Mr. Moshé’s Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Before you read:

1. What is “Biography”?
2. Who was Harriet Tubman?
3. What is the difference between the Underground Railroad” and a subway?

While you read, take notes and write answers to the following questions

• What motivated Harriet Tubman to help enslaved people?
• What motivated slaves to make the dangerous journey?
• Do Literatrue Circle Jobs (If you’re ina group of five, drop any one job):
  • 1 Vocabulary Highlighter
  • 1 Travel Tracker
  • 1 Illustrator
  • 2 Connection Makers
  • 2 Passage Pointers
• FOCUS Question: Think about this throughout the reading.
  •  What did the life and actions of Harriet Tubman do for you?

After you read:

• How did the lives of the ex-slaves change when they settled in Canada?
• Answer the following Questions from Page 766 in LOL. You must write complete sentence answers which include the following: (1) reword the question in the answer, (2) give your answer, (3) details to support your answer.
• Connect to the Literature – #1 (What do you think?),
• Think Critically – #2, #3, #4,
• Extend Interpretation – #6

So, you have Menu items due December 10th. They were due on December 5th (uh . . . this Friday), but we are a little behind schedule (these things happen in middle school). Here is the list of stories we have read and will read that you can use for your work on the Unit 5 Menu Items.

We have covered these either in part or in whole by this Friday, December 5th, 2008. All class/home work related to these items is due completed by Monday December 8th, 2008.

• Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – Narrative Poetry
• from Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose – Nonfiction about Lewis & Clark
• The Flower-fed Buffaloes by Vachel Lindsay – Poetry
• Bike A Historic Trail by  Dennis Cello – Magazine Article
• War Party by Louise L’Amour -Historical Fiction
• The Other Pioneers by Roberto Felix Salazar – Poetry

We will cover these either in part or in whole by December 10th. Anything we do not get to in class, you are responsible to have at minimum read by the menu item due date, December 10th, 2008.

• from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Ann Petry – Biography
• Letter to Harriet Tubman by Frederick Douglas – Letter
• Lincoln: A Photobiography by  Russell Freedman – Biography
• O Captain, My Captain by Walt Whitman – Poetry
• A Fable by Mark Twain – Fable
• The Million-Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain

YOU CAN FIND THE UNIT 5 MENU ITEMS -HERE-. Follow this link to the  Unit 5 Menu Items.

Before you read:

1. What is “History”?
2. What is “Fiction”?
3. What is Historical Fiction?
4. Who were Lewis & Clark?
5. Use the folliwng terms and the story’s title, WAR PARTY, to make predictions about what might happen inthe story.
   1. pioneers, wagon train, prairie, the Sioux, buffalo

While you read, take notes and write answers to the following questions:

• Continue to make and remake your predictions (3+):
  • Record new clues from the test that make you make prediction(s).
  • Record your prediction(s).
  • Record your reactions and outcomes uncovered as you read on.
• EXTRA CREDIT: Find examples of the following Literary Devices/techniques:
  • Tone, Mood, Characterization, Conflict, Simile, Metaphor, Cause/Effect, Generalization, Rhyme, Imagery
• FOCUS: What did the bravery of Lewis & CLark do for you?

After you read:

• What did the bravery of Lewis and Clark do for you?
• Answer the following Questions from Page 753 in LOL. You must write complete sentence answers which include the following: (1) reword the question in the answer, (2) give your answer, (3) details to support your answer.
• Connect to the Literature – #1
• Think Critically – #2, #3, #4
• Extend Interpretation – #5, #7