Handout
# 1 Reader’s Writer’s Notebook questions for Week of October 21-25
All of these questions are to be answered in
your Reader’s Writer’s Notebook by
Friday, October 25th. The
guest teacher will collect notebooks on Friday. No Late notebooks
will be accepted without a
doctor’s or IEP teacher note. Dr. Cohen will pick up the Notebooks when she
returns from the 10th grade Academy of Motion Picture Art’s and Sciences Media Literacy
Field trip.
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Label assignment in Reader’s/ Writer’s Notebook Table of
Contents . ☐
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Answer the following questions in your
reader’s writer’s notebooks: . ☐
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Write Legibly ☐
Monday October 22 P2 and P6 complete in class and Monday P4 begin in class
and complete for homework.
Assignment: Different
Perspectives
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Label assignment in Reader’s/ Writer’s Notebook Table of
Contents . ☐
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Answer the following Questions in their
reader’s writer’s notebooks: . ☐
1. What do you notice about the different
perspectives Lord offers about the events? Explain.
2. Whose perspective is represented?
a.
Who’s
missing?
3.
What
do you notice about how and why these people experienced the same event(s)
differently?
4.
What
does Lord’s choice of people to investigate tell you about his perspective as
an investigator of this event?
Do Tuesday All Classes (P2,
P4, P6)
Assignment: Direct Quotations and Paraphrasing remarks
Define paraphrase-to express
the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using
different words or a rewording of something written or spoken by someone else.
Students are
to answer the following Questions in their reader’s writer’s notebooks:
1. What’s
the difference between paraphrasing a person’s remarks and using direct
quotations to represent a person’s remarks?
2. Locate 3 examples of each in Lord’s text. Handout post-it notes. ☐
3. What
are the differences between them in terms of the effect
on the reader?
4. Why
might Lord have chosen to paraphrase some remarks and directly quote others?
Wednesday is Research/Project Day
Do Thursday October 24 in
class All Classes ( P2, P4, P6)
Assignment: Lord’s Perspective
Re-read Chapter 7.
Write About Lord’s
Perspective in your reader’s writer’s notebook.
In your Reader’s Writer’s Notebook write a
response to the following question:
Throughout most of the book, Lord has kept
silent about his own perspective on the sinking of the Titanic. What does he now appear to be saying
about its historical significance?
Explain using evidence from the text.
When you have finished writing, share your
response with a partner/table group.
Examples of Lord’s Statements about the
Significance of the Disaster
–p. 91 – “Never again would first class have it
so good. In fact, almost
immediately the pendulum swung the other way.”
–p. 91 – “It was easier in the old days . . .
for the Titanic was also the last stand of wealth and society in the
center of public affection.”
–p. 91 – “Never again did established wealth occupy
people’s minds so thoroughly.”
–p. 94 – “With this lost world went some of its
prejudices—especially a firm and loudly voiced opinion of the superiority of
Anglo-Saxon courage.”
–p. 94 – “But along with the prejudices, some
nobler instincts were also lost.
Men would go on being brave, but never again would they be brave in
quite the same way.”
Do Friday October 25th in class
Reminder: Notebooks
due at end of Period . Captains:
Check that your entire team has turned in. Check that team member’ s table of contents is
clearly labeled
Assignment:
Step Back and Reflect
1. What did you learn by closely examining
Lord’s statements?
2.
How might this type of insight help students as they read this and other
texts?
Due
Monday October 28th Homework
Assignment: Short Constructed Responses Critical Thinking Questions:
Definition of Class-
the
system of ordering a society in which people are divided into sets based on
perceived social or economic status.
Example:
"people who are
socially disenfranchised ( not allowed to vote) by class"
Answer the following questions. Answers
should be about a half page. Remember to write legibly. Be prepared to share your
answers with your teams and the class on Monday.
Write legibly.
1. How did the lack of scientific
knowledge impact survival on the Titanic? ☐
2. How did one’s economic class impact
survival?
3. Does economic class affect access to knowledge or technology
today? What should/could be done
about it?
