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Please visit the RESOURCES page for Mandatory Tutoring list, Achieve Tracker, and iReady Schedule. DUE TODAY - HOMEWORK CORNER 1. iReady: The benchmark for this week is 24 lessons. Due by 10/5 (Friday). 2. Achieve: For History, please complete "Post WWII World: More Schools, More Hope?" Due by 10/5 (Friday) 3. Vocabulary packet DUE WEDNESDAY. 4. Any unfinished classwork must be completed. Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.9 Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new. Objective: SWBAT explain how the events and characters in Fahrenheit 451 mirror the characters and concepts in Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" by writing a CEEEEL paragraph. Guiding Question: How are the characters and events of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" similar to the characters and events of Fahrenheit 451? DO NOW- Warm Up Questions (7 minutes) After receiving today's packet, scholars will answer the following questions silently and independently: 1. What do Montag and Mildred do after Beatty leaves their apartment? 2. How does Mildred feel about what they are doing? 3. What does Montag hope about books? DIRECT- Guided Reading (10 minutes) We will read p.65-69 together as a class. As we read, think about this question: According to Montag, what is the problem with his society? Scholars will complete the provided graphic organizer on page 1 of the packet (answering the question, and citing textual evidence). DIRECT- Intro to Plato and "Allegory of the Cave" (15 minutes) We will briefly introduce the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato as well as key vocabulary. As we watch the video on "Allegory of the Cave" scholars will complete the graphic organizer on page 2 of the packet. Who are the characters? What is the setting? What is happening? What are the key events/actions? What is the lesson, or symbolic meaning? INDEPENDENT- Summary Writing (7 minutes) Scholars will have 7 minutes to write a 4-5 sentence summary of the "Allegory of the Cave" video on page 3 of the packet. Scholars will be given a word bank, and will need to include all words in the bank in their summaries. Ms. Francavillo will be providing in the moment feedback and stamping. COLLABORATIVE- Comparing the Stories (12 minutes) Scholars will have 12 minutes to complete the graphic organizer on page 4 of the packet: Scholars will match each provided element from "Allegory of the Cave" to a character/story element/object/idea in Fahrenheit 451. Then, they must write a justification. EXIT TICKET- CEEEEL (15 minutes) Scholars will then answer today's guiding question in the form of a CEEEEL paragraph on page 5 of the packet. PLEASE USE THE CHECKLIST FOR SUCCESS!!!! With any extra time, scholars will complete a Learning Log, followed by iReady and Achieve. Comments are closed.
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