March 18 - March 20, 2014
Essential Questions
- What is the difference between a friendship group and a clique?
- Are cliques positive or negative forces in a school community?
- How can it be powerful to make friends outside of your clique?
- How can learning to communicate with all people help you in the future?
March 18th Aim: How do we annotate text to help with understanding? "How Cliques Make Kids Feel Left Out" http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/school/clique.html# March 19th Aim: How do we annotate text to help identify the main points in the article “Conquering Cliques”? "Conquering Cliques In School" http://neatoday.org/2013/07/12/conquering-cliques-in-school/ March 20th |
Graphic Organizer for the Argumentative Essay:
http://images.epals.com/elections/Argument%20writing%20graphic%20organizer%20for%20grades%207-8.pdf
http://images.epals.com/elections/Argument%20writing%20graphic%20organizer%20for%20grades%207-8.pdf
Final Essay Requirements:
essay_task_for_cliques_unit.docx | |
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Aim: How do we use an article on cliques to create text-dependent-questions?
Do now: Choose one of the following articles on cliques and annotate:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/print?id=2674112
http://nymag.com/news/features/high-school-2013-1/
http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FGMA%2Fprint%3Fid%3D2674112&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEyl22mqgclMwJW4Q2oA39mofdqhg
http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fcan-you-ever-escape-those-high-school-labels-69097&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGMri72JquZJQ9hewoNLruliftnGw
http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bethesdamagazine.com%2FBethesda-Magazine%2FSeptember-October-2013%2FHigh-School-Cliques%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHQuMofnafW2UFeXVZgMWkdM7cceg
Meaningful Engagement Activity
Create text-dependent-statements:
Directions: After reading and annotating the article on cliques create your own original text-dependent-questions based on your reading. Choose two of the following sentence stems from each of the categories below (eight total):
For example: Using the article “Conquering Cliques in School” by Cindy Long
The author’s stance is that there are positive aspects to cliques because “cliques do provide a sense of belonging and security.” (p 2 paragraph 1)
Directions: After reading and annotating the article on cliques create your own original text-dependent-questions based on your reading. Choose two of the following sentence stems from each of the categories below (eight total):
For example: Using the article “Conquering Cliques in School” by Cindy Long
The author’s stance is that there are positive aspects to cliques because “cliques do provide a sense of belonging and security.” (p 2 paragraph 1)
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