Jan+24-25

** Learning Goal: ** **Use questioning strategy to deepen comprehension of a text and engage in rich text discussion**

Writer's Notebook: Seed Thoughts
====Take about 5 minutes to look over the chart above, and write a response in your //Seed Thoughts//.====

Include:

 * first impression
 * parts that stand out
 * your eating habits in comparison
 * make a conclusion about the information
 * etc.
 * Remember:** this section of your notebook is a place for you to free right about topics that we can cultivate and grow into pieces of writing. Make sure you include enough detail in your response that you will have something to work with in the future.

Read Aloud
Read Aloud article from Natural News: "School lunches less fattening..." Give students sticky notes and have students generate Level 2-3 questions as you read.
 * Give them independent time to generate questions.

Mini-Lesson
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 * 1) Tell students they will discuss the article via an organized discussion, Socratic Seminar like we modeled last class.
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 * Give students 5 minutes to work individually to prepare notes for the discussion. It's important they NOT TALK as they don't need to have the same ideas to share in the discussion.
 * 1) Number off students to form groups of 4-5 students.
 * 2) Have each group discuss (fishbowl style) in the center circle for five (5) minutes.

Your Turn to get FiRED UP...

 * Visit hrw.com and explore some humans rights issues that grab your attention and are potential topics for your research project.
 * GET YOUR BLOOD PUMPING!
 * Look for issues that you are interested in // or // // passionate //about . Your persuasive research project should NOT be painful! You get to **choose** your own topic, and you will be spending a lot of time with it, so **CHOOSE** wisely!

Other websites that may help you to find human rights issues and societal issues: fairus.org buzzle.com witness.org leaderu.com

Ideas to consider - freedom of speech, artistic expression, effect on today's youth, censorship, current events stories that have involved this topic, school shootings, teen violence, effect of technology on social relationships, gay marriage,

Individual Reading Time/Writing Time
Read in your novel and write in your journal.