Learning Targets:
I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term or terms over the course of a text.
I determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
I can read and comprehend literary nonfiction.
I can draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
I can integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Please turn in your graphic organizer on "Genesis of the
Tenement".... If you were in class yesterday, turn in
now, even if you did not complete.
In class: Reminder that anyone participating in a field trip on Friday must take the vocabulary quiz before embarking on said outing. This will be available by Thursday morning. There are no make-ups after the break. The zero will stand.
We are continuing with the progressive journalist Jacob Riis's " How the Other Half Lives"
I have selected several chapters. Each student will read only one assigned chapter. These are all the same length.
Based upon your particular chapter, please respond using the accompanying graphic organizer. (class handout / copy below) This is due at the end of class on Thursday. Take your time. This is a writing grade.
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How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis chapter graphic organizer and fictional journal
response. Writing grade
1.
Read the assigned chapter carefully, underlining
any words that you are unable to define contextually, that is from the overall
meaning of the sentence.
2.
Respond to the questions below as they apply
specifically to your chapter, making sure to write a complete sentence that
weaves in textual evidence to support your response. You will not receive
credit for the response, unless you have proof in a well-written sentence. (10
points each)
3.
Write a minimum 200 word journal entry that
documents the experiences of a person living under these conditions. In other
words, put yourself into the position of someone living in a late 19th
century tenement building. You are expected to use facts based upon your
excerpt from How the Other Half Lives and the chapter “The Genesis of
the Tenement”. Be creative, but incorporate the facts. You may, as well, draw
from your social studies’ knowledge, but make sure you are accurate. (70
points)
Part 1 questions:
1.
What are Riis’s attitudes toward poverty?
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2.
What are Riis’s attitudes towards these
immigrants?
3.
What does the excerpt say about Riis’s audience,
such as their values and beliefs?
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Part 2: Write a minimum 200 word journal entry that
documents the experiences of a person living under these conditions. In other
words, put yourself into the position of someone living in a late 19th
century tenement building. You are expected to use facts based upon your
excerpt from How the Other Half Lives and the chapter “The Genesis of
the Tenement”. Be creative, but incorporate the facts. You may, as well, draw
from your social studies’ knowledge, but make sure you are accurate. (70
points)
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