Introduction to English 10: Practicing the Habits of a Lifelong Learner
Essential Questions:
1. Who am I as a reader, writer, student, and person?
2. What habits of mind does it take to succeed in school?
3. What have people said over time about the value of reading and writing?
4. What makes someone a good reader, writer, and overall good student?
A. Opening Assignment: Grammar Practice
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Complete exercise A on your own paper. Follow the directions as they are written.
B. Read "Learning to Read" in chunks, asking questions about what we read as we go. (1st, 4th, and 5th periods need to finish.)
Chunk 1: Write a KNOWLEDGE question.
Chunk 2: Write a COMPREHENSION question.
Chunk 3: Write an APPLICATION question.
Chunk 4: Write an ANALYSIS question.
Chunk 5: Write a SYNTHESIS question.
Chunk 6: Write an EVALUATION question.
C. Finish last column of the Malcolm X KWL Chart.
D. Read "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros.
E. Create six questions about "Eleven." You must have one type of each question.
F. Socratic Seminar for "Eleven."
G. Closing: Assign Personal Response Paper.
Essential Questions:
1. Who am I as a reader, writer, student, and person?
2. What habits of mind does it take to succeed in school?
3. What have people said over time about the value of reading and writing?
4. What makes someone a good reader, writer, and overall good student?
A. Opening Assignment: Grammar Practice
Hyphens
Complete exercise A on your own paper. Follow the directions as they are written.
B. Read "Learning to Read" in chunks, asking questions about what we read as we go. (1st, 4th, and 5th periods need to finish.)
Chunk 1: Write a KNOWLEDGE question.
Chunk 2: Write a COMPREHENSION question.
Chunk 3: Write an APPLICATION question.
Chunk 4: Write an ANALYSIS question.
Chunk 5: Write a SYNTHESIS question.
Chunk 6: Write an EVALUATION question.
C. Finish last column of the Malcolm X KWL Chart.
D. Read "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros.
E. Create six questions about "Eleven." You must have one type of each question.
F. Socratic Seminar for "Eleven."
G. Closing: Assign Personal Response Paper.