22.3.11

Tuesday, March 22nd - Periods 3, 5 & 7

Culture: Day 13a - Finding a Topic

Do Now: What memorable things have you learned and thought about from this cultural identity unit so far? (Definition of culture, All American Slurp, Dilemma of the Decent Kid, Culture Poems, Multicultural Experiences, Music and Culture)

Critical Thinking Questions: How can I create my own topic for an essay? What have we learned from this unit?

Content: Notebooks, Portfolios, and stories read in class.

Objective: We will be able to develop our own topics that we are interested in writing about for our essays.

Class Activities: Reflection on unit for memorable learning moments, Brainstorming of possible topics, Gathering evidence for those topics and ideas of what to write about.