September 1, 2015
E.Q: Identify important quotes that epitomize the idea of change and analyze their meaning.
Make connections between the text and the big idea of change.
Obj: I can identify important quotes from the text and analyze their significance.
I can make connection between the text and the big idea of change.
Starter:
Look over your double entry journal notes and discussion questions from yesterday.
Discussion Questions to Consider:
Rationalize Thoreau's perception of jail. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
Rationalize whether or not peaceful protest is even possible.
Evaluate Thoreau's opinion of majority vs. minority.
Evaluate how the government benefits and oppresses our dreams.
You will be responding to these questions in the chalk talk.
Write down a few responses to the questions to prep yourself.
Vocabulary:
Use this document to follow along with the vocab for this unit.
Make sure to make a copy of it in your folder, and make the appropriate additions.
Activity:
1. Chalk Talk
Respond to the appropriate discussion question on the corresponding poster.
Discussion Questions
Rationalize Thoreau's perception of jail. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
Rationalize whether or not peaceful protest is even possible.
Evaluate Thoreau's opinion of majority vs. minority.
Evaluate how the government benefits and oppresses our dreams.
2. Sharing Out
Each assigned group will be responsible for organizing a collaborative response based on the assigned poster.
Use your classmates responses to construct one comprehensive response to the question.
This will be what you share with everyone.
3. Partner Read
e-book Civil Disobedience
Read from "I have paid no poll-tax for six years" to "It was formerly the custom in our village" (Thoreau).
Use the scrible tool to summarize the main idea of each paragraph.
To support your interpretation, identify at least one quote that represents that idea.
Take screenshots and save them to your assignments folder.
This will serve as a back up for your notes.
Make sure to take quality notes.
4. Collaborative Notes
Work with one other group to compare notes.
What main ideas do you have in common?
What else do you need to add?
Closure:
Connect the text to the idea of change.
Explain how jail changed Thoreau.
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