and so dedicated" what is he referring to?
- What is the point including the phrase "or any nation so conceived and so dedicated" - what would the sentence mean without it?
- What if Lincoln had used the verb "start" instead of "conceive?"
- What are the people who are assembled at Gettysburg there to do?
- What did those who fought at Gettysburg do that those who have gathered cannot?
- What is the impact of starting the third paragraph with "but"?
- What does Lincoln describe as the impact of those who fought at Gettysburg?
- What does Lincoln mean by "the great task remaining"?
- What is the unfinished work that those listening to the speech are asked to achieve?
- How does Lincoln use the idea of "unfinished work" to assign responsibility to his listeners?
- What specific ideas does Lincoln ask his listeners to commit themselves to at the end of his speech?
- "Increased devotion to that cause". What cause is this?
- How does the meaning of the word "dedicate" change over the course of the text, and what does it reveal about the Gettysburg address?
(From EngageNY.org of the NewYork State Education Department. Internet. Available from http://www.engageny.org/resource/common-core-exemplar-for-high-school-ela-lincoln-s-gettysburg-address; accessed September 12, 2013.)
