Thursday, February 23, 2017

Thursday 2-23-17

Week #25
Unit 5: Comparing Authors’ Choices

Bell
Ringer:
10 minutes of independent reading
Our library check-out day has been rescheduled for Monday.
Warm-Up
Lesson:
Lou Gehrig’s Speech
* Reading Response

RI7.7- Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words.

Focus Lesson:
Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat
(Winston Churchill)
* Listen to the audio version of the speech.
Class Work:
* Step 3: Compare/Contrast the text to audio version.
Debrief:
How does the form of the communication impact the meaning for each medium?
OMG Fact:
Crickets hear from their knees and chirp from their wings.  
Homework: