11/9 Wednesday
Guiding Question:
What happened last night?
Objectives:
Students will reflect on the 2016 Presidential election by reading a news story and completing a graphic organizer with at least 80% accuracy.
Standards:
RH.6-8.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source
W.8.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing that is appropriate to task and audience
ELD C.12 - Selecting and applying precise vocabulary and other language resources to effectively convey ideas
Whole Group (Voice Level 1) 10 Minutes:
Independent (Voice Level 0) 30 Minutes:
Please choose to fill out your graphic organizer based on one of the following news articles.
Trump Elected President in Surprise Win - this article is from NewsELA and can be adjusted for lower lexiles. I recommend this article if you are below a lexile level of 950.
How Hillary Clinton Lost - this article is from CNN and is written at a high lexile level.
Five Ways a Donald Trump Presidency Changes the World - This article is from BBC and is the highest level article of the three, mainly due to its content not necessarily the language. Trump Elected President in Surprise Win - this article is from NewsELA and can be adjusted for lower lexiles. I recommend this article if you are below a lexile level of 950.
How Hillary Clinton Lost - this article is from CNN and is written at a high lexile level.
Whole Group (Voice Level 1) 7 Minutes:
Checks & Balances review.
Homework:
Please continue to work on your PBL Action Plan, now more than ever we need to positively impact the world around us.
