1. Journal
2. Quiz: Myths and Folktales, MLA and Plagiarism, Vocabulary, class procedure. Myths and Folktales notes were turned in with the quiz.
3. Active Reading: relate to issues in the article. Identify facts about correcting "societal ills" through the G.I. Bill, Title IX, and about the Little Rock Nine.
Journal: "Words" Copy the following to get an idea of 50-word count.
... more districts are making a variety of efforts to go cold turkey, or at least cut back, on their use of paper. Schools are forgoing textbooks for online versions, school board members have laptop computers on the dais instead of thick paper agenda books, and classrooms … are opting for laptops over … binders.
Add to journal: Choose 2 words from the word collage at your tables. Write about these 2 words for 3 minutes. The word collage can be found here.
Active Reading:
- When you read the article, you should become involved with it.
- Highlight or underline information that relates to your life or life of a student.
- Make a note in the margins about how it relates to your life.
- What happens if you only highlight but don’t make an note?
- Highlight or underline interesting information or parts you agree (or don’t agree) with.
- Make a note of these in the margins!
- Vocabulary: look for the 5 new words when reading.
- According to the article, what does “educate” mean?
- Does this definition differ from what you think “educate” means?
Correcting Societal Ills:
- GI Bill
- Title IX
- The Little Rock Nine
- What are these?
- Read the information at your tables.
- Make a chart and list 4 pieces of information about each.
- Turn in the chart when you finish.
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