AUTOBIOGRAPHIES UNIT Part 2Ghost Cat to…

Warm-Up

Try to determine the title of these Christmas songs.

1. The apartment of 2 psychiatrists.

2. The lad is a diminutive percussionist.

3. Decorate the entry-ways.

4. Sir Lancelot with laryngitis.

5. A B C D E F G H I J K M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Writing Test

Any questions before we begin?

Reasoning Questions

1. How does the culture of the author have an effect on his point of view? Give evidence from the poem.

2. What inferences can you make about the narrator’s opinions about reading and books? What evidence supports your inferences?

3. What assumptions can you make about the narrator, the librarian, and the grandparents based on the feelings inspired by the poem?

Connection with Art

1. What aspects of the Aztec culture are portrayed in this picture?

2. What are some of the different ways people have used over the centuries to record their individual and cultural memories?

3. How are these reflected in the pictures?

Response Journal

Why was it important to the speaker to show his grandparents how he had painted the Aztec warrior?

How else did his cultural background affect what he wrote in the poem?

Add “Why I am a Writer” and “Where the Rainbow Ends”

Writing Test

Introduction to Research

Handout Editorial (15A)1. What is the issue?2. What is the purpose of this article?3. What point of view did the author of the

article take?4. What about the point of view of the

people who were quoted?5. What data or evidence are presented?6. What are the consequences of taking

this action?

Developing and Issue

Give handout #15B The issue must be a real world problem.

What are some examples? The issue must have stakeholders who may

win or lose something. They have differing points of view.

The issue must be researchable. (Evidence to support different points of view.)

The issue must be important enough for someone to spend time researching it.

Research Model (handout #15c) We will be going to the media center for

NCWISEOWL demonstration and research

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