Do Now | The Utopia Project
Today, you will start the planning process of your final project for this unit. Begin by looking at your description of a perfect society. Further that description, by defining the following elements of your perfect, utopian society:
Next, further explain your utopian society, by explaining why you think these elements represent perfection:
Finally, create a symbol or an image that represents these elements. Do Now | See, Think, Wonder
Discussion | Utopia and Unintentional Consequences
Exit Slip | See, Think, Wonder Do Now | Goal Setting
Completed the first two boxes of your goal setting form:
Assignment Notebook
Writer's Conferences Exit Slip | Complete your goal setting form and turn in for review:
ANNOUNCEMENT | Please have an English-only folder with you tomorrow, Wednesday, in class. This folder will be left in the classroom along with your Perspectives Journal.
Do Now | Perspectives Journal Describe your perfect community
Thinking Routine | Unintended Consequences Today we are going to consider some of the unique qualities that make up the community in The Giver.
Exit Slip | Share out one box of information from today's thinking routine with the rest of the class. Do Now | Perspectives Journal, 10 minutes
Date: September 27, 2021 The Giver
Silent Reading | 20 minutes Thinking Routine | Values, 10 minutes Mix n' Mingle
Exit Slip | Respond to the Values in today's Perspectives Journal. Turn in your Perspectives Journal. Do Now | Symbolism Mix and Mingle
In literature, a symbol is an object or a person that is meant to express meaning or represent some greater idea. You should have received an image at the door. There is a very specific partner to your image. One that has the same image but in a different form. Search around the room quietly for that partner image. Once you have found your partner, discuss the following questions and prepare to share out your answers the class as a whole:
Thinking Routine | Sentence, Phrase, Word Work with your new partner to completed the thinking routine.
Exit Slip | Share out your Word Image. Do Now | Goal Setting
Completed the first two boxes of your goal setting form:
Assignment Notebook
Writer's Conferences Exit Slip | Complete your goal setting form and turn in for review:
Do Now | Connections (15 minutes)
What have we learned about the world of The Giver? I will begin this activity by stating something I have learned about the world of The Giver or the character Jonas in the novel. Every student in the room must make some connection. When you have a connection, stand next to the previous person, state your connection and explain how, from the novel, you made this connection. Reading | The Giver, Lois Lowry (15 minutes) Read The Giver as a group using popcorn format. Each student will read at least one page (they may choose to read up to three pages) aloud then call on the next person to read. Pick a person quickly in order to maintain the flow of the story. Thinking Routine | Color, Symbol, Image (from Friday, 30 minutes) Today we will be reading the book The Giver, by Lois Lowry. As we read, we will be keeping a Parking Lot about each character in the novel. Individually, you will complete a Color, Symbol, Image about Jonas.
Exit Slip | Share out one component of your Color, Symbol, Image Do Now | Grab your Perspectives Journal
Title: September 17, 2021, The Giver Reflection Questions: What is one thing we learned about the society in the book during yesterday's introduction? Thinking Routine | Color, Symbol, Image Today we will be reading the book The Giver, by Lois Lowery. As we read, we will be keeping a Parking Lot about each character in the novel. Individually, you will complete a Color, Symbol, Image on the character, Jonas.
Exit Slip | Share out one component of your Color, Symbol, Image |
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